Genus Eumaeus 
Genus EUM^US, Hubner 
Butterfly. — Medium size or small; dark in color, with the 
under side and the borders of the upper sides beautifully adorned 
with spots having a metallic luster. The palpi are divergent, 
longer in the female than in the male. The an¬ 
tennae are stout, rather short, with a gradually 
thickened club. The eyes are naked. The veins 
on the fore wing are stout. The accompanying 
cut gives a clear idea of the neuration. 
Early Stages .—Nothing is known of these. 
Three species are reckoned as belonging to 
the genus, two of them being found sparingly 
in the extreme southern limits of our fauna. 
(i) Eumaeus atala, Poey, Plate XXVIII, Fig. 
22, $ , under side (Atala). 
Butterfly. — Easily distinguished by the figure in the plate from 
all other species except its congener E. minyas , Hubner, which 
can be readily separated from it by its larger size. Expanse, 1.65- 
i = 75 inch. 
Early Stages. —These await description. 
Atala is found in Florida and Cuba. Minyas occurs in 
southwestern Texas, and thence southward to Brazil. 
Fig. 128.—Neu¬ 
ration of the ge¬ 
nus Eumceus. 
Genus THECLA, Fabricius 
(The Hair-streaks) 
“ These be the pretty genii of the flow’rs, 
Daintily fed with honey and pure dew.” 
Hood. 
Butterfly. — Small or medium-sized; on the upper side often 
colored brilliantly with iridescent blue or green, sometimes dark 
brown or reddish; on the under side marked with lines and 
spots variously disposed, sometimes obscure in color, very fre¬ 
quently most brilliantly colored. 
Various subdivisions based upon the neuration of the wings 
have been made in the genus in recent years, and these subdivi¬ 
sions are entitled to be accepted by those who are engaged in a 
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