Genus Hypolimnas 
(1) Timetes coresia, Godart, Plate XXI, Fig. I, $ ; Fig. 2, 
$ , under side (The Waiter). 
Butterfly. — Easily recognized by means of our figures, which 
show that this creature deserves the trivial name I have bestowed 
upon it. In its dark coat and white vest it gracefully attends the 
feasts of Flora. Expanse, 2.50 inches. 
So far as I am aware, nothing reliable has been recorded as 
to the early stages of this insect. It is occasionally found in 
Texas. 
(2) Timetes petreus, Cramer, Plate XXI, Fig. 3, $ (The 
Ruddy Dagger-wing). 
Butterfly. —The upper side of the wings is accurately deline¬ 
ated in the plate. On the under side the wings are pale, with 
the dark bands of the upper side reproduced. Expanse, 2.60 
inches. It occurs in southern Florida and Texas, and elsewhere 
in tropical America. 
(3) Timetes chiron, Fabricius, Plate XXI, Fig. 4, $ (The 
Many-banded Dagger-wing). 
Butterfly. —Easily recognized by means of the figure in the 
plate. Like the preceding species, this is occasionally found in 
Texas. It is very common in Mexico, South America, and the 
Antilles. 
Genus HYPOLIMNAS, Hiibner 
(The Tropic Queens) 
Butterfly. —Eyes naked. The palpi are produced, rising above 
the head, heavily scaled. The antennae have a well-developed, 
finely pointed club. The fore wings have stout costal and medi¬ 
an veins. The subcostal throws out five nervules, the first two 
before the end of the cell, the third midway between the end of 
the cell and the outer border; the fourth and the fifth diverge from 
each other midway between the third and the outer border, and 
both terminate below the apex. The upper discocellular vein is 
wanting; the middle discocellular vein is bent inwardly; the lower 
discocellular is very weak, and, in some species, wanting. The 
cell of the hind wing is lightly closed. 
Caterpillar. —The caterpillar is cylindrical, thickest toward the 
middle. The head is adorned with two erect rugose spines; the 
segments have dorsal rows of branching spines, and three lateral 
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