SUBFAMILY HESPERIIN/E (THE HESPERIL>$) 
“ Twine ye in an airy round, 
Brush the dew and print the lea; 
Skip and gambol, hop and bound.” 
Drake, The Culprit Fay. 
This subfamily falls into two groups: 
Group A .—In this group the cell of the fore wing is always 
more than two thirds the length of the costa; the lower radial 
vein lies approximately equidistant between the third median 
nervule and the upper radial. The hind wing is frequently pro¬ 
duced at the extremity of the submedian vein into a long tail or 
tooth-like projection. The fore wing is usually furnished in the 
male sex with a costal fold, but is never marked with a discal 
stigma; or bunch of raised scales. The antennae always terminate 
in a fine point and are usually bent into a hook. The butterflies 
when at rest, for the most part, hold their wings erect, though 
some of them hold them extended horizontally. 
Group B .—In this group the cell of the fore wing is less than 
two thirds the length of the costa, and the lower radial is always 
emitted from the end of the cell near the upper angle, much nearer 
to the upper radial than to the third median. The hind wings are 
often somewhat lobed at the anal angle, but never produced as 
in the first group. The antennae are very seldom hooked. 
Genus EUDAMUS, Swainson 
Butterfly.—The antennae terminate in a fine point bent into a 
hook at the thickest part of the club. The cell of the fore wing 
is very long. The discocellulars are inwardly oblique and on the 
same straight line, the upper discocellulars being reduced to a mere 
point. The lower radial is equidistant between the upper radial 
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