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Genus XXXIV CATAGRAMMA. 



Catagramma Boise!., Blanchard, fyc. 

 Callicore Hiibn. 



ERYCINA Ltltr. 



Nymphalis God'. 



Head very broad, hairy. 



Eyes prominent, large, oval, smooth. 



Maxillae about equal in length to the thorax. 



Labial Palpi porrect, ascending, projecting beyond the forehead, clothed with scales which are short 

 and appressed, except on the first joint in front, and upon the back of the second towards the 

 apex. First joint short, curved, subcylindric ; second joint more than three times the length of 

 the first, subcylindric, curved, thickened towards the apex, which is somewhat truncate ; third 

 joint somewhat fusiform, not so stout as the second, the apex pointed. 



Antenna? moderately stout, about three fourths the length of the body, terminating in a gradual 

 obtuse club, grooved below. 

 Thorax robust, oval, hairy. 



Anterior Wings trigonate. Anterior margin rounded. Outer margin slightly rounded, 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 ; its 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 of nearly the same 

 length as the inner, almost straight except towards the base and apex. Outer margin rounded, 

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

 nearly reaching the margin of the wing. Discoidal nervure separating from the second 

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



Anterior Legs of the male scaly, tibia and tarsus fringed, especially externally, with long hair. 

 Femur nearly cylindrical, rather slender, very slightly curved. Tibia equal in length to the 

 femur, broad, flat, compressed. Tarsus not so long as the tibia, compressed, flat, broad at the 

 base, tapering to a point at the apex. Anterior Legs of the female, short, robust, scaly. Femur 



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