EURYBIA. ALESA. 



IImdlUn;js of moderate size; outer margin entire and rounded (in the majority of tlie species), angukted in the 

 middle in E Carohna. Precostal vein short, rather obliquely erect. Costal vein extending tS about three 

 fourths of the length of the costa Postcostal vein arising nearer the base of the wing timn the precostal 

 branching at a moderate distance from its base, the branch extending to the outer angle of the wincr. Upper 

 disco-cellular vein arising exactly opposite the branch of the postcostal, and forming the base of the discoidal 

 vein: lower disco-cellular very oblique, about equal in length to the upper disco-cellular, very slender, but 

 closing the discoidal cell about the middle of the wing in an acute point, by its junction with the third branch 

 ot the median vein at a short distance beyond its origin. 



Fore Legs of the male small, slender, and brush like, being thickly clothed with long soft hairs The tarsal 

 portion equal in length to the tibia, and destitute of joints and claws. Fore Lea. of the female about' one 

 fourth longer than those of the male, slender, finely scaly. Tibia and tarsus equal in length to the tarsus of 

 the hind leg. Tarsus articulated as in the hind legs, and also furnished with a pair of minute claws 



J^ovrlhnd Legs slender, scaly. Middle femur elongated, curved, and clothed beneath with rather lon^ soft hairs 

 libia with a velvety patch on the inside near the base ; tibial spurs scarcely visible. Tarsus welllirticnlated' 

 sca[y,_ slightly spined at the extremity of the joints. Ungues minute, compressed, the base formino- a very' thin 

 squarish lanuna; the terminal portion forming an acute point nearly at rigiit angles with the base.* Paronychia 

 small, broad ; the outer portion produced into an obtuse setose lobe, the remainder formino- a rather square 

 slender membranous piece, with long cilia3 at the extremity, which are equal in length to the outer terminal 

 lobe. 1 ulvillus broad, leathery, cordate, slightly emarginate at the sides. 

 Abdomen slender, elongated. 



Tl,is genus coin prises some of the largest species in the family, and which are -enorally of a brown colour ; the base marked beyond 

 and al,out the middle of the wmg with various dusky spots ; those beyond the middle forming a curved series, each one bearin- a white 

 patch in some of he species, and followed by a submarginal row of dark spots, preceded l,y paler lunules. These markincx°are also 

 mniilarly arranged in the hind wmgs. The species placed at the head of the genus in tlie Encjdopcdie Mcthodinue (t Carolina) 

 ditter^ trom the rest in the fore wings being produced into an obtuse point at the tip, while the hind wings are angulated in the middle 



he d;sc3X T r .1 7 ''""•' 7'""-' '° ^' uf '° ';'"^'.' "f "'''"'y •'' ^^<'l«'-'ition as a distinct genus. The spot in the middle of 



the discoidal cell of the fore wings is of an intense blue colour in the males of some of the species ; the hind wings ire also beautifully 

 glossed with the same colour in some of the species. ucaui-MUii_y 



EURYBIA. 



1. KvR. Carolina. 



Eurybia Carolina Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. iSg. n. 1. ; 

 Guerin, Icon. R. An. Ins. pi. 80. f. 4., Voy. Cuquille, 

 Zool. p. 283., Af/tis Ins. pi. \i. bis f. 2. 

 Brazil. 



2. Eur. Nic^a. 



Papilio Nicseus Fabricius, Si/si. Ent. p. 482. n. 175., Ent. 



Syst. III. pt. 1. p. ,53. n. l63. ; Godart, Enc. M. ix. 



p. 459. n. 2. (Eurybia N.); Hubner, Verz. bek. Schm. 



18. 100. (Eurybia N.) 

 Papilio Salome Cramer, pi. 12. f. G. H. ; E. Doubleday, 



List Lep. Brit. M. pt. 2. p. 1. 

 Guiana, Brazil. B. jvj. 



3. Eur. Dardus. 



Papilio Dardus Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. pt. 1. p. 156. n. 

 482. ; Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 459. n. 3. (Eurybia D.) 

 Papilio Lamia Cramer, Pap. pi. 150. f. C. 

 Surinam. 



4. Eur. IIai.imkde. 



Eurybia HaXimeAe Hiibner, Vers. bek. Schm. p. 18. 101., 

 Samml. exot Schm. Bil. i. pi. — . ( Limnas Hal. I 

 Baliia, Para. jj_ jj 



5. Eur. Upis. 



Eurybia Upis Hilbner, Samml. exot. Schm. Bd. ii. pi. ; 



Hilbner, Verz. bek. Schm. p. 18. n. 102. 

 Pernambuco. b. jvi. 



6. Eur. Lycisca. 



Eurybia Lycisca E. Doubleday, List Lep. Brit. Mus. pt. 2. 

 p. 1. ; Doubl. IVestw. S^ Hewitson, Gen. D. Lep. pi. 69. 

 f. 4. 

 Honduras. 3. M. 



7. Eur. Telephae. 



Eurybia Telephae Boisduval, Sp. gen. Lep. pi. 20. f. 2. 

 Cayenne. 



Genus II. ALESA. 



AxESA E. Doubleday, List Lep. Brit. Mm. pt. 2. 

 Eeycina God'. 



Body elongate, slender : fore wings elongate, with longitudinal stripes of dark and light colours at the tip, differently 

 coloured in the two sexes ; the hind ones marked with a submarginal row of large spots. 



