210 ORDER LEFIDOPTERA. 



Ctntia cardui. Vanessa cardui (Godart). (Plate xlvi, figs. 1, 2.) 



Anterior wing : Disk reddish orange, extending near the base ; apical part nearly black, 

 marked with quadrangular spots, the two smallest placed just to the right of the other 

 two : the large costal sjwt within the four spots spoken of, is divided into three parts 

 by the nervures : margin and edges trimmed with white brown, and an interrupted 

 line which reaches the costa between the white spots and apex. Postkrior wings 

 reddish orange, their inner margin covered with long brown hair : upon the disk of 

 orange there are four regular round black spots, an imperfectly formed bar within, 

 with two rows of black spots without, placed with long diameters at right angles to 

 each other j the edge is trimmed with white. The hindwing is orange, spotted all over 

 with black spots : the costal margin, which is connected under the forewings, is 

 white. Beneath, the coloring is brighter on the forewings, but the pattern is much 

 the same as above. The hindwings are ornamented with four distinct eyes, the two 

 smallest in the middle : the centre is black ; then a partial ray of blue, then of black, 

 then a distinct one of buff margined with black. Towards the outer angle there is 

 often a fifth much smaller eye, arranged on a line with the others. The whole of the 

 portion within the eyes, and the nerves, are all white, with numerous large and small 

 white and light brown angulated spots and bars. 



Cynthia huntera ( Kirby). 

 Papilio cabdui virginiensis ( Drary). P. iole (Cramer). Vanessa huntera (Dale, Stephens)'. 



Edges of the wings rounded, or onlysubangulated. Disk of both pair of wings orange red, 

 brown at base, and darker at the apex ; disk broken by black irregular transverse 

 bars connected by delicate lines : apical part marked with four silvery white spots ; 

 the two smallest are outside of the larger, and the costal one is divided by the black 

 nervure into two parts. There is also a large subquadrangular spot resting on the 

 costa : outer margin trimmed with parallel scollops of white, brown and orange. On 

 the posterior wing the ornaments consist of two black circles with blue centres, be- 

 tween which are two black spots. The margin does not differ much from that of the 

 forewing, except that the scollops take the form of lunate spots : upon the anal angle, 

 these spots have blue discs. Beneath, there is much greater complexity as well as 

 beauty of coloring. The principal and characteristic ornaments are the eyes on the 

 apical angle of the forewings, and two large eyes surrounded with black upon the 

 hindwings : the disk is a patch of white composed of mealy scollopped lines. The 

 margin below resembles that above. 

 The caterpillar is said by Drury to be green, with black rings around the body, and 



feeds on balsam or lady's-jewels. 



