+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | EXPLANATION OF PLATE XV | | | | | | 1. _Brenthis myrina_, Cramer, ♂. | | 2. _Brenthis myrina_, Cramer, ♀, | | _under side_. | | 3. _Brenthis triclaris_, Hübner, ♂. | | 4. _Brenthis chariclea_, Schneider, ♂. | | 5. _Brenthis boisduvali_, Duponchel, ♂. | | 6. _Brenthis boisduvali_, Duponchel, | | ♀, _under side_. | | 7. _Brenthis montinus_, Scudder, ♂. | | 8. _Brenthis montinus_, Scudder, ♀, | | _under side_. | | 9. _Brenthis freija_, Thunberg, ♂. | | 10. _Brenthis freija_, Thunberg, ♀, | | _under side_. | | 11. _Brenthis polaris_, Boisduval, ♂. | | 12. _Brenthis polaris_, Boisduval, ♂, | | _under side_. | | 13. _Brenthis frigga_, Thunberg, ♂. | | 14. _Brenthis frigga_, Thunberg, ♀, | | _under side_. | | 15. _Brenthis alberta,_, Edwards, ♂. | | 16. _Brenthis bellona_, Fabricius, ♂. | | 17. _Brenthis epithore_, Boisduval, ♂. | | 18. _Brenthis epithore_, Boisduval, ♂, | | _under side_. | | | | [Illustration PLATE XV.] | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ (3) =Brenthis helena=, Edwards, Plate XVIII, Fig. 16, ♂, _under side_; Fig. 17, ♂ (Helena). _Butterfly_, ♂.--The wings on the upper side are fulvous, greatly obscured by brown at the base of the fore wings and along the inner margin of the hind wings. The usual black markings are light, and the marginal border is also not so heavily marked as in _B. myrina_. The fore wings on the under side are pale fulvous, laved with ferruginous at the tip. The hind wings are brightly ferruginous, with small yellow marginal spots, and paler spots inclining to buff on the costal border and at the end of the cell, about the region of the median nervules.