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each other ; two triangular costal bars and posterior margin black ; above 

 the black marginal band is a series of paler tawny triangular spots ; under- 

 neath the wings are veined, marbled i.nd clouded with black, brown, and 

 cinereous ; the primaries have a very broad paler band near the margin ; 

 secondaries above dull-orange, at the base with a black spot or two near 

 the anterior margin ; the other half is black with a transverse series of 

 triangular pale spots, the interior ones being nearly obsolete ; the disk is 

 mscribed with a slender silver somewhat obtusangular C, with the con- 

 cavity towards the anterior margin, 



[Synonymous with our common Grapta progne Cramer.]. 



410. Vanessa furcillaia Say. — Taken in Canada by Dr. Bigsby. 

 Common in the N. West Territory and the vicinity of Fort William. 



[Synonymous with K Milberti Godt., a common and very familiar 

 butterfly throughout Canada. For description and figure see Say's Am. 

 Entomology, vol. ii., pi. 27.] 



[293.] 411. Vanessa antiopa Lmn. — Taken in Canady by Capt. 

 Sheppard. [Too common in Canada to require any description.] 



[294.] 41::. Vanessa atalanta Linn. — Several taken in Canada. 

 [Quite common ; for description see Harris' Insects of Mass., p. 294.] 



[295.] 413. Cvnthia cardui. — Linn. — [Another very common 

 butterfly ; see Harris' Insects of Mass., p. 291.J 



[296.] 414. Cynthia huntera Drury. — [Almost as '^ommon as 

 *he preceding species ; see Harris' Insects, p 292. This and the two 

 p ceding species are now included in the genus Pyrameis Hubn.] 



[297.] FAMILV HlPPAPCHIAD/fr:. 



415. HiPPARCHiA NEPHELE Kifby. — Expansion of the wings 21^2 

 inches. Taken in Canada by Dr. Bigsby. 



Antennai brown annulated with white, rufous at the end ; knob 

 slender ; wings brown ; primaries both above and below with a paler sub- 

 marginal broad band including two eyelets ; the upper ones surrounded 

 by a paler atmosphere, with a black iris and white pupil ; on the under 

 side the atmosphere of the eyelets is more distinct and forms a kind of 

 glory round them; the pupil is snowy-white with some blue scales scattered 



