Variety Strigosa, Bates. Same as the above, but has the veins on second- 

 aries streaked with gray. — Southern States 



The females of our Danaids can be easily distinguished by the absence "f 

 the tubercle on the vein on secondaries mentioned in the description of the 

 genus. 



GENUS COLJENIS.— Huebner. 



Slight insects, with characteristics approaching to Heliconias ,- ht-ad large ; 

 eyes prominent; antennae long ; body almost as long as secondaries. 



C. Julia, Fdbr. Upperside dark orange, borders black ; a black band ex- 

 tends from costa to outer margin, forming between this and the border a 

 large orange patch at apes; costa on secondaries silvery gray ; underside 

 pale ferruginous mottled with darker shading ; a few red markings at base 

 of wings. Expands about 3 x /£ inches. — Texas occasional. 



C. Delila, Fdbr. Much like the above, but paler and without the black 

 band from costa to outer margin. Expanse same as Julia. — Texas occa- 

 sional. 



GENUS AGRAULIS — B'dvl., Lee. 



Head large ; antennae rather long, club flattened ; abdomen shorter than 

 the secondaries ; discoidal cellule of the latter always open ; primaries some- 

 what elongated, with the exterior margin sinuate ; the secondaries denticu- 

 late. 



A. Vanillse, Linn. Male; upperside bright fulvous; veins on primaries 

 black, very heavy near the apex ; four black spots on the external margin, 

 and three discal spots of same color; three irregular discoidal black spots 

 pupilled with white ; secondaries with a black border enclosing spots of the 

 ground color ; between base and outer edge three, or four black spots ; un- 

 derside of primaries light orange ; the black markings of upper side show- 

 through ; apex brown, enclosing light silver spots; secondaries brownish 

 with numerous irregular, mostly elongated bright silver spots and patches. 

 Female same as male, but darker and more heavily marked. Expanse 2/£ 

 to 3% inches. — Southern States, California, Arizona. 



GENUS AUGYNNIS.— Fabr. 



Head larg'e ; antennae rather long, abruptly terminated by a flattened club, 

 grooved ; palpi pilose, the first article slender, naked at its extremity and 

 pointed ; abdomen shorter than secondaries ; wings sinuate or denticulate ; 

 ground color fulvous, usually with black points, forming sinuous, transverse 

 lines; the under side usually has nacred or silver spots. 



A- Diana, W. H. Edwards. Male ; ground color deep chocolate, with broad 

 borders of bright fulvous, broadest at apex; a row of marginal and sub-mar- 

 ginal spots of the ground color, the latter the heaviest; underside of primar-' 

 ies; ground color black with irregular patches of dark fulvous; of secondaries 

 from base to beyond middle of wing dark fulvus ; borders same as on upper- 

 side but paler; on the inner edge of this border as well as on the outer are 

 rows of nacred crescents. 



