APATURA II. 
except the kind margin, which is yellow. In the sub-median interspace of second¬ 
aries are three broivn stripes radiating from a common point near the base, and 
nearer the dish are three brown spots or patches. All which is in contrast to 
Celtis. In Fabricius’ description of Lycaon the apex of the hind wings is called 
rufous (apice rufis), and the outer spots on the forewing are placed on the 
“ apex.” By modern authors the apex of the wing is the upper outer angle, 
and not being aware of the Fabrician designation when 1 wrote my notes upon 
Celtis, I was much puzzled at the statement that the apex of the hind wing was 
rufous. I have since learned from Mr. A. G. Butler, that Fabricius divided the 
wing into three sections, basal, discal, and apical, the latter division comprising 
about one third of the surface, namely, the whole extra-discal and marginal area. 
And so explained the description agrees with Jones’ figure, the area spoken of 
being rufous or fulvous. 
In the text ot Celtis, I stated that the species had been taken in the Valley of 
the Connecticut River, erroneous^ quoting from a letter of Professor Parker. 
On the contrary it is not known that Celtis has been taken within the limits of 
New England. Nevertheless it probably dwells there, or at least comes as an 
occasional visitor. 
By some late authors these American species of Apatura have been separated 
Irom the European, and placed in the genus Doxocopa, which is attributed to 
Htibner. In the Verz. bek. Schmett., Hiibner has a coitus Doxocopa, thus de¬ 
fined, u The wings changeable blue on a dusky ground, marked with single 
ocellar spots, and under it the European species Iris and Ilia stand, as is 
proper, being blue. But to place brown or red butterflies in Doxocopa, which 
expressly calls for blue, is to do violence to Hiibner’s arrangement, and is not to 
be thought of. For myself I do not regard the coitus as genera and admit no 
generic names whatever based upon them. 
