206 NYMPHALIDJL 



Genus XXII. JUNONIA. 



Vanessa Fab., God', fyc. 



Precis, Temenis, Junonia, Alcyoneis, Apatoka, Eugonia, Htibn. 



Vanessa, Salamis, Boisd. 



Head about equal in width to tlie thorax, thickly clothed with short hair-like scales. 



Eyes nearly round, rather prominent, smooth. 



Maxilloe rather slender, about two thirds the length of the body. 



Labial Palpi porrect, ascending, clothed with scales, which are all short and appressed near the 

 base, in part longer and hair-like towards the apex ; the second joint with a dorsal tuft. First 

 joint subcylindric, much curved, short ; second joint fully three times the length of the first, 

 stout, considerably swollen beyond the middle, then diminishing towards the apex, which is 

 truncate; third joint much longer than the first, slender, elongate, conic, almost acicular. 



Antenna; about three fourths the length of the body, slender, terminating in a short, abrupt, obtuse 

 club, grooved below ; or, proportionately, rather shorter, the club more gradually incrassate and 

 longer. 

 Thorax rather stout, oval. 



Anterior Wings nearly triangular; the apex more or less truncate, sometimes falcate. Anterior 

 margin sometimes but little curved, sometimes considerably arched. Outer margin about two 

 thirds the length of the anterior, emarginate. Inner margin equal in length to the outer, 

 straight. Costal nervure rather strong, not extending beyond the middle of the anterior margin. 

 Subcostal nervure emitting its first and second nervules close together, a little before the end of 

 the cell ; the third at a point rather less than halfway between the origins of the second and 

 fourth nervules ; this last nearer to the third than to the outer margin of the wing ; the third 

 subcostal nervule terminating at the apex. Upper disco-cellular nervule very short. Middle 

 disco-cellular nervule about equal in length to one third the width of the cell. Cell almost 

 always open, the lower disco-cellular nervule being almost always entirely wanting. Third 

 median nervule considerably curved. 



Posterior Wings rounded or angular ; the anal angle often produced considerably. Anterior 

 margin not much curved. Outer margin sinuate, more or less dentate, often produced into a 

 tooth or short tail at the termination of the third median nervule. Precostal nervule mostly 

 bifid. Costal nervure much curved near its origin. Discoidal nervule separating from the 

 second subcostal soon after its origin. Cell always open. Third median nervule not much 

 curved. 



