GENUS. MELITÆA, _Fabr._ Argynnis p. _Ochs. Latr. & God._ Papilio (Nymph.
Phal.) _Drury_.
MELITÆA CYTHERIS. Alis supra fulvis nigro maculatis, subtus anticis
fulvis apice fusco, strigâ albâ, posticis fuscis strigâ discoidali
maculâque marginali albis. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 3 lin.)
SYN. Papilio (Nymph. Ph.) Cytheris, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2.
HABITAT: Falkland Islands.
_Upper Side._ Head, eyes, thorax, and abdomen dark brown. Anterior wings
brown orange, with a number of small black spots thereon (not less than
twenty) of various shapes and sizes. Next the body these wings are darker
and pilose. Posterior wings are the same colour as the superior, and
spotted with many small black spots of different shapes dispersed all
over the wings; they are also darker next the body and hairy.
_Under Side._ Palpi reddish. Anterior wings sandy orange-coloured, rather
paler than the upper side. Near the tips is a white streak placed next
the anterior margin, and close thereto is a cloud of a dark red colour.
Most of the small black spots are seen on this side, but less distinctly.
Posterior wings dark red, with several faint clouds. A narrow white
streak, about a quarter of an inch in length, is placed near the middle
of each of these wings; and another much shorter is placed on the
anterior edge, near the upper corner. All the wings are entire.
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