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LEPIDOPTERA. 
form as those of Argynnis^ and spotted with black or brown, 
but are not ornamented with golden spots. 
Melitcea Phaeton, T)Yu\"y. Phaeton Butterfly. (Fig. 115.) 
Wings black, with a row of orange-red crescents around 
the hind margin, 
within which are 
from two to four 
rows of cream-col¬ 
ored spots ; on the 
fore wings, behind 
the middle of the 
front margin, are 
two orange-red spots, and sometimes another of the same 
color on the middle of the hind wino:s. All the winffs are 
black beneath, and spotted in the same way as on the 
upper side, with the addition of several large orange-red and 
pale yellow spots between the middle and the base; the 
abdomen has three rows of cream-colored dots on the top. 
Expands from 2 to 2J inches or more. 
This species is rare in Massachusetts ; it appears in low 
grounds in June. The wings are elongated, as in Argynnis 
3Iyrina, but the feelers are short. 
Melitcea Ismeria ? Boisduval. Ismeria Butterfly. 
Wings tawny above, blotched with blackish narrow spots 
at the base, the fore win^s blackish on the hind maro;ins and 
tips ; the hind wings veined and edged with black, with a 
row of black crescents near the hind border, next to which 
is a row of round black dots ; body covered with white down 
beneath; under side of the wings ochre-yellow, with a row 
of pale yellow crescents edged with black near the hind 
margin ; the rest of the surface of the fore wings variegated 
with small black and large yellowish spots; next to the 
external row of crescents of the hind, win^s is a row of 
yellowish dots encircled with black, across the middle a 
