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NYMPHALID^. 



than the former ; fourth joint rather tapering ; all these with a spine on each side at the apex, 

 covered by a tuft of hairs at the base of the following joint ; fifth joint narrower, tapering 

 towards the apex, which is mucronate. 

 Middle and Posterior Legs with the femora, tibia?, and tarsi nearly of equal length. Tibia? 

 spiny, especially towards the apex ; their spurs distinct. Tarsi nearly cylindric, spiny ; the 

 spines at the sides longest, those of the lower surface arranged in two nearly regular series. 

 First joint longer than the rest combined ; second, third, and fourth progressively, though but 

 little, shorter, all of similar form, as is the fifth, which is about equal in length to the second. 

 Claws curved, grooved below. Paronychia bilaciniate ; the outer lacinia subtriangular, broader 

 than, and about as long as, the claw ; inner shorter, strap-shaped. Pulvillus jointed, as long as 

 the claws ; the second joint broad. 

 Abdomen small, scarcely half the length of the inner margin of the posterior wings. 



Larva and Pupa unknown. 



Cirrochroa may be known from the neighbouring genera by its gradually tapering antenna? combined with the open 

 diseoidal cell of the posterior wings. In many respects it is allied to Terinos; but the hairy eyes and abruptly clavate 

 antenna? of Terinos are conspicuous distinctive characters. Both these genera have a singular character on the 

 posterior wings of the males, which also occurs with a slight modification in Lachnoptera. Between the third subcostal 

 and third median nervule, the upper surface of the wing is marked by a transverse depression, extending nearly, or 

 quite, across the space between the nervules, causing a corresponding elevation of the lower surface, which, but for its 

 breadth, might be mistaken for the indication of a disco-cellular nervule. In Lachnoptera, this depression is preceded 

 by an elevation of the membrane, which causes a depression below. 



The colour of the upper surface of the typical species is a yellowish fulvous, but some species have the outer margin, 

 and others this and the base of the wings, broadly fuscous. Below, the wings are mostly of a pale yellowish fuscous 

 with slight pearly reflections. 



This genus is found in the islands of the Indian archipelago, the continent of India, and, according to Fabricius and 

 Donovan, in Australia. 



CIRROCHROA. 



1. Cirr. Aoris Doubleday cy Hewitson, t. 21. f. I. (1847). 



N. India. B. M. 



2. Cirr. Thais. 



Arg. Th. E. Doubleday, List of Lip. Ins. Brit. 

 Mus. ( 1 848). 

 Java, Moulmein, Ceylon. B. M. 



.'!. Cirr. Clagia. 



Arg. CI. Godt. Enc. .11. ix. Suppl. 816. n.lt, 

 15. (1823). 

 Boisd. Sp. Gen. i. t. 10. f. (i. (1836). 

 Singapore, Java. B. M. 



I. Cirk. ? Lampetie. 



P. Lamp. Linn. Syst. A'at. n. 775. n. 160. 

 (1767). 



Fab. Ent. Syst. in. i. 93. n. 290. (1793). 

 Cram. t. 349. f. A. B. (1782). 

 Arg. Lamp. Godt. Enc. M. ix. 258. n. 5. 

 (1819). 

 Amboyna. 



5. Cirr. Phosope. 



P. Pros. Fab. Syst. Ent. 504. n. 260. (1775). 

 Fab. Ent. Syst. in. i. 120. n. 367- (1793). 

 Donovan, lux. of New Holland (1 ). 

 Van. ? Pros. Godt. Enc. SI. ix. N/771/. 820. n. 

 39 la (1823). 

 Australia. 



Note. — Argynnis Peria Gndt. Enc. 31. ix. 259. "• 9- (181,9) probably helongs to this genus, and may be a variety of either the first or 

 second species in this list. 



