+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | EXPLANATION OF PLATE XVII | | | | 1. _Melitæa alma_, Strecker, ♂. | | 2. _Melitæa elada_, Hewitson, ♂. | | 3. _Melitæa chara_, Edwards, ♂. | | 4. _Melitæa chara_, Edwards, ♂, | | _under side_. | | 5. _Melitæa harrisi_, Scudder, ♂. | | 6. _Melitæa harrisi_, Scudder, ♀, | | _under side_. | | 7. _Melitæa whitneyi_, Behr, ♂. | | 8. _Melitæa whitneyi_, Behr, ♂, | | _under side_. | | 9. _Melitæa wrighti_, Edwards, ♂. | | 10. _Melitæa wrighti_, Edwards, ♀, | | _under side_. | | 11. _Melitæa minuta_, Edwards, ♂, | | _under side_. | | 12. _Melitæa minuta_, Edwards, ♂. | | 13. _Melitæa hoffmanni_, Behr, ♂. | | 14. _Melitæa hoffmanni_, Behr, ♀, | | _aberration_. | | 15. _Melitæa thekla_, Edwards, ♂ | | _under side_. | | 16. _Melitæa thekla_, Edwards, ♂. | | 17. _Phyciodes vesta_, Edwards, ♂. | | 18. _Phyciodes vesta_, Edwards, ♀. | | 19. _Phyciodes vesta_, Edwards, ♀, | | _under side_. | | 20. _Phyciodes picta_, Edwards, ♀, | | _under side_. | | 21. _Phyciodes picta_, Edwards, ♂. | | 22. _Phyciodes phaon_, Edwards, ♂. | | 23. _Phyciodes phaon_, Edwards, ♀, | | _under side_. | | 24. _Phyciodes ismeria_, Boisduval and | | Leconte, ♂. | | 25. _Phyciodes ismeria_, Boisduval and | | Leconte, ♂, _under side_. | | 26. _Phyciodes montana_, Behr, ♀, | | _under side_. | | 27. _Phyciodes montana_, Behr, ♂. | | 28.