Genus Eunica 
appressed to the surface. The fore wing has the costal and 
median vein enlarged and swollen at the base. The subcostal has 
five nervules, the first two of which arise before 
the end of the cell, the third midway between the 
end of the cell and the fourth nervule. The upper 
discocellular vein is wanting; the middle discocel- 
lular vein is bent inwardly; the lower discocellular 
vein is somewhat weak and joins the median vein 
exactly at the origin of the second median nervule. 
The cell of the hind wing is lightly closed. 
Early Stages .—Very little is known of the early 
stages of this genus. 
Fig. ioi.—N eura- The butterflies are characterized by the dark- 
^Eunica the genus brown or black ground-color of the upper side, 
generally glossed with rich blue or purple. On 
the under side the markings are exceedingly variable and in most 
cases very beautiful. The genus is characteristic of the neotropical 
fauna, and there are over sixty species which have been described. 
The males are said by Bates, to whom we are indebted for most 
of our knowledge of these insects, to have the habit of congre¬ 
gating about noon and in the early afternoon in moist places by 
the banks of streams, returning toward nightfall to the haunts of 
the females. In this respect they resemble club-men, who at the 
same hours are generally to be found congregating where there is 
something to drink. Only two species are found in our region, 
and are confined to the hottest parts of Texas and Florida, rang¬ 
ing thence southward over the Antilles and Central America as 
far as Bolivia. 
(i) Eunica monima, Cramer, Plate XXI, Fig. 7, 6 ; Fig. 8, 
$ (The Dingy Purple-wing). 
Butterfly .—This obscure little butterfly represents in Florida 
and Texas the great genus to which it belongs, and gives but a 
feeble idea of the splendid character of its congeners, among 
which are some exceedingly beautiful insects. Nothing is known 
of its life-history. It is common in the Antilles and Mexico. 
Another species of the genus, Eunica taiila , has recently 
been reported from the extreme southern portion of Florida. 
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