SUBFAMILY PYRRHOPYGINy^ 



" Seeing only what is fair, 

 Sipping only what is sweet." 



Emerson. 



This subfamily is composed of closely related genera which are 

 found only in the New World. They may be easily recognized 

 by the large blunt club of the antennae. The cell of the fore wing is 

 always very long, being two thirds the length of the costa; the 

 lower radial vein usually rises from the end of the cell, a little above 

 the third median nervule, and at a considerable 

 remove from the upper radial. 

 They are said when at rest to ex- 

 tend all their wings horizontally. 

 But one genus belonging to this 

 subfamily is represented within the 

 limits of the United States. 



150.— 



Fig 

 Head and nn- 

 ienna. of Pfrrho- 

 pvge, magnified 2 

 diameters. 



Genus PYRRHOPYGE, 



Hubner 



Fig. 151.— Neura- 

 Biitterfly. — Theneuration isas tion of the genus 

 represented in the cut, and need y'^'^P^s^- 

 not, therefore, be described at length. The club of the antennae 

 is thickened, usually bluntly pointed and bent into a hook, 

 (i) Pyrrhopyge araxes, Hewitson, Plate XLV, Fig. 9, 6 

 (Araxes). 



Butterfly. — Easily recognized from the figure in the plate. 

 The hind wings are prevalently yellow on the under side. It is 

 wholly unlike any other species found within the faunal limits 

 with which this book deals. The wings expand about two inches. 

 We have no knowledge whatever of the life-history of the insect. 

 It occurs in southern Texas occasionally, but is quite common in 

 Mexico and more southern countries. 



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