Genus Lemonias 
to- the Lycaenidae, with which some writers have in fact grouped 
them, but erroneously, as the writer believes. 
Almost all of the species are American, and the family attains 
its highest development in the tropical regions of South America. 
Genus LEMONIAS, Westwood 
Butterfly .— Small, brightly colored, the sexes often differing 
greatly in appearance from each other. The eyes are naked. 
The palpi are produced, porrect; the last joint is short, thin, 
pointed, and depressed. The antennae are moderately 
long, provided with a gradually thickening, incon¬ 
spicuous club. The upper discocellular vein is 
wanting in the fore wing. The middle and lower 
discocellulars are of equal length. The hind wing 
has the end of the cell obliquely terminated by the 
middle and lower discocellular veins. The apex of FiG.126.— 
the fore wing is somewhat pointed, the outward mar- Neuration o i 
gin straight. The outward margin of the hind wing is ^ IniL™ sLe ~ 
evenly rounded. 
Egg .— Flattened, turban-shaped, with a small, depressed, cir¬ 
cular micropyle, the whole surface covered with minute hexag¬ 
onal reticulations. 
Caterpillar .— Short, flattened, tapering posteriorly; the seg¬ 
ments arched; provided with tufts of hair ranged in longitudinal 
series, the hairs on the sides and at the anal extremity being long, 
bent outward and downward. 
Chrysalis .— Short, suspended at the anal extremity, and held 
in position by a silk girdle, but not closely appressed to the 
surface upon which pupation has taken place; thickly covered 
with short, projecting hair. 
The citadel of this genus is found about the head waters of 
the Amazon, where there are many species. Thence the genus 
spreads northward and southward, being represented in the 
limits of our fauna by only a few species, which are found on the 
extreme southern borders of the United States. 
(1) Lemonias mormo, Felder, Plate XXVIII, Fig. 7, $, undei 
%ide (The Mormon). 
Butterfly .—The wings on the upper side are dark ashen-gray, 
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