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wlnits with IntoniBl nen-ure distinct, nuinliii; Into tlu- siibnifiliiin nt no i;ront dist^iiicc 

 from tlif tmso; liliul \vln«s with a pn-cii-ital iiorviiri' In ini)>t (luul all North Amcrlrnn) 

 ({enira. the i-ostal norviiro emllns In the niUhlle of the io>lal nuirf;ln, the innir mar- 

 gin hardly ehannelled. 



Fore lesis of male -.'rently aborted, nilnnte. very nineh shorter than the otlier le(;8, 

 entirely without armature, hnt clotlied with lon^ Imlrs, the tarsi conslsthifr of a single 

 iinaniied joint. Middle tibiae longer than the hind pair. 



Male abdondnal appeiidajjes : n|i|ii-r or;:an eonslstin;: of annate lateral »lati<>n.s 

 nnlti-d meslally ttiron:;h most of their length, but often leavinj; a notili between theni, 

 together formlni; a hood-like plate, and bearlnj; l>eiiealh slender, taperinj; arms 

 directed at llrst downward and then backward and somewhat inward. Intennltlent 

 orsian not so hl;ihly developeil as In the next subfamily, not apicnlly expanded. Clasps 

 variable In form, not dltTerlnft much from those of Lycaenlnae, as far as I have seen, 

 but aeeompanlod above by a baekwani ilireeted. lonir and slender, basal tinner whieh 

 appears to be ipilte wanting In Lyeaeninae. 



Egg. Kehlnold or tlarate in shape, mueh broader than lii-tli, domed aljove.the sum- 

 mit witli a lariie.deep. central depres>ion. more or less al)rupt; the surface delicately 

 reticulated; the cells either inconspicuous or very deep, the boundiu!; walls sharp, 

 bearing at every angle of reticulation a delicate erect tllament. and sending toward, 

 but not to. the centre of each cell less elevated delicate septae. 



Caterpillar at birth. Body tapering from in front backward ; the head as large 

 as the tlrst segment, by which it Is partially covered or to which it is closely attached ; 

 botly snb-cyliudrical : all the segments bearing a dorsal and, sometimes at least, a .sub- 

 stlgmatal chitinous shield from whicli arise all the hairs and bristles of the body ; 

 these are long, more or less arcuate, nniiutely spiculiferous; the body is also provided 

 with chitinous annnll arranged longitudinally in tlie dorsal region; the spiracles of the 

 eighth segment not hiuher than those i>f the rest of the body. 



The young caterpillars of Lemouiiuae ditler (so far as can be judged from an exam- 

 ination of alcoholic specimens of a single species or two of North American forms, 

 winch I owe to the favor of Mr. W. H. Edwards) from those of the Lycaenlnae in the 

 possession of thickened chitinous shields on all the segments of the body, from which 

 arise the spiculiferous hairs, seated on papillae. In the species examined (Chrysobia 

 mils and vlrgidti) there is a broad and short dorsal shield entirely similar to what we 

 are accustomed to see on tlie tirst tlioracic segment of Hesperidae. but much shorter 

 than the same on Lycaenlnae. broken narrowly at the dorsal line to give better play 

 to the dorsal vessel beneoth ; tliere is also a small snbstiginatal roundish shield from 

 which a cluster of papilla-based hairs arise. The spiracles are situated between these 

 two sets of chitlnons shields anti are not higher on the eight abdominal segment tlian 

 on the others. There is a single subdorsal series of minute annuli on either side, 

 extending the wiiole length of the body. In form, the structure of the head poste- 

 riorly and Its relations to the segment behind, tliere is no distinction from Lycaenlnae, 

 so that the peculiarities of the earliest larval stage lend countenance to that view of 

 the Lcmoniinae which would regard them as a subfamily of Lycacnidae. 



Mature caterpillar. Head large, as broad as the segment posterior to it, to widch 

 it is connected by a membrane w hlch is attached to the summit of the head : the lat- 

 ter deeply emarglnate In the middle above and w ith no posterior declivity, provided 

 with numerous long hairs but never with spines; body nearly er)ual, sub-cylindrical or 

 sub-onisclfonn, short, being rarely more than three or fonr times as long as broad, 

 fre<|uently covered with dense pile, and in addition, or in its place, ranged hairs or 

 still' tlianieuts or fascicles of hairs arranged in longitudinal rows. 



Chrysalis. Hather short and plump, well rounded, with few prominences, but 

 frenuently enlarged and to a slight degree angulate at the base of the winirs. largest on 

 the abdomen; the anterior extremity formed of the large and broad protliorax ; the 

 head bent over entirely upon the ventral surface ; the prothorax fre<iuently emarglnate 

 Id the middle anteriorly : the abdomen more or less conical, terminating in a mc^re or 

 le«» triangular cremastcr. which Is distinct, projecting, and furnished abundantly with 



