1074 THE BUTTERFLIES OF NEW E\(iLANl). 



rrothoriicic lobes very small, fabiforni, half as broad again as high or long, some- 

 what tunikl, placed obli<iucly. Patagiaof moderate size, rather long and rather broad, 

 somewhat arched, scarcely tumid, not more than three times as long as broad, very 

 gradually tapering, the apical half bent slightly outward, nearly eqnal and half as 

 broad as the base, the tip broadly rounded. 



Fore wings (40:4) nearly three-fourths as long again as broad, the costal margin 

 rather strongly convex at the base, beyond broadly rounded, the middle half a little 

 flattened ; outer angle well rounded off, outer margin nearly straight, scarcely convex, 

 bent at an angle of about 60° with the general direction of the middle half of the cos- 

 tal border; inner margin scarcely emarginate about the middle, the outer angle rounded 

 off. Costal nervure terminating at the middle of the costal border, the subcostal with 

 three superior branches, the first arising in the middle of the outer two-thirds of the 

 cell, the third at an equal distance beyond the apex of the cell, its upper branch forked 

 at nearly as great a distance from its base, and the second arising from the apex of 

 the cell. Cell a little less than half as long as the wing, and scarcely three times 

 as long as broad. 



Hind wings with the costal margin somewhat and rather abruptly rounded next the 

 base, beyond pretty broadly and regularly rounded, rather fuller in tlie $ than in the 

 $ ; outer margin pretty strongly and regularly convex al)ove the lower median nerv- 

 ule, beyond continuous and nearly straight, fuller at the extreme upper limit, and so 

 with a more regularly rounded upper angle in the $ , fuller in the middle of the sub- 

 costal region in the $ ; inner margin broadly and abruptly expanded next the base, 

 beyond straight or scarcely convex, the angle rounded off. Costal nervure without 

 any branch; vein closing the cell striking the median nervure twice as far beyond the 

 second divarication as beyond the same divarication of the subcostal nervure. 



Fore tibiae about two-thirds the length of the middle tibiae; fore tarsi scarcely 

 shorter than the fore femora and nearly four-fifths the length of the middle or hind 

 tarsi ; hind femora about three-fourths as long as the middle pair in both sexes. 

 Femora slenderly fringed with rather long, scale-like hairs. Tibiae supplied abun- 

 dantly and equally on all sides with very small and very slender, recumbent or nearly 

 recumbent spines, scarcely arranged in rows, and apically with a pair of not very 

 long, exceedingly slender spurs. First joint of tarsi scarcely equalling all the others 

 combined, the third and fifth equal, and the fourth less than half as long as the 

 second, provided with spines similar in character and disposition to those of the 

 tibiae, but below arranged in four regular rows, an apical pair of spines on each joint 

 considerably longer than the others; claws very small, divaricating but little, com- 

 pressed, not greatly but regularly curved, broadly bifid for fully half the depth, the 

 branches of equal length and similar, finely pointed ; paronychia simple, composed of 

 a compressed lamella, broad at base, rapidly tapering, forming a rather slender 

 pointed lobe, extending very nearly as far as the claw and partially concealing it; pul- 

 villus similar to that of Callidryas, but not mounted on so long a pedicel. 



Tip of eighth abdominal segment very broadly expanded, so as above to be scarcely 

 longer than the seventh, and receding only in the middle of the sides. Upper organ 

 of male appendages curved, long and slender, excessively compressed so as to form a 

 laminate blade, the lower edge of which is thickened. Clasps subtriangular, convex 

 only at the borders, bluntly pointed posteriorly, both upper and lower edges recurved, 

 and bearing one or two laminate teeth. 



Egg. Rounded subfusiform or Indian-club shaped, between three and f.iur times 

 as long as broad, largest below the middle, but nearly equal in the middle half, 

 tapering above much less rapidly than below, the upper third tapering regularly 

 to the narrow, subtruncate and gently rounded summit; lower extremity much more 

 broadly rounded, with a parabolic curve; sides furnished with numerous, excessively 

 delicate, vertical ribs, equally elevated throughout, the interspaces broken by cross 

 lines, scarcely more delicate, into nearly square cells. 



Caterpillar at birth. Head of the same size as the rather large first thoracic seg- 

 ment; bearing about twenty longer and shorter hairs definitely arranged, of which the 



