Genus Hypanartia 
tropics of the New World, and is occasionally found in southern 
Texas and Florida. 
Genus HYPANARTIA, Hiibner 
(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. 
The species reckoned as belonging to Hypa - ^yp^nartia 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. io, 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, Hiibner 
(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 
:ase 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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