SYNOPTIC TABLE OF LEPWOPTERA. 11. 



Melitaea, Fabr. 



18. M. Leanira, B'dvl. Male: Ground color brownish' black, 

 fulvous at costa. with submarginal, median and basal rows of yellow spots; 

 on primaries a marginal and discal row of red spots. Underside of prima- 

 aries red-fulvous, and markings of upperside are reproduced; secondaries, 

 a marginal row of long yellow crescents, then a black band inclosing yel- 

 low spots, then a median band of long yellow crescents; from there to 

 base black with yellow spots. 



Abdomen above black banded with yellow, below yellow. 

 Female : Same as male, the fulvous on primaries more prominent. 

 Expanse of male i "5 inch, of female 175 inch. California, Arizona. 



19. M. Alma, Strecker. Male: Upperside bright fulvous, mar- 

 gins and veins black ; three rows of faint yellow spots, the marginal ap- 

 proaching to white and bordered by black. Underside of primaries pale 

 fulvous with pale yellow spots and a marginal and sub-marginal row of 

 yellow spots separated by a black line; secondaries yellow, veins and mar- 

 gin black; a slight double band of black, disconnected near middle of 

 wing; fringes white, black at veins. Expanse 1 -25 inch. Ariz, S.Utah. New 



In the type figured by Mr. Strecker in his "Rhopaloceres and Heter- 

 oceres" part No. 15 the black band on underside of secondaries enclosing 

 the yellow spots is not disconnected. In the specimen from whieh our 

 description was made and which is in the collection of Mr. E. L. Graef, 

 this band is plainly disconnected near the middle of the wing. 



20. M. Thekla, W. H. Echo. Male: Upperside pale ochraceous; 

 hind margins broadly bordered black; and near the anterior edges of these 

 borders small buff spots; apical area of fore wings black ; crossing the wing 

 outside of cell is a band of paler spots confluent on the posterior side with 

 the ochraceous ground, but on anterior side separated from the ground 

 color by a black line; on middle of hind wing is a band of long nar- 

 ri >w spots, scarcely paler than the ground, but separated on both sides 

 from it by black lines. Underside orange, the discal band of fore wings 

 distinct and paler; along the margin a complete row of whitish lun_ 

 ules; a similar row on hind wings; the discal spots whitish, on black 

 ground; hind margins edged by a broad black line. Expanse 1.35 inch. 

 Southern California. 



21. M. Minuta, W. H. Edw. Male: Upper side orange-fulvous; 

 both wings edged black, and in this is a series of fulvous lunules, next a 



Errata. — In Vol. Ill, No. 12, on page 97, first line for "Wine black" read 

 '•Wines black". 



