[July 1883. BULLETIN BROOKLYN ENTOM. SOC. VOL. VI. 25 
SYNOPSES OF BUTTERFLIES. 
ERESIA, Dow. 
This genus closely resembles P/y-vodés and Melitaea and the species 
have been generally described as A//ifaea. Mr. Strecker includes them 
all in that genus and Mr. Kirby in his catalogue makes them all Phy- 
clodes: for the nonce we follow Mr. W. H. Edwards. Differs from either 
of those genera by the narrower wings rounded apices of primaries, and 
excavate outer margin of same wings: the secondaries are dentate. They 
are all southern and generally more common in Mexico, Cuba and South. 
America. 
The species are distinguished as followse 
Above fulyous with black markings and spots similar to Phyciodes tharos. 
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Above fuscous with yellow spots and short bands at outer half of pri- 
maries ; Secondaries with a submarginal row of crescents, a streak, 
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Above black, base of both wings indistinctly fuscous with black markings : 
Primaries with three interrupted bent rows of white spots ; secondaries 
with a submarginal row of white crescents and a complete band of 
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E. frisia, Poey., Cent. Lep. Cuba, p. g t. 2 (Melitaea) Reak. Pr. Ent. Soc. 
Phil. V, 226 (Eresia). 
This species most nearly resembles Phyciodes tharos while perfectly 
and evidently distinct from it. The black is more confluent, and the 
fulvous is not equally intense in shade. The ({\ of this species is figured 
in Aw, hx. Butt. 11, ¢. 6. f. 45, 46, and is smaller and somewhat 
darker than the Q. 
Expands 1 to 1.5 inches. Haé. Florida Keys, Cuba. 
E, punctata, W. H. Edw. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. III, ror 
Five yellow spots near apex of primaries, and a bent bar of the 
same color crossing the cell: on secondaries the median band narrows 
posteriorly. Beneath, primaries fulvous at base, fuliginous on disc and 
gray sprinkled with ferruginous near hind margin. Markings of upper 
side reproduced on both wings. : 
Expands 1 to 2 inches. Had. Arizona, New Mexico. 
