(1) Ageronia feronia, Linnæus, Plate XXIV, Fig. 4, ♂ (The White-skirted Calico).
Butterfly.—Easily distinguished from the only other species of the genus found in our fauna by the white ground-color of the under side of the hind wings. Expanse, 2.50 inches.
Early Stages.—Unknown.
This remarkable insect is said to be occasionally found in Texas.
(2) Ageronia fornax, Hübner, Plate XXIV, Fig. 5, ♂, under side (The Orange-skirted Calico).
Butterfly.—Closely resembling the preceding species on the upper side, but at once distinguished by the orange-yellow ground-color of the under side of the hind wing. Expanse, 2.60 inches.
Early Stages.—Unknown.
Like its congener, A. fornax is reported only from the hotter parts of Texas.
Genus VICTORINA, Blanchard
(The Malachites)
Butterfly.—Large butterflies, curiously and conspicuously marked with light-greenish spots upon a darker ground; wings upon the under side marbled with brown about the spots and having a satiny luster. The third median nervule of the fore wing is very strongly bowed upward. The cells of both wings are open. The hind wing is tailed at the end of the third median nervule. The two first subcostals arise before the end of the cell; the fourth and fifth spring from a common stem which is emitted from the third beyond the end of the cell, as the cut shows.