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NYMPHALIDvE. 



E. Donbl. List. Lep. Brit. Miis. p. 106. (Agrias Bella). 



Brazil, Mexico. B. AI. 



2. Smyrna Kakwinskii. 



Smyrna Karwinskii Geyer in Hiihner, Samml. exot. 



Srhmctt. Baml iii. pi. — . ; Doiitd. Westw. 6^ Hev'its. 

 Gen. Diiirn. Lep. pi. K). f. 2. 

 Mexico. B. M. 



Genus LXIX. AGRIAS. 



Agrias DovU. in Proc. Zool. Soc. ls48. 

 Agrias Sect. xx. Boisd. MS. 

 Xymphalis p. GodK 



Body very robust, short, densely clothed with downy hairs ; fore wings large, entire ; liind wings with a subrnarginal 



row of ocelli on the under side. 

 Head wide, clothed with hair, with a conical tuft in front. 



Eyes nearly round or slightly oval, prominent. 



MaxillcB (or spiral tongue) rather longer than the thorax. 



Labial Palpi rather widely separated, ascending rather above tlie level of the top of the ej'es, and but little 

 advanced in front, thickly clothed with scales, which in front are long. Basal joint curved, very short ; 

 second more than twice the length of the first ; third short, pointed, distinctly visible without denuding the 

 palpus. 



Antennai elongate, about three fourths of the length of the body, gradually tapering from the base to the apex, 

 which is very slightly recurved. 

 Thorax very large, elongate-ovate, truncate posteriorly, hairy, especially behind. 



Fore Wings subtriangular. Anterior margin rounded ; apical angle obtuse. Apical margin one third shorter 

 than the anterior, nearly straight, or but slightly sinuated. The inner margin rather longer than the apical, 

 straight. Costal vein short, extending beyond the middle of the costa. Subcostal vein throwing off its tirst 

 branch about the middle, and the second at a short distance before the anterior extremity of the discoidal cell ; 

 the third branch arising at a short distance beyond the cell, and extending to the tip of the wing, followed at 

 an equally short distance by the fourth branch ; fourth branch running close to the third nearly to the apex, 

 then bent downwards, and reaching the apical margin about halfway between the apex and the extremity of 

 the terminal portion of the postcostal vein. Upper disco-cellular vein very short, oblique ; middle above twice 

 the length of the upper ; lower nearly twice the length of the two others combined, uniting with the third 

 bi'anch of the median vein at a little distance from its origin, closing the discoidal cell in an acute point at 

 about three sevenths of the length of the wing. Third branch of the median vein considerably curved. 



ffind Wings obovate ; the fold for the reception of the abdomen ample. Anterior margin rounded ; apical angle 

 obtuse. Apical margin slightly sinuate and scalloped. Precostal vein much curved outwardly. The discoidal 

 cell closed by a slender curved disco-cellular vein, uniting with the third branch of the median just beyond its 

 origin, nearly at tlie middle of the wing. 



Fore Legs of the male ? Fore Legs of the female small. The femur and tibia of nearly equal length. The 



tarsus short, with tlic basal joint elongated; the remainder very short, transverse, nearly equal. 



Middle and Hind Legs stout, rather short. The tibia; spiny within ; the spurs very short. The tarsi spiny at 

 the sides ; the first joint also spiny below, equal in length to the rest combined. Claws small, curved. 

 Pulvillus large. 

 ABDOJfEN short, tapering. 



This is a i;cnus of small extent, but contains several very richly coloured American species ; a vivid crimson colour occupying a great 

 portion of tlic upper side of tlie fore wings ; tlie hind wings beneath are varied with a grey and buff ground and black spots and 

 crescents, and a subrnarginal row of hu'ge and splendid ocelli. From the very robust structure of the body these insects must be 

 extremely rajiid in their lliglit. 'V\w. males of A. Claudia have a tuft of long pale hairs on the disc of the hind wings near tlie body. 



agria.s. 



1. Agrias t'LAiniA. 



Papilio Clanilia Ilerlsl in Dir Nat urfur.fclin; ix. t. 2 ; 



Fnhyiriiis; Ent. Syst. iii. pt. 1. )). \0H. n. ,'52.'). 

 Agrias C_:lau<lia Jioisiluvnl MS. ; E. D(inlilv<lmi, List. Lep. 



Brit. Mils. p. 106. 

 Nymphalis Claiulina Godarl, Ene. M. ix. p. 421. n. 22(). 

 Nymplialis Aniii'tta U. It. Gray in Griffitli'x An. Kitujil. 

 Til.'!. V. ii. ]i. (i7(i. t. .S7, 

 Brazil. B. M. 



AoniAs JEnoN. 



Agrias iEilon I/ewitsoii, Proceed. Zool. Soc. Loud. 18t8, 

 p. iC, Aminlos. pi. 1.; Donlil. We.stw. i^ Hewitmti, 

 Gen. Diiir/i. Lip. pi. 47. f. 1. 

 New (Iranada. 



