Genus Neophasia 



(i) Dismorphia melite, Linnaeus, Plate XXXVII, Fig. 17, $ ; 

 Fig. 18, ? (The Mime). 



Butterfly. — The figures in the plate make a description of the 

 upper side unnecessary. On the under side the wings of the 

 male are shining white, except the costa, which is evenly dull 

 ochreous from the base to the apex. The hind wings are ochre- 

 ous, mottled with pale brown. The female, on the under side, 

 has the fore wings very pale yellow, with the black spots of the 

 upper side reproduced; the hind wings are deeper yellow, mot- 

 tled with pale-brown spots and crossed by a moderately broad 

 transverse pale-brown band of the same color. 



Early Stages. — Unknown. 



The species is credited to our fauna on the authority of Reakirt. 

 It is abundant in Mexico. It mimics certain forms of Itbomiince. 



Genus NEOPHASIA, Behr 



" It was an hour of universal joy. 

 The lark was up and at the gate of heaven, 

 Singing, as sure to enter when he came; 

 The butterfly was basking in my path, 

 His radiant wings unfolded." 



Rogers. 



Butterfly. — Medium sized, white in color, more nearly related 

 in the structure of its wings to the European genus Aporia than 

 to any other of the American pieridine genera. The upper radial 

 is lacking, and the subcostal is provided with five 

 branches, the first emitted well before the end of 

 the cell; the second likewise emitted before the 

 end of the cell and terminating at the apex; the 

 third, fourth, and fifth rising from a common stalk 

 at the outer upper angle of the cell. 



Early Stages. — The egg is flask-shaped, fluted 

 on the sides, recalling the shape of the "pearl- 

 top " lamp-chimney. The caterpillar, in its mature 

 form, is about an inch long. The body is cylindri- 

 ratTon oPthe^nus cal > terminating in two short anal tails. The color 

 Neophasia. is dark green, with a broad white band on each side, 



and a narrow band of white on the back. The feet are black, and 

 the prolegs greenish-yellow. The chrysalis is dark green, striped 



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