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of the cell consisting of three spots, the outer or sub- 

 apical of two. Fringes fuscous gray. 



Under side brownish drab, the white spots repeated, 

 and the space about these blackish brown. The hind 

 wings are crossed by three brown, tortuous lines. Be- 

 tween the middle and the outer are six obscure brownish 

 eye-spots, some black in the centre, some white, in two 

 sets of three each. 



Florida and Texas. 



69. TIMETES PETREUS, Cram. 



Expanse of wings 3 inches. 



Upper surface bright fulvous red, costal edge of fore 

 wings black, more prominent towards the apex. Both 

 wings are crossed by three black lines, which are nearly 

 parallel to the outer margin. On the hind wings the 

 outer line is double, expanded on the costa, where the 

 included space is white. The hind wings have a black 

 border which sends a shade on the posterior angle of the 

 fore wings and is shaded inward with brownish black 

 about the anal angle. On the inner edge of the border 

 is an ocellus at the end of the outer transverse black 

 line, another elongate one at the anal angle, and a trace 

 of a third farther towards the apex. Hind wings ending 

 in a tail .6 of an inch long, and the anal angle prolonged 

 into another .2 of an inch, the latter with some gray-blue 

 and purple scales. Apex of fore wings produced, the 

 angle below the apex prominent. 



Under side brown, with a violet reflection, the lines 

 darker brown, ashy at the anal angle. Body fulvous 

 above, white beneath. 



Indian River, Florida. 



