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Genus III. LYCOREA. 



Heliconia Latr., God', fyc. 

 Eueides Hubn. 



Head broad. 



Eyes nearly round, prominent. 



Maxilla of moderate length. 



Labial Palpi rising considerably above the forehead, scaly, the first and second joints furnished in 

 front with long hair. First joint short, curved ; second joint more than double the length of 

 the first, subcylindric, rather tapering towards the apex, slightly compressed internally ; third 

 joint not much more than one fourth the length of the second, slenderer, subcylindric, tapering 

 towards the extremity. 



Antennas not quite two thirds as long as the body, gradually clavate ; the club stout, rounded at the 

 apex ; the articulations distinct, with three slight channels below. 

 Thorax robust. 



Anterior Wings subtriangular, rounded at the apex, anterior and outer margin rounded, inner 

 margin nearly straight. Costal nervure terminating about the middle of the costa. Subcostal 

 nervure emitting its first and second nervules before the end of the cell, the former being distant 

 therefrom about one fourth the length of the cell, the latter not one twelfth ; third subcostal 

 nervule arising at a point about equally distant from the origin of the second and fourth, the 

 fourth at a point about equidistant from the third and from the apex. Upper disco-cellular nervule 

 wanting. The first discoidal nervule just touching the subcostal nervure, which is slightly 

 thickened at that point. Middle disco-cellular nervule curved inwards. Lower disco-cellular 

 nervule longer than the middle, directed obliquely outwards, reaching the third median nervule 

 at a point where it makes an obtuse angle ; its upper half nearly atrophied. Submedian nervure 

 terminating exactly at the inner angle. Internal nervule almost atrophied, running into the 

 submedian. 



Posterior Wings obovate, the outer margin slightly sinuate. Precostal nervure bifid. Costal 

 nervure short, not reaching beyond the middle of the costa, united to the subcostal as far as the 

 point where the precostal is thrown off. Discoidal nervule about equidistant from the second 

 subcostal and the third median nervules, united to the former by an upper disco-cellular nervule 

 directed obliquely outwards, and to the latter by a nervule thrown oft* from it at nearly a right 

 angle, then bent obliquely outwards, forming at the point of junction an acute angle with the 

 upper disco-cellular nervule. 



