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the last part of its course by another line nearly parallel 

 to it. Above the termination of these two is a circlet 

 of white on the margin. The outer line is short, and 

 limited to the middle of the wing. The fore wwgs have 

 a submarginal row of indistinct brown lunules, edged on 

 the inside with white; the hind wings have a similar 

 series, which are bright red towards the anal angle, and 

 edged on the inner side with black followed by white, 

 and enclosing, next to the anal angle, a large black space 

 which is nearly covered with blue scales. Beyond this 

 is a small black spot ; and there is another at the angle, 

 surmounted by a red stripe, edged like the lunules, and 

 extending up the inner margin. The lunules next the 

 apex usually exhibit a few scales of red. The margins 

 of both wings are edged with a fine whitish line. 



The body is fuscous, beneath grayish white ; palpi 

 white, the upper joint black tipped with white ; antennae 

 annulated black and white ; club fuscous tipped with 

 white. 



According to Mr. Wm. Saunders, the larva feeds on 

 a species of thorn (Oratcegus). The following is his 

 description of it : 



Length half an inch. Head greenish brown. Body 

 flattened, sloping abruptly at the sides. Color velvet- 

 green, with a darker-colored dorsal stripe. The anterior 

 edge of second segment yellowish brown, with a few 

 darker dots ; the middle segment is laterally striped with 

 two or three faint yellow oblique lines, the last two seg- 

 ments have each a lateral yellow patch, and there is a 

 faint yellow basal line from the fifth to the terminal 

 segment. Under surface bluish green. 



The chrysalis is .37 of an inch long, nearly oval ; the 



