294 NYMPHALID^. 



Labial Palpi scaly, ^iorrected obliquely, the tip not reaching much higher than the middle of the eyes, extending 

 in front of the head to about its length ; the insides parallel, but the outsides oblique ; terminating in a point 

 formed by the small terminal joint. 



Antenna; nearly straight, slender, about half the length of the fore wings ; terminated by a slender club, channeled 

 beneath, with the tij) slightly cui'ved. 

 Thorax robust, woolly, elongate-ovate. 



Fore Wini-fs elongate-triangular. Fore margin sliglitly curved ; apical angle rather obtuse. Apical margin 

 about three fifths of the length of the anterior, slightly scalloped, obtusely subangulated below the apex, below 

 which the margin is emarginate. Inner margin nearly straight, and two thirds of the length of the anterior. 

 Veins not strong. The subcostal vein with its first branch arising before the anterior extremity of the 

 discoidal cell, at about one fourth of the length of the wing ; the second branch arising close to, but at a very 

 little distance before, the extremity of the cell, at one third of the length of the wing ; third branch arising 

 near the middle of the length of the wing ; and the fourth at a little more than thi'ce fourths of its length. 

 The upper disco- cellular very minute and transverse, emitted from the jJostcostal at the distance of one third of 

 the length of the wing from the base ; middle disco-cellular curved, short, forming the base of the lower 

 discoidal vein; lower disco-cellular vein obsolete, so that the discoidal cell is open. 



Hind Wings subovate-triangular. The costal margin straight, except at the arched base. Outer margin deeply 

 scalloped. Precostal vein straight, except at the tip, which is tui-ned outwards. Subcostal vein branching at 

 about one fourth from the base of the wing. The disco-cellular vein arising almost close to the branch, and 

 being almost straight, so as to form poi'tion of the discoidal vein ; lower disco-cellular vein obsolete, so that the 

 discoidal cell is open. 



Fore Lerfs of the male small, pectoral, clothed with white downy hairs. The tibia rather shorter than the femur; 

 and the tarsus nearly as long as the tibia, exurticulate. Fore Legs of the female about the same length as 

 those of the male, slender, and clothed with fine white scales. The femur and tibia of nearly equal length. 

 The tarsus rather more than half the length of the tibia, obliquely truncate at the tip ; the truncated portion 

 armed with four pairs of minute spines, indicating the articulations, which are very short. 



Four Hind Legs I'ather slender, moderately long, scaly. Middle pair longer than the hind ones. Tibial spurs 

 short. Tibiae and tarsi furnished beneath with several rows of very short spines. Claws short, very much 

 curved. Paronychia small, bifid. 

 Abdomen elongate, and rather slender. 



The Indian butterfly forming the type of this genus lias somewhat the appearance of certain species of Limenitis in the arrangement 

 of the markings of its \vina;s, but is more nearly allied to Adolias: on the under side the wings arc much paler, with the colours less 

 marked and more clouded, with a delicate purple gloss on the paler jiortions of the wings. I only know one species which will enter 

 strictly into the genus. 



HERONA. 



1. Herona Mabathus E. Donhleday MS.; Doubkday, IVcstw. Sj Hewitson, Gen. D. Lep. pi. i\. f. 3. 

 Northern India, Assam. B. M. 



Genus LXVI. SYMPHiEDRA. 



SympHjEDRA Huhner. 

 SvMPHEDRA E. Doubleday. 

 Lexias and n. g. Boisduval MS. 



Body moderately robust, woolly ; wings large, rounded, and scalloped. 



Head moderate-sized, woolly, not furnished with a frontal tuft, but with two short tufts at the base of the antenna?, 

 behind each of which is a channel extending to the back of tlie head. 

 Eyes moderately prominent, naked. 



Labial Palpi scaly, porrected obliquely nearly to the level of the top of the eyes, and extending in front nearly 



to the length ot the head, parallel and closely applied to each other, the insides being clothed with fine hairs, 



as ^yell as the upper side of the terminal half of the middle joint. Last joint small, pointed at the tip, and not 



distinguishable except on denuding the palpus of its scales. 



Antennw nearly straight, about half the length of the fore wings; terminated l)y a slender elongate club, occupying 



