Genus Neominois 



and dark-brown scales, on the inner edge relieved by a number 

 of imperfectly developed ocelli, which are partially ringed about 

 on the side of the base by pale yellow. 



Early Stages. Unknown. 



Tritonia occurs in southern Arizona and northern Mexico. 



Genus NEOMINOIS, Scudder 



Butterfly. Medium-sized, with the costa and inner margin 

 of the fore wing straight, the outer margin of the same wing 

 evenly rounded. The hind wings have the outer margin evenly 

 rounded, and the costal margin quite strongly produced, or bent 

 at an angle, just above the origin of the costal vein. The 

 inner margin is straight. The costal vein of the fore wing is 

 slightly swollen. The costal margin at the extremity of the 



second costal nervule is slightly bent in- 

 ward; the upper discocellular vein is 

 wanting; the lower radial vein is emit- 

 ted from the lower discocellular a little 

 below the point at which it unites with 

 the middle discocellular. The middle 

 discocellular of the hind wing appears 

 as an inward continuation of the lower 

 radial for some distance, when it bends 

 upward suddenly to the origin of the 

 upper radial. The head is small ; the an- 

 tennse are short, with a thin, gradually 

 developed club; the palpi are slender, 



FIG. 120. Neuration of the ge- compressed, well clothed with long hairs 

 nus Neominois, enlarged. 



below. 



Egg. The egg is somewhat barrel-shaped, broader at the 

 base than at the top, with the summit rounded. The sides are 

 ornamented with fourteen or fifteen vertical raised ridges, which 

 are quite broad, and sometimes fork or run into each other. On 

 the sides these ridges seem to be regularly excised at their bases, 

 and between them on the surface are many horizontal raised 

 cross-lines, giving the depressed surface the appearance of being 

 filled with shallow cells. 



Caterpillar. The mature caterpillar has the head globular, 



212 



