Canadian Biitterfiies. 221 



IG, Holmi;e, 1'792-1794 ; Mant. Insect, t. ii., p. 2, n. 



13, Hafnias 178V. 

 /\ A><terias, Godart, Eucyclop. Ins. t. ix., pars. 3, p. 58, n. 91. 



Paris, 1819 1821. 

 P. Asterias, Boisduval and Lecontc, Ico., &c., des Lepidoptere.s, 



etc., de rAraeriqiie Sept. t. 1, ]). 14, pi. 4, fig. 1-4, 



Paris, 1833. 

 P. Asferias, Turton's Linne, p. 8, vol. iii., London, 1806. 

 P. AfiferJas, Emmon's Agri. New York. Insects p. 200, Albany, 



1854. 

 P. Asfcr-/?is, Cramer, Pap. xxxiii.. p. 194, ]>]. ccclxxxv., fig. e. d.- 



Tltrecht, 1V82. 

 /-*. TroUns, Smith and Abbot, tlie Nat. Hist, of the rarer Lepid. 



Ins. of Georgia, vol. i., ]>. 1, tab. i., London, 1798. 



Drukv Insect 1, tab. ii,, fig. 2. London, 1770-1775, 



Male. — Wings denticulated, black, with two spotted bands of a 

 pale yellow ; the first, placed a little beyond the middle of the 

 anterior wings, is composed o;i the latter of eight more or less 

 triangular spots ; it then traverses tlie middle of the posterior 

 wings, where it is only interrupted by the nervures, which are very 

 strong and distinct ; the second, entirely marginal, is composed 

 of spots more interrupted and smaller than in the preceding; 

 upon the fore wings' it is formed of eight or nine spots, and on 

 the hind wings, by six, mostly Innules. Besides tlie two bands 

 already mentioned, there are two large yellowish dots before the 

 first band on the anterior wings ; and upon the posterior wings, 

 between the yellow bands, six or seven blue lunules, of wliicli the 

 upper ones are less determined ; and lastly, at tlie anal angle a 

 rufous spot, marked in the middle by a black dot. The notches 

 of the Avings are bordered with yellowish, and the tails are black 

 and ratber short. 



The under side of the fore wings is palev than the upper, but 

 presents precisely the same markings ; the first band, however, is 

 of a ]iale fulvous instead of being yellow, with the exception of 

 the two or three first triangular spots, which are frequently of the 

 same tint as on the upper side. The under side o^ the hind 

 wings is much like the upper, as to the design, but the two bands 

 are of a reddish orange, with the exception of the two last f^pots, 

 which are yellowish like the upper side. The body is black, with 

 three series of yellow spots on the sides; two small dots on the 



