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MORPHEIS. 
Morpheis, Hiibner, Samml. ex. Schm. iii. t. —; Westwood, Gen. Diurn. Lep. p. 255. 
Anemeca, Kirby, Cat. Diurn. Lep. p. 179. 
This name was first used by Hiibner for a “coitus” of Heterocera, but afterwards 
applied to the present species, and adopted by Westwood for the same insect. The 
position of the genus is now considered to be near Synchloe and its allies; and this we 
think correct. Westwood, however, placed it in quite another association, Pyrrhogyra, 
teona, and. Epicalia being its nearest neighbours in the ‘Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera.’ 
The genital armature of the male is very like that of Melitea, the tegumen being 
atrophied and the harpagones developing curved horn-like spines. The antenne have 
37 joints, the terminal 15 constituting a moderate-sized club. The terminal joint of 
the palpi is long and stout, the middle joint short, and but slightly swollen. The front 
legs of the male are densely hairy, all the joints being short and stout ; femur + trochanter 
= coxa; tibia=$ femur; tarsus= % tibia. Claws of the other legs curved ; tibize not 
spiny on the outer surface. The first subcostal branch of the primaries thrown off 
before, and the second after the end of the cell. 
The single species of this genus is peculiar to Southern Mexico. 
1. Morpheis ehrenbergi. 
Morpheis ehrenbergi, Hiibn. Samml. ex. Schm. iii. t. —'; Doubl. & Hew. Gen. Diurn. Lep. p. 255, 
t. 43. £. 17. 
Alis nigris, anticis maculis quatuor subapicalibus elongatis et posticis nonnunquam lineis leviter indicatis 
citrinis; subtus ut supra, sed lineis citrinis multo longioribus in anticis ad marginem ductis, in posticis a 
basi ad marginem externum radiantibus, alis omnibus ad basin et pedibus rubris. 
Hab. Mexico (Deppe), Mazatlan (Forrer), Tacubaya (Hedemann), Oaxaca (Fenochio). 
This somewhat peculiar species is well figured by Hiibner *, both sexes being repre- 
sented. It is peculiar to Southern Mexico, where, however, it is not uncommon, 
specimens being included in most collections made in that country. In its sombre 
coloration and in its size and the shape of the wings, W. ehrenbergi resembles the Erycinid 
Hades noctula ; but it is questionable if that species is found in the same districts. 
EUREMA. 
Eurema, Doubleday, Gen. Diurn. Lep. i. p. 192 (1848). 
Hypanartia, Hiibner, Samml. ex. Schm. 
_ This genus comprises seven American species, one from West Africa, and one from 
South Africa, Bourbon, and Mauritius, all of them being, so far as we can see, 
congeneric. The American species are almost strictly Neotropical, a single species 
only (E. lethe) crossing the Mexican frontier into Texas. In Central America five 
species occur, only one of which (£. arc?) is peculiar to our region. . lethe and 
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