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Genus XXXVIT. CALLIANIRA. 



Callianika Boisd. MS. 



Evom'ME ITuhn. Verz. hek. Schmett. 



Nympiialis God'. 



Head not so broad as the thorax, liairy. 



Eyes round, moderately prominent, smooth. 



Maxillw rather slender, scarcely so long as the thorax. 



Labial Palpi jwrrect, ascendhig, extending beyond the forehead, clothed with rather loose scales ; those in front 

 of the first joint very long, the second with a not very well marked dorsal tuft. First joint short, two fifths 

 the length of the second, dilated towards the base, truncate at the apex ; second joint subcylindric, slightly 

 curved, slightly swollen before the apex, which is truncate ; third joint less than one third the length of the 

 second, elongate-obovate, the apex somewhat pointed. 



Antenna; about three fourths the length of the body, slender, terminating in gradually incrassated, rather slender 

 club, rather obtuse at the apex. 

 Thorax oval, moderately stout, densely hairy. 



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

 length of the anterior. Inner margin equal in length to the outer, very slightly emarginate. Costal nervure 

 dilated at its base, tei-minating a little before the middle of the anterior margin. Subcostal nervure slender ; 

 its first and second nervules arising just before the end of the cell ; the third arising about half way between 

 the end of the cell and the origin of the fourth, terminating at the apex ; the fourth arising rather nearer to 

 the origin of the first than to the outer margin. Cell about one third the length of the wing. Upper 

 disco-cellular nervule very short ; middle disco-cellular nervule much curved inwards ; outer disco-cellular 

 nervule about twice the length of the middle, curved inwards, terminating at the origin of the third median 

 nervule. Thii'd median nervule considerably curved. 



Posterior Wings obovate, the shoulder considerably produced ; anterior margin nearly straight, except at the 

 base ; outer margin much rounded, slightly sinuate, nearly equal in length to the anterior. Precostal nervure 

 simple, long, directed forwards. Costal nervure much curved. Discoidal nervule arising from the second 

 subcostal, not far from its origin. Cell closed by a slender disco-cellular nervule. Median nervule curved. 



Anterior Legs of the males clothed with hairs of moderate length. Femur slightly curved, nearly cylindric, 

 rather thickened towards the apex, which is obliquely truncate. Tibia not quite so long as the femur, mucli 

 curved, nearly cylindric, the apex obliquely truncate. Tarsus rather shorter than the tibia, slender, 

 subcylindric, pointed. 



Middle and. Posterior Legs moderately stout ; the femora of the former longer than of the latter, equal to the tibiaj. 

 Tibial with two interno-lateral series of spines, the spines rather slender and widely placed. Tarsi about equal 

 in length to the tibia?, spiny below ; the spines on all the joints except the fifth numerous, arranged in four 

 series ; the fifth with only three or four spines on each side. First joint quite as long as, or rather longer than, 

 the rest combined ; second joint less than one third, thii-d joint less than one fourth of the length of the second ; 

 fourth joint about half the length of the second ; fifth joint somewhat oval, equal in lengtii to the second. 

 Claws curved, gi'ooved below. Paronj'chia with the outer lacinia coriaceous, very broad, lancet-shaped, the 

 sides much rounded, very villous ; the inner lacinia narrower, shorter, and thinner than the outer, hairy. 

 Pulvillus two-jointed, short ; the second joint broad. 



(The typical species of this genus are of a moderate size, and arc distinguished by tlie brilliant blue and purple gloss on the upper 

 side of the wings towards the margins; on the under side they are of dull brown tints, sliglitly glossed with purple, and varied with 

 black markings, with ocelli in pairs towards the outer angle both of the fore and hind wings, and also towards the anal angle of the 

 latter. C. Amelia and Sophonisba (which I have not seen) difler in having the fore wings traversed, both above and below, by a 

 broad oblique white bar, and in having their under surface much more variegated, but with the markings disposed as in the former. 

 From the Catagramma; they are distinguished at once by having the discoidal cell of all the wings entirely closed, in this respect 

 agreeing with the Epicalia;. 



The_ species are inhabitants of the New World, ranging from Mexico to Brazil. There are four undescribed species in 

 Dr. Boisduval's collection from Brazil and Columbia. — J. O. W.) 



CALLIANIRA. 



I. Call. Alcmena E. Doubkday, Gen. Diurn. Lcp. pi. 28. f. 1. (1847). 

 Mexico. B. M. 



2. Call. Eurota E. Doubkday, List, of Leji. Ins. Brit. Mus. gi. 

 (1845). 

 June 1. 1850. 3 x 



P. Eurota Cram. t. 24. f. C. D. (1775). 

 Nymph. Euphcmia Godt. Enc. M. ix. 418. n. 21(5. (1819). 

 Brazil. B. M. 



