PL. Lit 



median nervule, rounded at the outer angle, with two short 

 tooth-like projections before the anal angle. 



There are less than a dozen species of the genus, most of 

 which are South American, but there are two in Africa and one 

 in Madagascar. Only one occurs within the United States, 

 and is confined to the extreme south. 



(1) Hypanartia lethe (Fabricius), Plate LI, c? (The Orange- 

 banded Red). 



Occurs as a straggler in our fauna in the extreme southern 

 part of Texas, but is very abundant farther south. Expanse 

 2.00 inches. 



GENUS SMYRNA HUBNER 



There are only two species of this genus and they closely 

 resemble each other, so that it is hard to tell them apart. The 

 one which occurs in our borders has the hind wing rounded at 

 the anal angle, the other, S. blomfildi, has the anal angle of the 

 hind wing squared, with a slight tail-like prolongation. On 

 the under side both species are marked in much the same way. 



(1) Smyrna Jcarwinskii Hiibner, Plate LIT, 9 (Karwinski's 

 Beauty). 



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