Genus Hypanartia 



tropics of the New World, and is occasionally found in southern 

 Texas and Florida. 



Genus HYPANARTIA, Hubner 

 (The Banded Reds) 



Butterfly. — The palpi of medium size, well clothed with 

 scales; the second joint moderately thick; the third very little 

 thinner, blunt at the tip. The antennae have a distinct, short, 

 well-rounded club. The fore wings have the 

 first two subcostal nervules arising before the 

 end of the cell, close to each other. The third 

 subcostal arises midway between the end of the 

 cell and the origin of the fourth subcostal. The 

 cell of the fore wing is closed by a stout lower 

 discocellular vein which is more or less continuous 

 with the third median nervule. The hind wing 

 has the cell open or only partially closed. 



Early Stages. — But little is known of the early 



Stages of this genus. Fig. 100.— Neura- 



The species reckoned as belonging to Hypa ^IfJJ^l genus 

 nartia number less than a dozen, most of which 

 are found in tropical America, but, singularly enough, two species 

 occur in tropical and southern Africa, and another has been de- 

 scribed from Madagascar. 



(i) Hypanartia lethe, Fabricius, Plate XXIV, Fig. 10, 6 

 (Lethe). 



This very handsome insect, which is quite common in tropi- 

 cal America, is another straggler into our fauna, being occasion- 

 ally found in southern Texas. But little is known of its early 

 life-history. Expanse, 2.00 inches. 



Genus EUNICA, Hubner 

 (The Violet-wings) 



Butterfly. — The head is narrow, hairy; the eyes prominent. 

 The antennae are long and slender, having a greatly enlarged club 

 marked with two grooves. The palpi have the third joint in the 

 case of the female longer than in the case of the male. They are 

 relatively short, thickly clothed with hairs and scales lying closely 



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