106 HELICONIDiE. 



Anterior Legs of the male very small, scaly ; the femur and tarsus hairy ; the tibia rather longer 

 than the femur; the tarsus about one half the length of the tibia, cylindric, rounded or slightly 

 pointed at the apex, one-jointed. Anterior Legs of the female more elongate, stouter ; the femur 

 longer than the tibia : the tarsus club-shaped, about three fourths the length of the tibia, four- 

 jointed; the basal joint five or six times the length of the others combined, club-shaped, compressed ; 

 second, third, and fourth very short, transverse ; first, second, and third joints with a stout 

 spine on each side at the apex; second, third, and fourth joints with a tuft of stiff converging 

 hairs on each side at the base, each tuft lying close upon the spine of the preceding joint. 



Middle and Posterior Legs moderately stout. Tibia; rather longer than the femora, spiny, the 

 spines small, apical spurs distinct. Tarsi about as long as the tibiae, spiny below, the spines 

 placed rather irregularly, but somewhat in four rows ; basal joints elongate, longer than the rest 

 combined ; second to fifth short, the last rather longer than the others ; all broadest at the apex. 

 Claws curved, deeply grooved below. Paronychia bilaciniate, almost corneous ; outer lacinia 

 narrow, pointed, as long as the claw; inner subtriangular, about half as long as the outer. 

 Pulvillus two-jointed ; the last joint broad, narrowed at its base. 

 Abdomen elongate, extending beyond the wings, narrowest at the base. 



This genus may be known from Heliconia by its much shorter and more clavate antenna;, its broader anterior wings, 

 the different neuration of both these and the posterior wings, and the difference in the structure of the anterior feet in 

 both sexes. The males have a large tuft of hair on each side of the last segment of the abdomen, capable of being in a 

 great measure retracted within the abdomen. 



The few species which compose it are, with the exception of Tithorea Humboldtii and T. Bonplandi, the largest and 

 most robust of the Heliconida;. They are subject to considerable variations in colour ; and I am by no means sure that 

 all of even this small number of nominal species are in reality distinct. The genus occurs from Haiti to the South of 

 Brazil, but I am not aware of its having been met with in Jamaica or the smaller West Indian Islands, except St a . 

 Lucia. It seems to be most common within eight or ten degrees on each side of the equator. 



LYCOREA. 



1. Lvc. Pasinuntia. 



P. Pas. Cram. t. 316. f. A. B. C. (1782). 

 ? P. Eva Fab. Ent. Syst. m. i. lC2. n. 501. 

 (1793). 

 Hel. Eva Godt. Enc. M. ix. 222. n. 57. 

 (1819). 

 Brazil, Guiana. B. M. 



2. Ltc. Ceres. 



P. Ce. Cram. t. 90. f. A. (1775). 

 Hel. Eva Godt. Enc. M. ix. 222. n. 57- (1819). 

 Brazil, Guiana. B. M. 



3. Lyc. Halia. 



Eueides Ha. Hiibn. Samml. Exot. Schmett. 

 (1806-27). 

 Guiana. B. M. 



4. Lyc. Atergatis Doubleday $ Hewitson, t. 16. f. 1. (1847). 



Venezuela. B. M. 



5. Lyc. Cleobjea. 



Heliconia CI. Godt. Enc. M. ix. 222. n. 58. 

 (1819)- 

 W. Indies. 



