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Genus XXVIII. ECTIMA. 



Nymphalis God'. 

 Ageronia Geyer. 

 Cybdelis E. Doubleday (olim). 



Head rather small, hairy. 



Eyes oval, very prominent, smooth. 



Maxillce slender, elongate, fully two thirds the length of the body. 



Labial Palpi rather slender, elongate, projecting considerably beyond the forehead, scaly. First 

 joint very short, nearly reniform ; second joint curved, truncate at the apex, scarcely varying in 

 thickness throughout, nearly four times the length of the first ; third joint about one third the 

 length of the second, cylindric, rounded at the apex. 



Antenna more than three fourths the length of the body, slender, terminating in a short, rather 

 slender, fusiform club. 

 Thorax rather slender, oval, scaly and hairy. 



Anterior Wings trigonate ; all the margins nearly straight ; the anterior slightly rounded towards 

 the apex, one third longer than the outer margin, which latter is a little shorter than the inner 

 margin. Costal nervure slightly swollen at its origin, terminating about the middle of the 

 anterior margin. Subcostal nervure slender, throwing off its first nervule a little before the end 

 of the cell ; its second at rather more than the same distance beyond it ; the third (which 

 terminates at the apex) nearer to the base than is the termination of the first subcostal nervule ; 

 the fourth midway between the third and the apex. Upper disco-cellular nervule very short. 

 Middle less than half the length of the lower disco cellular nervule. Lower disco-cellular 

 nervule atrophied, except at its two extremities, united to the third median nervule at its origin. 

 Median nervure slightly swollen at its origin ; its third nervule but little curved. Submedian 

 nervure swollen at its origin for a short distance. 



Posterior Wings somewhat quadrangular, the anterior margin being nearly straight ; outer obtusely 

 angular ; the angle being at the termination of the third median nervule. Inner margin about 

 as long as the anterior. Precostal nervule simple, curved forwards. Discoidal nervule arising 

 from the second subcostal nervule shortly after its separation from the first, bent at its origin. 

 Third median nervule scarcely curved. 



Anterior Legs of the male slender, clothed with scales, and, not densely, with fine hairs. Femur 

 nearly cylindrical. Tibia nearly cylindrical, slightly curved, three fourths the length of the 

 femur. Tarsus two thirds the length of the tibia, subcylindrieal, rather tapering towards the 

 July, 184<). 3 P 



