Genus Hypanartia 



tropics of the New World, and is occasionally found in southern 

 1 exas and Florida. 



Genus HYPANARTIA, Hubner 

 (The Banded Reds) 



Butterfly.-The palpi of medium size, well clothed with 



scales; the second joint moderately thick; the third very little 



thinner, blunt at the tip. The antenna have a distinct, short 



well-rounded club. The fore wings have the 



first two subcostal nervules arising before the 



end of the cell, close to each other. The third 



subcostal arises midway between the end of the 



cell and the origin of the fourth subcostal. The 



cell of the fore wing is closed by a stout lower 



discocellular vein which is more or less continuous 



with the third median nervule. The hind wing 



has the cell open or only partially closed. 



Early Stages.~Eu\. little is known of the early 



stages of this genus. 



T^, . , , Fig. ioo.— Neura- 



1 he species reckoned as belonging to Hypa- *'o" of the genus 

 nartia number less than a dozen, most of which ^^'t"''"'^^^- 

 are found in tropical America, but, singularly enough, two species 

 occur in tropical and southern Africa, and another has been de- 

 scribed from Madagascar. 



(I) Hypanartia lethe, Fabricius, Plate XXIV, Fio- lo $, 

 (Lethe). "^ ' 



This very handsome insect, which is quite common in tropi- 

 cal America, is another straggler into our fauna, being occasion- 

 ally found in southern Texas. But little is known of its early 

 Iife-history. Expanse, 2.00 inches. 



Genus EUNICA, Hubner 

 (The Violet-wings) 



Butter fly, —'W.t head is narrow, hairy; the eyes prominent. 

 Ihe antenn.^ are long and slender, having a greatly enlarged club 

 marked with two grooves. The palpi have the third joint in the 

 case of the female longer than in the case of the male. They are 

 relatively short, thickly clothed with hairs and scales lying closely 



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