Genus VICTORINA Blanchard(The Malachites).
PL. LVIII
PL. LVIII
Large butterflies, conspicuously marked with pale green spots surrounded by darker color. On the under side the wings are paler, and have a satiny lustre, the edges of the light spots on this side marbled with brown. Neuration of fore wing singular in that the upper and lower discocellulars are wanting and the radials seem to spring from the lower side of the subcostal before the middle; the third median is strongly bowed upward. Hind wing tailed at end of the third median nervule.
There are five species of the genus thus far known, all belonging to the American tropics, one of which occurs in Florida and Texas.
(1)Victorina steneles(Linnæus),Plate LVIII, ♂ (The Pearly Malachite).
There is no need of an elaborate description of this species, as it is the only one of its genus in our borders, and the figure we give is fully recognizable. Expanse 3.50-4.00 inches.