LYCAENINAE: THE GENUS EVERES. 905 



Table of genera, based on the caterpillar at birth. 



No lenticles in front of the laterodorsal abdoniiiuil papillae. 



Two series of lenticles on each side of body above spiraeles Everes. 



Three series of lenticles on each side of body al)ove spiracles Cyaniris. 



A series of small lenticles on the abdoniinal segments in front of the laterodorsal papillae 



Rusticus. 

 (Noniiades not seen.) 



Table of genera, based on the mature caterpillar. 



The outer margin of the narrow dorsal area of the body marked by comparatively prominent 

 bristles. 



Last segment of body broad and greatly depressed Everes. 



Last segment of body comparatively slender and moderately depressed Cyaniris. 



Body clothed everywhere with uniform pile, the special subdorsal bristles being lost before the 

 Anal stage. 



Pile rather long, dense. Upper cleft of head rather broad Nomiades. 



Pile rather short, sparse. Upper cleft of head very narrow Rusticus. 



Table of genera, based on the chrysalis. 



Front of body, as seen from aljove, rounded. 



Body very slender, much more than three times as long as broad Everes. 



Body rather stout, much less than three times as long as broad Cyaniris. 



Front of body, as seen from above, sliglitly emarginate Rusticus, 



(Nomiades not seen.) 



Table of genera, based on the imago. 



First superior subcostal nervule of fore wings partly connate with the costal nervure. Hind 



wings tailed Everes. 



First superior subcostal nervule of fore v^ings free. Hind wings without tails. 

 Eyes delicately pilose. 



Fore tarsi of male not more than one-sixth longer than the fore tibiae. Fore tibiae of 

 female twice as stout as the first tarsal joint and hardly more than three-fourths the 



length of the femora Cyanirip. 



Fore tarsi of male a fourth longer than the fore tibiae. Fore tibiae of female not much 



stouter than first tarsal joint and nearly as long as the femora Nomiades. 



Eyes entirely naked Rusticus. 



EYERES HUBNER. 



Everes Hiibn., Verz. bek. schmett.,69 (1816). Type. — Fap. argiades Pall. 



Comme le papillon sur ses .ailes poudreuses 

 Porte aux gazons ^mus des peuplades de fleurs, 

 Et leur fait des amours sans p6rils et sans pleurs. 



De Vigny. 



Imago (55:3). Head small, densely covered with scales, recumbent on the front, 

 more erect above, and tufted slightly about the base of the antennae; provided also 

 sparsely with longer, but still rather short, hairs, nearly erect above, curved downward 

 in front. Front nearly flat, slightly sunken above, a very little bulbous below, barely 

 protruding beyond the front of the eyes, twice as high as broad, scarcely two-thirds 

 as broad as the eyes on a front view, the sides parallel, the upper border squarely 

 docked, its angles hollowed in front of the antennae, the lower border well rounded. 

 Vertex scarcely vaulted, with a .scarcely perceptible ridge running from the middle of 

 the hind border to the nearest point of the antennae, to which it acts as a support, 

 and separated from the occiput by a nearly .straight, rather deep groove, with walls 



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