254 
MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. 
Timetes petreus is very angular in outline, at first sight giving 
one the idea that some one had tried the experiment of seeing what 
a grotesque creature he could manufacture. The upper wings have 
a slight resemblance to those of G-rapta. The tails are long, and 
blunt at the ends. The colors of the wings are dark reddish orange 
streaked and margined with black. The under side is light brown 
of various shades tinged with pink. The body and a narrow band 
along the inner margin of the lower wings is light buff. 
Timetes coresia. Male. 
One of the most strikingly colored species of this genus is Timetes 
coresia. The upper side is a rich dark brown deepening to black in 
a band across the middle of each wing, with a lighter reddish brown 
space along the outer margin of all four wings. In strong contrast 
to this dark coloring is the very light under side. The inner half of 
the wings is almost pure white with two or three faint lines of brown 
crossing them. The outer half is light brown and buff with an irreg¬ 
ular reddish brown band following the outline of the white area 
across the wings. This butterfly is not at all common, and one 
