-FAMILY NYMPHALID^. 211 



LiMENiTis ARTHEMis. JVymphalis arthemis ( Drury). ( Plate xliii, figs. 2 - 9.) 

 Wings black, marked by a broad white band common to both pair, reaching very nearly 

 to the margins : apical portion marked with three white spots, to which a fourth is 

 sometimes added. Beneath, the basal portion is black, perhaps greenish, and orna- 

 mented with a cluster of brown spots and bluish green bars situated near the base : 

 at the apex there are three white spots. Posterior wings beneath are marked with six 

 or seven brown spots outside of the white band : margin trimmed with white, black 

 and blue. The last-mentioned spots are in two parallel lines, and bear the form some- 

 what of lunules. 

 The anterior pair of feet are white before : abdomen black, and the venter has a yellow 

 stripe on the specimen before me. 

 This species seems to have a wide range ; being found as far north as Lake Winnepec, 

 and south into Virginia. 



Arcynnis aphrodite. 



Stipe of the antennae long, buff-brown ; knob black. Head and body buff, with black upon 

 the thorax and upper side of the abdomen. Color of the wings bright buff-yellow or 

 fulvous : forewings spotted and banded with black, and both pair darker at base as 

 well as hairy. In front there are six or seven black subcostal bands : the four from 

 the base are connected with a zigzag band which extends across the wing ; or they 

 may be regarded as a connected series of lunules, having in front of their concavities 

 a row of six round black spots, beyond which is a regular row of seven lunules 

 smaller than the former : margin trimmed and edged with two black lines, which 

 are dilated where they cross a nervure. Hindwings marked with distant rows of lu- 

 nules, between which there is a row of roundish spots : they are trimmed and edged 

 like the forewings. Beneath paler, and the subcostal bands are more distinct : there 

 is a double row of lunules, with three spots between. At the apex, the black spots 

 and lunules of the upper sides are replaced by silvery ones. Hindwings, ba.=e deeper 

 colored than the wide margins, and ornamented with three parallel rows of bright 

 silvery spots, and several more which cluster at the base : among the rowsj there are 

 small silvery spots scattered about without order : margin trimmed with a plain 

 brown band edged with black. The silvery spots are surrounded with a black ring 

 wholly or in part ; and there is a straight line also on the forewings, between the 

 third and fourth subcostal bands. Expanse of wing, 2| inches. 

 This species si very common in the western part of Massachusetts and Eastern New- 

 York. 



