♀.--The female is much like the male. Expanse, ♂, 1.75-2.00 inches; ♀, 2.00-2.60 inches. +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | EXPLANATION OF PLATE XVI | | | | 1. _Melitæa phaëton_, Drury, ♂. | | 2. _Melitæa chalcedon_, Doubleday and | | Hewitson, ♂. | | 3. _Melitæa macglashani_, Rivers, ♂. | | 4. _Melitæa augusta_, Edwards, ♂. | | 5. _Melitæa colon_, Edwards, ♂. | | 6. _Melitæa nubigena_, Behr, ♂. | | 7. _Melitæa baroni_, Henry Edwards, ♂. | | 8. _Melitæa editha,_, Boisduval, ♂. | | 9. _Melitæa nubigena_, var, _wheeleri_, | | Henry Edwards, ♂. | | 10. _Melitæa rubicunda_, Henry Edwards, | | ♂. | | 11. _Melitæa acastus_, Edwards, ♂. | | 12. _Melitæa acastus_, Edwards, ♂, | | _under side_. | | 13. _Melitæa palla_, Boisduval, ♂. | | 14. _Melitæa palla_, Boisduval, ♂, | | _under side_. | | 15. _Melitæa gabbi_, Behr, ♂. | | 16. _Melitæa taylori_, Edwards, ♂. | | 17. _Melitæa fulvia_, Edwards, ♂. | | 18. _Melitæa dymas_, Edwards, ♂. | | 19. _Melitæa perse_, Edwards, ♂. | | 20. _Melitæa leanira_, Boisduval, ♂. | | 21. _Melitæa nympha_, Edwards, ♂. | | 22. _Melitæa arachne_, Edwards, ♀. | | | | [Illustration PLATE XVI.] | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ _Egg._--The egg which is outlined upon p. 4, Fig. 8, is brownish-yellow when first laid, then changes to crimson and becomes black just before hatching. The eggs are laid by the female in large clusters on the under side of the leaf of the food-plant.