EXPLANATION OF PLATE 47. 



Scales peculiar to the male Imago. — Hesperidi. 



Lithography by B. Meisel. Drawings by J. Henry Blake. All the drawings are highly magnified. Unless other- 

 wise stated, all the figures under one number are drawn to the same scale. 



1. Eudamus proteus : a, chain-bristle from in- 

 terior of costal fold; 6, c, two forms of androco- 

 nla ; d, cover-scale from lip of costal fold. 



2. Achalarus lycidas: a, obspatulate curving 

 androconium ; 6, cover-scale from lip of costal 

 fold; c, part of chain-bristle from interior of cos- 

 tal fold.' 



3. Thanaos persius: a, pediform bristle from 

 interior (not so highly magnified as the others) ; 

 6, short androconium; c, one-pronged rod from 

 interior; d, two-pronged rod from interior ; e, long 

 androconium ; /, cover-scale from lip of costal fold. 



4. Thanaos lucilius • a, bunch of pediform bris- 

 tles from interior (not so highly magnified as the 

 others) ; 6, scaphiform androconium ; c, long an- 

 droconium; d, one-pronged rod from interior; 

 e, seed-shaped androconium ; /, cover-scale from 

 lip of costal fold. 



5. Thanaos juvenalis : a, 6, two forms of an- 

 droconia; c, d, two forms of cover-scales fi-om lip 

 of costal fold; e. pediform bristle from interior 

 (less magnified than the others). 



6. Thanaos icehis: a, cover-scale from lip of 

 costal fold; b, seed-shaped androconium; c, scale 

 from inside of lip of costal fold ; d, flagellate tri- 

 angular scale from interior; e, fabiforra androco- 

 nium from beneath the costal vein ; f, cover-scale 



from lip of costal fold (of slightly difl'erent en- 

 largement from the others). 



7. Thanaos brizo : <?, twisted ribbon from inte- 

 rior; b, cover-scale from lip of costal fold ; c, cover- 

 scale from lip of costal fold (with /, of difl'erent 

 enlargement from the others) ; d, short pointed rod 

 from interior; e, long pointed rod from interior; 

 /, straight bristle from interior (with c, of differ- 

 ent enlargement from the others). 



8. Thanaos martialis : a, seed-shaped androco- 

 nium ; b, cover-scale from lip of costal fold ; c, pedi- 

 form bristle from interior; d, pointed rod from 

 interior. 



9. Thanaos terentius : a, ribbon-shaped andro- 

 conium ; 6, scaphiform androconium ; c, seed- 

 shaped androconium ; d, fusiform androconium ; 

 e, cover-scale from lip of costal fold (of difl'erent 

 enlargement from the others) ; /, pediform bristle 

 from interior (of independent enlargement). 



10. Thanaos horatins : a, b, two forms of andro- 

 conia to same enlargement; c,d. two forms of 

 cover-scales from lip of costal fold to same enlarge- 

 ment, but difl'erent from preceding; e, pediform 

 bristle from interior, independent enlargement. 



11. Epargyreus tityrua : a. spatulate androco- 

 nium ; 6, flagellate rod-bristle from interior of 

 costal fold. 



