254 THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE 



94. EUMENIA ATALA, Poey. 



Expanse of wings from 1.6 to 1.8 inches. 



Male. Upper surface black, the fore wings washed 

 with green three-fourths the distance from the base to 

 the apex. Hind wings with a little green on each side 

 of the median vein, and with a broad border of inter- 

 venular blue-green lunules. 



Under side black ; the fore wings without marks ; the 

 hind wings with three rows of small blue-green spots, 

 the outer two parallel with the outer margin, the inner 

 sinuous, just beyond the cell. On the inner margin is 

 a large, somewhat oblong, reddish-orange patch, dentate 

 towards the base, extending from the middle of the 

 margin to near the base. Fringes black. 



Body black ; abdomen, except a portion of the base 

 above, orange. 



Female. This differs from the male in having the 

 green scales sprinkled throughout the discal cell of the 

 fore wings and sometimes below this ; the border luuules 

 of the hind wings slightly yellowish green ; the spots 

 on the under side yellowish green ; and the apex above 

 and below bluish ; fringe white. 



Florida. 



FAMILY LYC^NID^E. 



These are mostly small butterflies, having six feet 

 adapted for walking. The larvse are more or less oblong- 

 oval or oval, with the head retractile into the second 

 segment, and a dorsal tuberculous ridge. The chrysalis 

 is short, attached by the anal extremity, with the tip of 

 the abdomen bent forward and the body girt about with 



