CUL/ENIS. 



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Abdomen nearly as long as the inner margin of the posterior wings. 

 Larva and Pupa unknown. 



Colamis may be known from the preceding genus by the open discoidal cell of the posterior wings, and from Cethosia 

 and Agraulis by its pulvilli and paronychia. Few as the species are, almost each one has a different aspect, and 

 some slight difference in character. Colasnis Julia and Col. Delila, which possibly are only varieties of the same species, 

 have the wings elongate, slightly pointed, of a more or less bright tawny colour, slightly marked with black on the 

 margins, and more or less so at the apex. Colaenis Pha?rusa has the wings proportionably shorter and broader, the 

 outer margin rounded instead of slightly concave, their ground colour nearly the same as in the preceding species, but 

 marked longitudinally with black. In Col. Euchroia the anterior wings are truncated at the apex ; the colouring of 

 the upper surface somewhat resembles that of the preceding species, but below it bears some analogy to Agraulis, 

 though wanting the silver spots. Cola?nis Dido is remarkable for its elongate black wings, beautifully banded and 

 spotted with green above, and, as it were, silvered below. There are some differences of structure in the anterior feet 

 and in the wings, which will be found given in the sectional characters. 



The Coltenes are insects of rather swift flight, frequenting the outskirts of woods. They are found throughout the 

 tropical parts of America, and it will be seen that some of the species have rather a wide geographical range. Colasnis 

 Dido is stated by M. Lacordaire to be very common in Guiana, but difficult to capture, on account of its constantly 

 flying round the tops of the highest trees without alighting. Its flight is bold and rapid. When in repose it keeps its 

 wings expanded, in which it differs from Cokenis Julia and Col. Phaerusa, which always then close them completely. 

 The two species just mentioned are very difficult to capture, from their rapid flight and from their rarely alighting, 

 though sometimes they may be found at rest on the stems of the tall grasses. 



COLjENIS. 



Section I. Anterior Tarsi of the male elongate, slender, cy- 

 lindric, scaly, and slightly hairy. Anterior Wings rounded at 

 the apex. First subcostal nervule thrown off at the end of the 

 cell. 



t 

 I. (or,. Dklila Hiibn. Verz. bek. Schmett. 32. (1816'). 



P. Del. Fab. Syst. Ent. 510. n. 284. (1775). 

 Cethosia Del. Godt. Enc. M. ix. 244. n. 2. 



(1819). 

 P. Cillene Cram, t.215. f. D. E. (1780). 

 Jamaica, Guiana. B. M. 



2. Col. Julia Hiibn. Verz. bek. Schmett. 32. (1816). 



P. Julia Fab. Syst. Ent. 509. n. 281. (1775). • 

 Cethosia Julia Godt. Enc. M. ix. 244. n. 1. 



(1819). 

 P. Alcionea Cram. t. 215. f. A. F. G. (1780). 

 Jamaica?, Honduras, Venezuela, Guiana, Brazil. 



B. M. 



tt 

 :■>'. Col. Ph^ruba 



P. Pha;. Linn. Syst. Nat. n. 780. n. 1 8(>. 

 (1767). 

 Cram. t. 130. f. B. C. (1779). 

 Fab. Syst. Ent. m. i. 134. n. 415. (1793). 

 Pantoporia Pha?. Hiibn. Verz. bek. Schmett. 44. 



(1816). 

 Cethosia Pha;. Godt. Euc.M. ix. 246. 11.9. (1819). 

 Agraulis Pha?. E. Doubleday, List of Lep. Ins. 

 of Brit. Mus. 65. ( 1 845). 

 Honduras, Venezuela, Guiana, Brazil. B. M. 



March, 1848. 



Section II. Palpi densely hairy. Anterior Tarsi of the male 

 elongate, slender, cylindric, scaly, and slight/;/ hairy. Anterioi 

 Wings truncate at the apex. Second subcostal nervule of the 

 posterior wings much bent at its origin. Discoidal nervure 

 much bent soon after its origin from the second subcostal 

 nervule. 



4. Col. Euchroia Doubleday \; Hewitson, Gen. of Diurnal 

 Lep. t. 20. f. 3.(1847). 

 Venezuela, New Granada. B. M. 



Section III. Anterior Tibial and Tarsi of the male densely hairy, 

 especially the tarsi, which are rather short, sub-depressed, ta- 

 pering towards the apex. First subcostal nervure arising 

 before the end of the cell, second a little beyond it. 



5. Col. Dido. 



P. Di. Linn. Amain. Acad. vi. 408. n. 74. 

 (1763). 

 Linn. Syst. Nat. 11. 782. n. 192. (1767). 

 Clerck, Icon. t. 30. f. 3, 4. ( 1 764). 

 Fab. Syst. Ent. 111. i. 57. n. 177- (1793). 

 Cram. t. 1 96. f. E. F. (1779)- 

 Metamorpha Di. Hiibn. Verz. bek. Schmett. 43. 



(1816). 

 Cethosia Di. Godt. Enc. M. ix. 246. n. 8. 



(1819). 

 Agraulis Di. E. Doubleday, List of Lcp. Ins. of 

 Brit. Mus. 65. (1844). 

 Honduras ? Venezuela, Guiana, Brazil. B. M. 



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