240 NYMPHALID.E. 



Genus XXXIII. PERISAMA. 



Nymphalis God 1 . 



Erycina Latr. 



Catagramma Boisd. Blanch. Guerin, E. Doubleday (olim). 



Head rather broad, hairy. 



Eyes oval, moderately prominent, hairy. 



Maxilla a little longer than the thorax, slender. 



Labial Palpi ascending, porrect, clothed with scales and some long hairs, the scales much 

 longest at the base. First joint short, slightly curved ; second joint nearly three times the 

 length of the first, subcylindric, rounded at the base, slightly swollen towards the apex, which 

 is truncate ; third joint very nearly half the length of the second, very elongate-obovate, the 

 apex rounded. 



Antennce about three fourths the length of the body, moderately stout, the club gradually incras- 

 sated, slightly pointed, not grooved below. 

 Thorax oval, moderately stout, hairy. 



Anterior Wings trigonate. Anterior margin rounded. Outer margin nearly straight, two thirds 

 the length of the anterior. Inner margin rather longer than the outer, sometimes slightly 

 emarginate. Costal nervure stout, extending to the middle of the anterior margin. Subcostal 

 nervure slender ; its first nervule arising just before the end of the cell ; its second at an equal 

 distance beyond it ; its third about midway between the first and the apex, terminating just 

 before the apex; the fourth nearer to the apex than to the origin of the third, terminating 

 a little below the apex. Upper disco-cellular nervule very short. Middle disco-cellular 

 nervule about double the length of the upper, curved inwards. Cell open, less than half the 

 length of the wing. Third median nervule curved. 



Posterior Wings obovate ; the shoulder slightly produced. Anterior margin nearly equal in length 

 to the inner, almost straight, except at the base and apex. Outer margin rounded, slightly 

 sinuate, shorter than the anterior. Precostal nervure long, simple, directed forwards. Costal 

 nervure much curved at its origin. Discoidal nervure separating from the second subcostal 

 soon after its origin. Cell open. Third median nervule curved. 



Anterior Legs of the males rather slender, clothed with long delicate hairs. Femur about equal 

 in length to the tibia, nearly cylindric. Tibia nearly cybndric, slightly curved near the base, 

 more or less truncate at the apex. Tarsus nearly cylindric, somewhat truncate at the base, 



