(1) Charis ccsnius (Linnaeus), Plate LXXVIII, Fig. 3, tf (The Little Metal-mark). 

 Very small, brighter red on the under side than on upper. Wings both above and below 



spotted with small steely-blue metallic markings. Common in Florida, ranging northward 

 to Virginia and westward to Texas. Expanse 0,75 inch. 



(2) Charis borealis (Grote & Robinson), Plate LXXVIII, Fig. 4, cT (The Northern 

 Metal-mark). 



Larger than the preceding species. Upper side sooty brown marked with blacker spots 

 and a marginal and submarginal row of coppery red spots. On the under side the wings are 

 light red with a multitude of small black spots arranged in transverse rows. The metallic 

 spots of the upper side reappear below. Expanse 1.15 inch. 



Range from New York to Illinois and Michigan and south to the Carolinas. Rare. 



GENUS APODEMIA FELDER (THE MORMONS) 



There are about ten species of this genus confined mainly to the Southwestern States 

 and northern Mexico. Some, like the one we figure, are quite small, others are larger, spread- 

 ing as much as 1.50 inch. They are rather gayly colored, usually with the wings on the upper 

 side checkered or spotted with red, black, and white, and lighter on the under side. None 

 of them have metallic markings on either side. 



(1) Apodemia palmeri (Edwards), Plate LXXVIII, Fig. 2, c? (Palmer's Mormon). 

 One of the smallest species of the genus, mouse-gray, spotted with white above; on the un- 



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