BANAUS. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Anterior feet spurious in both sexes ; antennce 

 terminated by a club ; palpi distant, subcylindriC) 

 slender, short ; inferior wings rounded, not form- 

 ing a groove for the reception of the abdomen ; 

 nj^ of the tarsi simple. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



Latreille established this genus to comprehend 

 the Fabrician genera Euploea and Idea. They 

 vv^ere included in the genus Papilio by Linneus, 

 and formed part of his division of Danai 

 festivi. 



PLATE 54. 



