MELIT.EA. 
lai 
blotch of reddish brown, enclosing two white spots. The female 
has all the wings dull fulvous ; the bases are blackish. Fore wings 
with two dusky bands and two spots in the discoidal cell, brighter 
fulvous than the rest of the wing. Hind wings like those of the 
male, but dull fulvous instead of white. Under side : all the 
markings have a cloudy appearance ; the fore wings are dull 
white in the male, fulvous in the female, with bright fulvous 
markings. The hind wings are bright fulvous, with a central 
white baud, and externally to this a reddish fulvous one enclosing 
a row of black spots ; hind-margiiial and basal spots white. 
PI. XLIL, 3. 
Times of Appearance. — July and August. 
Habitat. — Pastures in the higher Alps of Switzerland and 
North Italy. 
Larva. — Black, with greenish yellow rings and yellowish 
lateral stripes ; the spines are black, and the head brownish. It 
feeds on several species of plantain in June. 
2. — M. Iduna, Halm. Pap. Suec. p. 75, n. 2 (1816); Fit. 611, 
1, 2; Wallengren, Scandinaviie Khopalocera, p. 70. 
Maturna, Hub. 600-1, 807-8. 
Expands from 1'16 to 1-30 in. Wings dull ivory-white, hind 
margins narrowly dark brown ; nervures rather strongly black ; 
bases dark brown. Fore wings with a broad fulvous band placed 
parallel to the hind margin ; internal to this is a narrow waved 
dusky band; in the discoidal cell are two bright fulvous spots 
bordered with black, and another immediately below them at the 
base. Hind wings with a bright fulvous band placed similarly to 
that of the fore wings, and not spotted as in Cynthia; near the base 
is a large fulvous patch enclosing a white spot. Under side: Very 
similar to that of Af. Cynthia, but more distinctly marked, and with the 
markings much more distinct ; the fulvous baud of the hind wings 
is without black spots ; head, thorax, and abdomen black 
above, fulvous beneath ; antennas black and white, clubs black, 
with the apices fulvous ; palpi with black and fulvous hairs. The 
female is somewhat larger than the male, and has the wings less 
marked with white. PI. XLIL, 4. 
