7B BUTTEHFI.Y COTJ.ECTOR'S 



Cattrpillur spiiiose, pubescent. 



Vhrymlis aubangular suspended ; liead-ciise rounded. 



DeaeL-r\\.\>\. i. fig. 10, 18. 



Hiibner Sclimet. pi. i. A. a. 



MELIT^A EUl'IIROSYNE, I'EARL-IJORUEKED 

 FRITILLARY. 



Lewiii, pi. 13. 42. Donovan, v. 9, p. 312. Duncan, pi. \T>.fit(. 2. 



liuHcrflij. All the wings aliove, tawny orange, with nume- 

 rous black spots, the spots nearly iorming a band. I'riniary, 

 underneath paler, with black waved spots. Secondary, 

 underneath ferruginous, red at the base with one small silver 

 .spot and a small eyelet with a black pupil and a yellowish 

 iris, then an irregular band of yellowish spots, in which is a 

 large wedge-shaped silver spot, between this band and the 

 posterior margin ; below, an almost obscure ferruginous band 

 clouded witli yeUow, in which are obsolete darki.sh subocel- 

 lated spots, and lastly seven nearly triangular silver spots 

 in the margin. 



Caterpillar. Black and spiny, with dotted lines of orange 

 on the bock. 



Chrysalis. 



MELITjE SILENE, SMALL PEARL-BORDERED 

 FRITILLARY. 



Lewin, pi. 13,/. 3, 4. Duncan, pi. 13, Jig. 3. 



BuUerJly. Altogether similar to the preceding, but appa- 

 rently distinct. It diflers principally in a separate point or 

 dot underneath the base of the secondary wing, a silver spot 



