168 NYMPHALID^. 



Genus XI. EUPTOIETA. 



Argyxnis God 1 . §c. 



Head moderately wide, hairy. 



Eyes nearly round, rather prominent. 



Ma.i-ilhi rather longer than the thorax. 



Labial Palpi ascending, slightly divei-gent, rising considerably above the forehead, clothed ohiefty 

 with long hair-like scales ; the second joint having a distinct dorsal tuft, and in front, especially 

 towards the outside, numei-ous erect setae. Basal joint subcylindric, curved, about one fourth 

 the length of the second ; second joint long, much swollen beyond the middle, angular behind, 

 curved in front, tapering towards the apex, which is truncate ; third joint scarcely more than 

 one sixth the length of the second, acicular, clothed with appressed scales. 



Antennce fully three fourths the length of the body, hairy at the base ; terminating in a short, 

 abrupt, somewhat pyriform club. 

 Thorax elongate oval, rather slender. 



Anterior Wings subtriangular ; the anterior margin but little curved ; the outer margin two thirds 

 the length of the anterior, slightly emarginate, as is also the inner margin, which slightly 

 exceeds it in length. Costal nervure stout, terminating beyond the middle of the anterior 

 margin. Subcostal nervure slender, lying close to the costal at its origin: its first nervule 

 thrown off at the end of the cell ; its second about one half more distant from the first than 

 from the third, which is about equidistant from the second and the fourth, this last 

 terminating a little above the apex. Upper disco-cellular nervule extremely short. Middle and 

 lower disco-cellular nervules both much curved inwards, the latter the longer, terminating 

 opposite the origin of the second median nervule. Third median nervule considerably 

 curved. Internal nervule wanting. 



Posterior Wings obovate ; the outer margin sinuate, dentate ; the inner scarcely emarginate above 

 the anal angle. Precostal nervule simple, slightly curved outwards. Discoidal nervure arising 

 from the second subcostal nervule, not far from its origin, at first directed rather across the 

 wing, then bent outwards. Cell open, or closed by an almost atrophied lower disco-cellular 

 nervule. Third median nervule considerably curved. 



Anterior Legs of the male scaly; the scales mostly long, fringed slightly with hairs; the femur 

 little curved, slightly longer than the tibia, nearly cylindric. Tarsus about three fifths as long 

 as the tibia, subcylindric, tapering to a point, with a few scattered lateral spines. Anterior Legs 



