6 NYMPHALID^. NYMPHALIN.E. 



ix. First subcostal nervule anastomosing with costal nervure. 



LXXIX.— Tanaecia. 

 c'. Apex of second subcostal nervule of forewing opposite origin of fourth. 



LXXX.— Pyrameis. 

 i'. Outer margin of hindwing produced into one or more tails and lobes. 



rt*. Hindwing with a distinct tooth or tail at thiid median nervule, no anal 

 lobe. 

 a^. Cell of both wings closed. 



LXXXI.— Vanessa. 

 63. Cell of hindwing open. 



LXXXII.— Symbrenthia. 

 a^. Hindwing with a distinct tooth at discoidal nervule. 



LXXXIII — Rhinopalpa. 

 i^. Hindwing with narrow curved tail at third median nervule, and a rounded 

 anal lobe. 



LXXXIV— CvRESTis.* 

 C2 Hindwing with a narrow tail at submedian nervure. 

 a". Cell of both wings closed. 



LXXXV.— Kallima, 

 i^. Cell of both wings open. 



LXXXVI.— Doleschallia. 

 (i^. Hindwing with either two long narrow tails at the third and first median 

 nervules, or a distinct tooth at the third and a small one at the first 

 median nervule. 



LXXXVII.-Charaxes. 

 e". Hindwing with a broad tail between the second and third median nervules. 



LXXXVIII.-Prothoe. 



Mr. Westwood, in the Gen. Diurn. Lep., vol. ii, p. 403, placed the first three genera of the 

 Nymphaiincz (as here arranged) together with Elymnias {— his Melanitis), and three American 

 genera which have since been included amongst the NymphalincB, in his Family XI, Eurytelidce, 

 with the following characters : — 



"Insects of moderate size. BODY, moderately robust. /^,?(2(/, moderate-sized. Eyes, 

 generally naked. Palpi, generally elongate, not compressed, clothed with short hairy scales. 

 AntenncE, short, slender, not terminated by a decided club. Wings, generally large, dentated 

 or angulated, and not ocellated beneath. Forewing, with the costal nervure always greatly 

 swollen at the base ; subcostal nervure with the first and second branches arising before the 

 extremity of the discoidal cell, the discoidal cell closed with a slender lower disco-cellular 

 nervule. Hindwing, with the abdominal margin moderately developed, so as only to form a 

 slight canal for the reception of the abdomen ; discoidal cell closed by a slender lower disco- 

 cellular nervule. Forelegs, small, those of the viale more or less hairy, without tarsal 

 articulations ; of the female also small, but rather longer, and with the tarsal portion articu- 

 lated ; without claws. Claws of the middle and hindlegs simple." 



"This is another group which I would prefer to regard as a subfamily rather than 

 as a separate family, its characters only appearing sufficiently strong to warrant the latter 

 rank being accorded to it. Of these the elongated palpi scarcely differ from those of 

 many of the Nymphalince, either in length or the nature of their clothing ; in this latter 

 respect they are well distinguished from the Satyrina:, with which, however, the strongly 

 swollen condition of the costal nervure of the forewing seems to offer a point of connexion, 

 although not a strong one, since it is a character of only generic value amongst the last- 

 named insects. The structure of the forelegs in both sexes is also almost identical with 

 that of many of the NymphalincB. The species are of moderate size, and for the most part 

 varied in their colouring, although destitute of the beautiful ocelli of many of the preced- 

 ing groups." ( Westwood, 1. c. ) 



• This character does not always hold good ; in some species of the genera Hestina, Neptis, Argynnis, 

 and Cyrestis the second subcostal nervule of the forewing is emuted after the apex of the cell. 



