GODARTIA. R0MALJ:0S0MA. 



joinincr the costa, throws off another branch, which, more strictly speaking, is to be regarded as the terminal part of the second subcostal 

 branch, which for a portion of its lengtli lias coalesced with the costal vein ; whilst the fourth subcostal branch arises almost at the 

 middle of the length of the wing. The singularly rounded fore margin of the wing, the short thick legs, which are jet black with 

 white spots, and the short antenna;, arc also noticeable characters, as well as the peculiar style of the colouring of the species, which 

 are natives of Tropical Africa and THadagascar. The females have paler-coloured spots, and their wings are of a more ordinary form, 

 so that they might be mistaken for some overgrown species of Dauais. 



GODARTIA. 



1. GODAKTIA EUBINOME. 



Papilio Eurinome Fabricius, Spec. Ins. ii. 101. n. 443.; 



Cramer, pi. 70. f. A.; Donovan, Ins. of India, pi. 34. 



f. 3. 

 Nymphalis Eurinome Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 398. n. 1 62, 

 Euxanthe Eurinome Hiibner, Verz. bek. Sclim. p. SQ. n. 



339. 

 Anthora Eurin. Boisduval MS.; E. Doubleday, List Lep. 



Brit. Mus. p. 99- 



Godartia Eurin. Doubl. JVentw. Sj Hewitson, Gen. Diurn. 

 Lep. pi. 38. f. 1. 

 Sierra Leone, Congo, Ashanti. B. IM. 



GODABTIA MaDAGASCARIENSIS. 



Godartia Mad. Lucas in Annales Soc. Ent. France, 1842. 



t. XI. p. 299. pl- 12. n. 2. f. 1, 2. 

 Anthora Amakosa Boisduval MS.? 

 Madagascar. 



Genus LVIII. ROMAL/EOSOM A . 



RoMAL.a50soMA Blanchard. 



EuFH^vEDEA and Nessjea Hiibn. Verz. bek. Schin. 



EvENA Boisd. MS. 



Body very robust ; wings large, scalloped ; antennaj very long and straight. 

 Head broad, not tufted. 



Eyes very large, prominent, naked. 



Labial Palpi slightly compressed, ascending, reaclnng nearly to the level of the top of the eyes, thickly clotlied 

 with fulvous scaly hairs, very slightly porrected in front ; the tips converging and pointed, so as to resemble a 

 pair of short conical mandibles when seen from above. Basal joint clothed beneath with longer hairs, as well 

 as the upper surface of the middle joint towards the extremity ; terminal joint very minute, concealed by 

 hairs. 



Antennw very long, straiglit, slender, nearly half as long as the fore Avings ; terminated by a long very slender 

 club, gradually formed and finely keeled beneath. 

 Thorax very robust. Collar and tippets woolly. Metathorax hairy. 



Fore Wing.s large, trigonate. Fore margin much rounded ; apical angle rounded. Apical margin two thirds of 

 the length of the fore margin, curved outwardly towards the apex, but emarginate in the middle, more or less 

 scalloped. Inner margin nearly straight, but little longer than the apical one. Subcostal vein with the fir.st 

 and second branches arising before the extremity of the discoidal cell, the anterior angle of which is placed at 

 about one third of the length of the wing from the base ; third branch of the subcostal vein arising at a little 

 distance beyond the extremity of tlie discoidal cell, and extending to the tip of the wing; fourth branch arising 

 at about four fifths of the lengtli of the wing. Upper disco-cellular vein extremely short ; middle one longer, 

 curved ; lower disco-cellular straight, very oblique, very slender, being scarcely visible except on denuding the 

 wing of its scales, arising below the curve of the middle disco-cellular, and uniting with the tliird branch of the 

 median vein at a little distance beyond its origin, this third branch being considerably curved ; the discoidal 

 cell is consequently acute at its tip, which reaches nearly to the middle of the wing. 



Iliiid Wing.s large, suboval, more deeply scalloped. Precostal vein strong, curved, and directed outwards. 

 Subcostal vein branched near its base. Upper disco-cellular vein forming the base of the discoidal vein, 

 scarcely curved, arising at a very little distance from the base of the subcostal branch; outer disco-cellular 

 extremely slender, not or scarcely perceptible except on denuding the membrane of the wing, arising at a 

 rather longer distance from the base of the upper disco-cellular than exists between the latter and the base of 

 the subcostal branch, and uniting with the median vein close to the base of its third branch. 



Fore Legs of the male small, pectoral, and thickly clothed with fine long hairs. Tibia slightly curved, nearly as 

 long as the femur. Tarsus fully two thirds of the length of the tibia, cylindrical, exarticulate, and destitute 

 of ungues. Fore Legs of the female short, rather slender, scaly. Femur with a fringe of fine hairs within. 

 Tibia "not so long as the femur. Tarsus more than half the length of the tibia, well articulated ; the first joint 

 not armed with spines beneath ; the second, third, and fourth short, each armed with two small spines; fifth 

 minute and simple. 



Four Hind Legs long, strong, and very spiny, except the femur, which is scaly. Tibial spurs strong. Tarsi 

 very spinose, both above and beneath ; basal joint of the tarsi as long as all the rest together ; terminal joint 



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