GENUS. MELITÆA, _Fabr._ Argynnis, _Latr. God._ Papilio (Pleb. rur.),
_Drury_.
MELITÆA PELOPS. Alis subrotundatis, integerrimis, suprà fulvis nigro
reticulatis; posticis subtùs carneis fusco undatis. (Expans. Alar. 1
unc.)
SYN. Papilio (Pleb. rur.) Pelops, _Drury, App. v._ 2.
Argynnis Pelopsa, _Latr. et God. Enc. Méth._ ix. _p._ 290. _No._ 62.
HABITAT: St. Christopher's (_Drury_).
_Upper Side._ Thorax and abdomen brown, the latter spotted with faint
brown orange. Wings black, with several rows of large brown orange spots,
crossing the wings, of different shapes and sizes.
_Under Side._ Anterior wings orange brown, spotted with black, having the
appearance of indented lines running across them. Posterior wings dark
flesh-coloured, marked and spotted with brown, and having five minute
silver spots at equal distances, parallel with the external edge. The
wings are entire.