Ochsenheimer's Genera of the Lepidoptera of Europe. 351 



Larva elongated, nearly cylindrical, hairy, but the hairs so 

 short that they appear naked; back pale, or dark green, 

 no central, longitudinal stripe. 

 Pupa acuminated in front, gibbous, subangulated, fastened by 



a transverse thread. 

 ' " The Coliades are particularly gay and showy insects ; they 

 are eminently distinguished by the brilliant tints of orange and 

 yellow with which their wings are adorned ; they are of mode- 

 rate size, and usually appear in their final state towards the 

 autumn." — Stephens, 



Fam. A. — Wings rounded, margin generally dark-coloured. 

 Species. Icon. 



1. C. Edusa, Fab Ernst, I. PI. LIV. f. 111. a-e. 



2. — Aurora, Fab Ernst, I. PI. VIII. Suppl. III. 



f. 111. quint. 



3. — Myrmidone, Hubn. Ernst, I. PI. LXXVIII. Suppl. 



XXIV. f. 111. a. b. bis. 



4. — Chrysotheme, Hubn. Ernst, I. PL. LXXVIII. Suppl. 



XXIV. f. 111. a. b. tert. 



5. _ Phicomone, Hubn. Ernst, I. PI. LXXIX. Suppl. 



XXV. f. 112. a— c. bis. 



6. — Hyale, Linn Ernst, I. PI. LIV. f. 112. a. b. 



7. __ Palceno, Linn Ernst, I. PI. VI. Suppl. III. 



f. 111. a. b. quart. 

 Fam. B. — Wings somewhat angular*. 



8. C. Rhamni, Linn Ernst, I. PI. LIU. f. 110. a— e. 



Curtis, Brit. Ent. PL 173. 



9. — Cleopatra, Linn.... Ernst,I. Pl.LIII.f.ll0.f.g.(mas.) 



Genus 15. HECAERGE, Ochs. 

 Libythea, Fab. Nymph alis, Late. 



Legs four, perfect. 



Wings angular, dentate, dark coloured with lighter spots. 



Antennce short, rigid, fusiform. 



Palpi very long, porrected, straight. 



Species. Icon. 



1. H. Celtis, Fab Ernst, I. PL I. Suppl. III. f. 5. 



a — f. bis. 

 f Only one Europaean species. 



* Genus Gonepteryx, Leach. 

 " Antennce short, stout, very gradually thickening into an obconic club ; 

 palpi short, much compressed, the terminal joint very short ; wings 

 angulated, large, the posterior grooved to receive the abdomen : legs 

 alike in both sexes, short, stout ; claws minute, bifid. Caterpillar naked. 

 Chrysalis angulated, acuminated in front ; fastened with a loose thread 

 round its middle." — Stephens t l\\ust. Brit. Entom. (HaustellAta), 

 vol. i. p. 8. Genus 



