906 THE BUTTERFLIKS OF XKW EN(;i>AND. 



sloping towai'il each other at considerably more than a riglit angle, the posterior the 

 more abrnpt. Eyes not large nor full, naked in every part. Antennae inserted in the 

 middle of the summit, separated by a space equal to the width of tlie basal joint; 

 barely longer than the abdomen, composed of about thirty-two joints, of which the 

 last twelve form a depressed, elongate club, the first three of which broaden rather 

 rapidly, but beyond them the club remains C(iual or even diminishes very sliglitly, 

 tlie bluntly conical tip composed of three or four joints; the club is three times as 

 broad as tiie stalls, and about four times as long as broad. Palpi slender, compressed, 

 tapering, less than twice as long .as the eye, the apical joint three-fifths as long as the 

 penultimate, and provided only with recumbent scales ; other joints also furnished 

 beneath with a curving fringe of very long, thick scales, all closely compressed in a 

 vertical plane. 



Patagia slender, arched longitudinally, but scarcely tumid, very small, about two 

 and a lialf times longer than broad, tapering gradually and regularly, with straight 

 sides on tlie Ijasal two-thirds, beyond whicli tliey are equal, bent slightly outward, so 

 that the whole inner margin is al)out straiglit, and bluntly pointed. 



Fore wings (39 : 20) two-tliirds as long again as broad, the costal margin very gently 

 convex, less so beyond the base, the outer angle scarcely rounded otl', the outer margin 

 rather broadly and regularly rounded, having a general direction of about 55*^-60° 

 with the costal margin, the inner margin straight, the angle rounded. Costal nervure 

 terminating opposite the middle of the outer half of the cell, confluent for a part of 

 the time with the first superior subcostal nervure ; subcostal nervure with three supe- 

 rior branches ; the first, arising scarcely beyond the middle of the upper margin of the 

 cell, runs at first into the costal, is completely confluent with it for a short distance, 

 and tlien parting from it, ends on the margin opposite the apex of the cell ; second 

 superior brancli arising at about one-fourth the distance from the origin of the first 

 to the apex of the cell ; and tlie third at a little more tlian half way from the origin 

 of the second to the apex of the cell, forking before the middle; cross veins closing 

 the cell exceedingly faint and transverse, bent at a slight angle ; cell scarcely half as 

 long as the wing, and three and one-half times longer than broad. 



Hind wings with the costal margin well curved, more strongly on the basal than the 

 apical half, the outer border strongly rounded, very full on the upper half, and per- 

 haps rather more so in tlie $ than in the $ , the medio-submedian interspace very 

 slightly and roundly emarginate, the lower median nervule furnished with a very slen- 

 der, thread-like tail, considerably longer than the width of the interspaces at its base; 

 inner margin rather strongly convex near the base, beyond straightly excised, the 

 angle abrupt but broad. Submedian nervure terminating at the anal angle; internal 

 nervure terminating at about the middle of the inner border. 



Androconia rounded quadi-ate, the stem less than half as long as the lamina. 



Fore tibiae three-quarters the length of the hind tibiae ; fore tarsi not so crowded 

 with spines as on the other legs, scaled beneath, the tiljial spurs naked and small, 

 smaller in the male than in the female ; the terminal joint is either like that of the 

 other legs (?), or it is furnished at tip with only a single, median, long, tapering, 

 scarcely curving hook, without paronychia or pulvillus {$)■ Middle tibiae a little 

 shorter than the hind pair, provided at tip with long and slender, tapering spines, mostly 

 concealed by large scales. First joint of tarsi as long as the others combined, the 

 second, third and fourth diminishing regularly in size, the fifth equal to the second; 

 the terminal joint furnished beneath with two, the other joints with three rows of 

 moderately long and slender spines, the terminal outer ones of each joint much longer 

 than the others, spur-like and curved ; claws very small, short, gently curved, taper- 

 ing but little, pointed; paronychia double, the upper piece long and very slender, 

 tapering, almost flliform, incurved and delicately pointed, the lower piece a ciliate 

 lobe, hardly longer than broad and rounded ; pulvillus wanting. 



Upper organ of male abdominal appendages forming a short, semicircular, laminate 

 hood, tlie edges setose, the posterior margin entire; lateral arms slender, very long 

 and strongly arcuate ; clasps forming a not very long, snbequal, somewhat bellied rib- 

 bon, broadly rounded apically. 



