190 NYMITIALID.F. 



Genus XVII. LAOGONA Boisd. 

 Boisd. Sp. Gen. i. t. 10. f. 3. (1836). 



Vanessa God', cy-c. 



Symbrenthia Hiibn. Verz. bek. Schmett. 43. (1816). 



Hypanartia Hiibn.-Geyer. 



Head oi' moderate width, hairy. 



Eyes oval, not remarkably prominent, hairy. 



Maxillce nearly three fourths the length of the body. 



Labial Palpi ascending, projecting beyond the forehead ; clothed with long scales, rather closely 

 appressed, except at the back of the second joint towards the apex. First joint short, 

 subcylindric, curved, two fifths the length of the second joint ; second joint cylindric, scarcely 

 curved, subtruncate at the apex ; third joint elongate, conical, rather shorter than the first joint. 



Antenna? about three fourths the length of the body, terminating in a rather short obtuse club. 

 Thorax oval, stout, hairy. 



Anterior Wings nearly triangular ; the apex very slightly truncate. Anterior margin but little 

 curved. Outer margin about three fourths the length of the anterior, slightly emarginate- 

 Inner margin nearly straight, equal to the outer. Costal nervure rather stout, extending 

 beyond the middle of the wing. Subcostal nervure five-branched ; its first nervule thrown off 

 considerably beyond the middle ; its second shortly before the end of the cell ; the third at a 

 greater distance from the origin of the second than from that of the fourth ; this last nearer to 

 the apex than to the origin of the third. Upper disco-cellular very short. Middle disco-cellular 

 much curved, about half the length of the lower, which is nearly straight, and anastomoses with 

 the third median nervule, where this last makes a slight angle. Internal nervule wanting. 



Posterior Wings angular ; the base with a rather prominent shoulder. Anterior margin curved ; 

 outer curved as far as the third submedian nervule, then produced into a short tooth, thence 

 sinuate to the anal angle ; all the margins of about equal length. Precostal nervure bifid. 

 Diseoidal nervule separating from the second subcostal close to its origin. Cell open. Third 

 median nervule scarcely curved. 



Anterior Legs of the male with the femur scaly ; the tibia, except at the base, and the tarsus densely 

 clothed with very long hairs. Femur longer than the tibia. Tibia and tarsus equal in length ; 

 the former slenderer at the base than at the apex ; the latter cylindric, scarcely curved, rounded 

 at the base and apex. Anterior Legs of the female with the femur, tibia, and tarsus scaly, and 



