HESPERIINiE. 



Mimoniadcs viulcifer, Hiibncr, Zutr. Exot. Schmett. iii. p. 9, 

 figs. 413, 414 (1825). 

 This is a very pretty Butterfly, with rather long and pointed 

 fore-wings, measuring two inches in expanse. The thorax has 

 two blue stripes in the middle, and an outer orange stripe on 

 each side. The fore-wings have a narrow blue transverse stripe 

 at the base, followed by a broad orange-red band ; nearer the 

 tip are two large yellow spots. Tlie hind-wings have two nar- 

 rower transverse blue stripes. It is common in some parts of 

 Brazil. 



SUB-FAMILY HESPERIIN^. 



Sectio?i A, 



Antennce : Club usually bent into a hook, but sometimes 

 sickle-shaped, always terminating in a fine point. Thiid joint 

 of palpi either minute, or else porrected horizontally in front 

 of the face, as in Section C of the FamphilincE, never curving 

 over the vertex. Cell of fore-wings always more than two-thirds 

 the length of costa. Disco-cellulars generally very oblique. 

 Vein 5 slightly nearer either to 4 or to 5, never conspicuously 

 close to either. Hind-wing frequently with a tail or tooth on 

 sub-median. Vein 5 never fully developed, except in a few New- 

 World genera. The male is usually provided with a costal fold 

 on the fore-wing, and never with a discal stigma, but occasion 

 ally with a tuft on oi^.e of the wings, and very frequently with a 

 tuft of long hair attached to the hind tibire, which are usually, 

 but not invariably, furnished with two pairs of spurs. The 

 epii)hysis (or acute flattened appendage) on the fore tibiae is 

 invariably present. ( Watsofi.) 



A very extensive group, and, with few exceptions, entirely 

 American. The position of the wings in repose is variable. 



