134 HELICOXID.E. 



Genus XIY. HAMADRYAS Boisd. 



Boisd. Voy. de V Astrolabe, Ent. 91. (1832). 



Aeria, Stalachtis, Btibn. 

 Heliconia God'. 



Head rather broad, densely scaly. 



Eyes oval, large, prominent. 



Maxilke longer than the thorax. 



Labial Palpi projecting considerably beyond the head, rather stout. The basal and second joints 

 densely clothed with scales, the latter about double the length of the former, its dorsal surface 

 furnished with long hair-like scales; third joint short, smaller-pointed than the second, clothed 

 with short scales, and furnished at the base posteriorly with a tuft of hair-like scales. 



Antenna fully three fourths the length of the body, gradually thickening to a very elongate club, 

 the joints of which are very short and distinct. 

 Thorax oval, rather stout ; the prothorax very distinct. 



Anterior Wings subtriangular ; the anterior and outer margins rounded, the latter about three 

 fifths the length of the former ; inner margin very slightly emarginate, fully three fourths the 

 length of the outer. Costal nervure terminating nearly opposite the end of the cell. Subcostal 

 throwing off its first nervule at about three fourths the length of the cell ; its second a little 

 before the end of the cell ; its third about at an equal distance from the second and fourth, the 

 latter nearer the apex than to the third nervule ; fifth nervule terminating on the outer margin, 

 not much below the apex. Upper disco-cellular nervule very short ; middle curved ; lower 

 about equal to the middle, directed outwards and downwards to the third median nervule, which 

 makes an obtuse angle at the point of junction. First and second median nervules widely 

 separated. Internal nervule wanting ? 



Posterior Wings obovate ; the anterior margin nearly straight from the base beyond the middle. 

 Precostal nervule simple. Costal nervure describing a considerable curve where it separates 

 from the subcostal. Subcostal dividing considerably before the middle of the wing. Cell short. 

 Upper disco-cellular nervule arising from the second subcostal nervule, not far from its origin ; 

 both this and the lower one, which is nearly double its length, straight, directed obliquely 

 outwards. Third median nervule slightly bent where the lower disco-cellular nervule joins it. 

 Abdominal margin produced at the base so as partially to cover the basal segments of the 

 abdomen below. 



