There are at least fifty species belonging to this genus found in the tropical regions of America; only one is said to occur occasionally within the limits of the region covered by this volume. [Illustration FIG. 81.--Neuration of the genus _Ceratinia_. (For explanation of lettering, see Fig. 40.)] (1) =Ceratinia lycaste=, Fabricius, Plate VIII, Fig. 3, ♂ (Lycaste). _Butterfly._--The butterfly is rather small, wings semi-transparent, especially at the apex of the fore wings. The ground-color is pale reddish-orange, with the border black. There are a few irregular black spots on the discal area of the fore wings, and a row of minute white spots on the outer border. There is a black band on the middle of the hind wings, curved to correspond somewhat with the outline of the outer border. The markings on the under side are paler. The variety _negreta_, which is represented in the plate, has a small black spot at the end of the cell of the hind wings, replacing the black band in the form common upon the Isthmus of Panama. +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | EXPLANATION OF PLATE VIII | | | | | | 1. _Dircenna klugi_, Hübner, ♂. | | 2. _Mechanitis californica_, Reakirt, ♂. | | 3. _Ceratinia lycaste_, Fabricius, ♂. | | 4. _Coloenis delila_, Fabricius, ♂. | | 5. _Heliconius charitonius_, Linnæus, ♂. | | 6. _Coloenis julia, Fabricius_, ♂. | | 7. _Dione vanillæ_, Linnæus, ♂. | | 8. _Euptoieta hegesia_, Cramer, ♂. | | 9. _Euptoieta claudia_, Cramer, ♂. | | | | | | [Illustration PLATE VIII.] | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ _Early Stages._--Unknown. Reakirt says that this butterfly occurs about Los Angeles, in California, and the statement has been repeated by numerous authors, who have apparently based their assertions upon Reakirt's report. I have no personal knowledge of the occurrence of the species within our borders. It is very abundant, however, in the warmer parts of Mexico and Central America, and it may possibly occur as a straggler within the United States. Genus DIRCENNA, Doubleday