Genus Oligoria 



Genus OLIGORIA, Scudder 



Butterfly. — The antennae are as in the preceding genus; the 

 palpi have the third joint minute and almost entirely concealed 

 in the thick vestiture of the second joint. The 

 neuration is represented in the cut. 



Early Stages. — We know very little of these, 

 and there is here a field for investigation. 



(i) Oligoria maculata, Edwards, Plate 

 XLVI, Fig. 35, $ (The Twin-spot). 



Butterfly. — The upper side of the male is as 

 shown in the plate. The female closely resem- 

 bles the male, but the spots on the fore wing are 

 larger. On the under side the wings are brown, 

 almost as dark as on the upper side. The pri- Fig. 176.— Neura- 

 maries are whitish near the outer angle. The *i,°, n of the , s e " us 



Ohgoria, enlarged. 



spots of the upper side of the primaries are re- 

 produced on the lower side. The hind wings have three con- 

 spicuous pearly-white spots about the middle, two located one on 

 either side of the second median nervule, and one removed from 

 these, located between the upper radial and the subcostal nervule. 

 Expanse, $ , 1.40 inch; 9, 1.50 inch. 



Early Stages. — But little is known of these. 



This is a Southern species, found abundantly in Florida, and 

 ranging northward into Georgia and the Carolinas. A speci- 

 men is reported to have been taken near Albany, New York, and 

 diligent collecting may show that it has a far more northern 

 range than has heretofore been supposed. 



Genus POANES, Scudder 



Butterfly. — The antenna? are short; the club is stout, bent, 

 acuminate at the tip. The third joint of the palpi is slender, cy- 

 lindrical, short. The neuration of the genus is shown in the cut. 



Early Stages. — Nothing is known of these, and they await in- 

 vestigation. 



(1) Poanes massasoit, Scudder, Plate XLVII, Fig. 21, $ ; Fig. 

 22, 9 (The Mulberry-wing). 



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