ERGOLIS AND ITS ALLIES. 109 



sides of each segment, and feed on Cassava, and other com- 

 mon American plants. 



ANARTIA AM ALT HE A. 



Papilio amalthea. Linn., Syst. Nat. (x.), i., p. 478, no. 118 

 (1758); Clerck, Icones, pi. 40, fig. 3 (1764); Cramer, 

 Pap. Exot, Hi., pi. 209, A, B (1780). 

 Papilio amathea, Linn., Mus. Ludov. Ulr., p. 288 (1764). 

 Vanessa amathea^ Godt., Enc. Meth., ix., p. 298, no. 4 (1819). 

 Anartia amalthea, Doubl., Gen. Diurn. Lepid., p. 216, pi. 24, 



fig. 5 ( l8 47)- 



This pretty insect measures two inches or more across the 

 wings, which are dark brown, with a broad red band, variable 

 in width, running from below the costa of the fore-wings, 

 where it is bifid, nearly to the anal angle of the hind-wings ; 

 on the latter it is intersected with a black line. Beyond this 

 there are two rows of white spots on the fore-wings, and one 

 on the hind-wings, and the fringes are also chequered with 

 white. Towards the anal angle of the hind-wings are several 

 red spots. The under side is yellowish-brown towards the 

 base, and brown towards the margins, the white spots being 

 distinct, but the red markings more or less obsolete. The 

 body is dull black above, and the club of the antennae is 

 tipped with reddish. 



The Butterfly is very common throughout Southern and 

 Central America. The other species resemble A. amalthea in 

 shape, but are brown, with white transverse bands, and tawny 

 markings ; or white, with brown and tawny markings ; always 

 with an ocellated spot towards the hinder angle of the wings. 



THE GENUS ERGOLIS AND ITS ALLIES. 



After Anartia we may place three genera belonging to the 

 Vanessa group, which were formerly included with Elymnias 



