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Group VI. ARGyYNNINA. 
Imago.—F orewings elongately-triangular, or triangular; apex obtuse or rounded; 
exterior margin more or less slightly scalloped, or even. Hindwings short, broad, 
obovate, in some subquadrate ; exterior margin more or less slightly, or prominently 
scalloped ; in some with a more or less prominent broad caudate angle at end of the 
upper median veinlet. 
Caterpillar.—Head hairy, either armed with two vertical branched-spines, or, 
not armed. Body armed with from six to nine longitudinal rows of branched-spines. 
Chrysalis—More or less constricted at the waist ; thorax arched ; wing-cases 
ample and protuberant; either with dorsal conical tubercles, which in some are 
slender, in others the anterior and the posterior dorsal pair are abnormally long, 
enlarged, and expanded at the base ; head obtusely or acutely bifid. 
Hqg.— Sugar-loaf shaped”’ (Scudder). ‘‘As high as wide or higher; ribs 
rather numerous, heavy, blunt, anastomosing, projecting at apex, with numerous 
distinct cross lines” (Doherty). 
Group VII. Metiraina. 
Imago.—Small. Forewings elongately-triangular ; apex obtuse; exterior 
margin almost even. Hindwings short, obovate; exterior margin barely slightly 
scalloped. 
Caterpillar.—Head small, unarmed. Body attenuated a little anteriorly, armed 
with four longitudinal series of short, coarse branched-spines. 
Chrysalis— Rather stout. Head obtuse; thorax rounded; abdominal 
segments with dorsal and lateral small blunt tubercles ” (Scudder). 
Hgg.—‘* Somewhat acorn-shaped, higher than broad, well rounded at base and 
at sides, and broadly docked at the summit; with very slight longitudinal ribs 
occupying only the upper half, the surface below being smooth, or indented with 
polygonal or rounded depressions ”’ (Scudder). 
Group VIII. Huryvtetina. 
Imago.—Of moderate size. Forewings mostly short and broad, elongately- 
triangular, or triangular ; costal vein dilated at the base ; apex abruptly pointed 
cr obtuse; exterior margin either erect, slightly scalloped, and angled outward 
below the apex and less so at the upper median veinlet, or the margin oblique 
and nearly even. Hindwings short, broadly obovate; exterior margin more or 
less scalloped. 
Caterpillar.—Slender. Head armed with two long branched-spines. Body 
armed with two dorsal and two lateral rows of short branched-spines. 
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