404 



EURYTELID^. 



Head moderate-sized, finely hairy, often with smaU white dots on the crown, slightly tufted in front. 



SnS^'^mS*' shorter than half the length of the fore wings, slender; terminated by a long, very slender, and 



LMtpali *1™^, poiTected in front as far as, or rather farther than, the length of the head nearly straight the 

 tip not elevated to the level of the top of the eyes, only slightly compressed, rather thickly clothed with short 

 adpressed hairs, the hind edge next the face with longer hairs ; terminal joint small, slender, and somewhat 

 acute at the tip. 

 Thorax compressed, ovate ; woolly in front and behind. , , . . , • j j + * j 



Fore wL/s large, triangularly oval. Costal margin well arched. Apical margin convex waved or dentated. 

 Hinder marghi slightl? dilated. Costal vein swollen at the base, not extending farther than one third of the 

 length of the wing Postcostal vein with the first and second branches arising before the anterior extremity 

 of the discoidal cell ; third and fourth at about the same distance apart as exist^ between the ce 1 and the third 

 branch. Upper disco-cellular vein very short, transverse, arising at about two fifths of the length of the wing ; 

 middle one much longer, oblique, its lower end directed towards the base of the wing ; lower disco-cellular still 

 longer, arched, the middle of the arch being scarcely more than one third of the length of the wing from 

 its base, and uniting with the third branch of the median vein almost close to its origin. Submedian 

 vein curved, following tlie dilatation of the inner margin. . . ■ ^ . i ^ 



Hind Wings large, subtriangular. Outer margin waved or dentate ; the anal margm forming a moderately deep 

 gutter. Precostal vein short, straight, nearly erect. Costal vein rather angulated at the place of insertion 

 of the precostal vein, and also again at a little distance beyond ; uniting with the costa at very little more than 

 one fourth of its length from the base. Postcostal vein arising nearly at the base of the costal one ; emitting 

 a short branch near fts base, which unites with the costal vein, forming a small closed prediscoidal cell as in 

 some of the Mori^hidas ; the ordinary branch of the postcostal vein emitted at a short distance beyond ; this 

 branch extending to about two thirds of the length of the costa. Upper disco-cellular vein short, transverse 

 emitted from the postcostal at a further distance from the base of its branch than exists between the base of 

 the postcostal and its branch : lower disco-cellular arched, much longer than the upper one ; uniting with 

 the third branch of the median vein almost close to its origin (this third branch curved and extending into the 

 most prominent tooth or scallop of the outer margin ; the discoidal cell not extending farther than one third 

 of the length of the wing, and bearing in the males a patch of long decumbent hairs. 



Fore Legs of the male small, of nearly equal thickness throughout, moderately hairy. Tibia shorter than the 

 femur, and the tarsus than the tibia ; the latter exarticulate and destitute of ungues. Fore Legs of the temale 

 also small, but rather longer than those of the male. Basal joint of the tarsus more than half its length; 

 second, third, and fourth joints short, transverse,^ with two minute spines at the tip of each beneath ; last joint 

 small, conical, terminated by two very minute spines. , tt j 



Four Hind Legs moderately long, scaly. Tibiae and tarsi finely spined beneath. Ungues curved, very acute, 

 entire. Paronychia small, bifid, slender, hirsute. 

 Abdomen long, slender, thickened at the tip in the males. 



Caterpillar cylindrical, rather attenuated before and _ behind. Head armed with two erect spines. 



Abdomen terminated by two more elongated divergent spines. 

 Chrysalis suspended by the tail, with small tubercles along the back and sides. _ The middle of the dorsum 

 of the thorax-case elevated into an obtuse point. Head terminated by two conical points. 



This "enus contains the largest-sized insects in the present family, many of whicli are distinguished by the brilliant purple gloss 

 upon the wings of the males, as well as by the patch of hairs on the disc of the hind wings near the base on the upper side, ihe 

 existence of a distinct prediscoidal cell at the base of the hiud wings also distinguishes these msects from the rest ot the family. Ihese 

 characters, together with the structure of the larva, consequently indicate a stronger relation witli some of the foregoing genera 

 amongst the Morphidic, than is possessed by the following genera. The species are natives of the East as well as of iropical Africa. 



MELANITIS. 



1. Mkl. Lais. 



Papilio Lais Fabricivx, Spec. Ins. ii. p. 102. n. 448., Ent. 

 Sysl. III. pt. 1. p. 58. n. 182.; Cramer, Pap. pi. 110. 

 f. A. B. ; Godari, Eric. Mcth. ix. p. .126. n. 4. (Biblis 



Elyninias Lais Hiihncr, Verx. bek. Schm. n. 320. 

 East India, Java. B. M. 



2. Mel. undulabis. 



Papilio undularis Fabricius, Spec. Ins. App. p. .504., Ent. 

 Si/xt. III. pt. 1. p. 127. ; Cramer, Pap. pi. 250. f. A. B. ; 

 Driiry, Illustr. Exot. Ins. Ii. t. 10. f. 1, 2. ; Godari, 

 Enc. M. IX. p. .320. n. 2. (Biblis N.) ; Horsfield, Descr. 

 Cat. Lep. E. Trid. Co. pi. 3. f. 24. pi. 8. f. K. (details). 



Elymnias Jynx Hiibner, Zutr. exot. Schm. f. 37, 38. 

 (Female) Papilio Protogenia Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. pt. 



1. p. 117. n. 359. ; Cramer, Pap. pi. I89. f. F. G. ; 



Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 327. n. 5. 

 Elymnias Protogenia Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schm. n. 323. 

 East India, Java. K. M. 



3. Mel. Casiphonr. 



Elymnias C'asiphone Hiibner (Geyer), Samml. exot. Schm. 

 Band iii. pi. — . 

 Java. B. M. 



4. Mel. Leucocvma. 



Biblis Leucocynia Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 326. n. 3. 

 Northern India, Java. B- M- 



