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CATALOGUE OF DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 



siiperieures anguleuses et appendieuloes, et les ailes inferieures 

 arrondies comme avec un compas ;" and certainly, did such an 

 insect ever exist, its wings would be utterly useless as organs of 

 flight, for they would invariably carry it downwards. In aU insects 

 which have smaU and rounded hind wings the costa of the front 

 wings always far exceeds the inner margin in length and strength*, 

 whereas in M. Lefebvre's insect the reverse would be the case. 



The true position of C. sepulta is undoubtedly in the family Saty- 

 ridce ; and, so far as can be judged from the beautiful figure in the 

 * Annales ' f, it is exactly intermediate in character between three 

 nearly allied genera now existing, \'iz. Neoi-ina, Antirrhcea, and An- 

 chijalebia, its more immediate allies being the commonest species in 

 each of the above genera. Its characters are distributed between 

 these three species as follows : — 



The venation appears to be nearly similar to that of AncMphlebia 

 (pi. 5. fig. 3). It is doubtful, however, whether the drawing of the 

 veins has been sufficiently attended to to offer any reh'able cha- 

 racters. 



The species in this Catalogue, as they now stand, amount to up- 

 wards of 760, more than 400 of which are in the National Collec- 

 tion. Of these, 51 are described as new to science. 



* As, for instance, in the Sphingida, Heliconidce, &c. 



t In this figure the neuration has not been very clearly defined, the veining 

 of the hind wings not being continuous. 



