424 



ERYCINlDiE. 



PIT Anns la -e, triani^ulavly ovate. Costal margin strongly arched ; apical angle obtuse Apical margin very 

 convexf entii^e anal lingle rounded. Inner margin rather longer than the apical. 1 ostcostal vein with only 

 See branches : the tirst branch arising before the anterior extremity ot the d.sco.dal cell, its basal portion 

 ;erv.hort oblique, being united with the costal for a short distance, when it brandies off its extremity 

 fo , ninn- as it were a forked continuation of the costal vein ; second branch arising at a ittle distance beyond 

 the fii4- third branch arisin-, in H. Endymion, very near the extremity of the wing; the extremity ot the 

 pStco alvein eSSi" to'he tip. Disco-cellular vein obsolete: middle disco-cellular vein ot inoderate 

 enSf varTg in its pla°ce of insertion and direction : lower disco-cellular vein longer than the -'^^dle one 

 slende^, clolinl the discoidal cell at a greater or less distance beyond the base of the third branch of the 



HrfwiZ7iv^e, more or less broadly ovate. Outer margin produced into a series of long slender tails; the 

 l^c^est (in the ypical species) bein.g traversed by the extremity of the seccnid branch of the med.an vein but 

 n H De natria by its third branch." Costal margin slightly angulated at about two t urds of is distance tro n 

 the base at the point where the costal vein terminates. Postcostal vem branching at a considerable distance 

 froniksbfse the branch extending to the outer angle of the wing. The upper disco-cellular vem arising a 

 Tlltte distance beyond the branch of the postcostal, almost transverse: lower disco-cellular_ vem rather 

 Li"i^C the upper one, following the same direction, and closing the discoidal cell by its union with the 

 tliirrl hnnoh of the median vein close to, or a little beyond, its origin. 



F^^f\aMe\n'^\e hor viry densely clothed with fine hairs. Tibia elongated. Tarsus flattened, attenuated 

 it tSlp F^rLToi the^female ^ith the femur longer than in the male. The tibia and tarsus together 

 about the same length, slender, finely scaly. Tarsus as long as the tibia; uitermed.ate joints finely spiiied 

 benSti ; tenXal jo!nt as long L the three preceding together, armed at the tip with small claws and pulvillus. 

 Tibial spurs apparently obsolete. . ,. . r ,^ ^ i j. 



Four Hind Legs slender, scaly. Femur hairy beneath. Terminal joint of the tarsus very short. 

 Abdomen slender, elongate ; thicker in the female. 



Cat^bpizlar with the head large; the body cylindrical, attenuated towards the tail, thickly clothed with 



clrArxTs apparently without angular projections, setose, and attached by a girth across the body. 

 TI,. olpaance of the typical species of the present genus ha^ earned for them the specific names of Cupldo and Endymion ; and the 



of their t-sfo.-maUons u^^^^^^^^^^ to f^^^^^^^^ -$:^:t^,:t^:toT::. |reatly elongated, and slightly tufted 

 antenna9 is most fully cle-selopcd in hne laige ma es oi ii. i^_ y _ . L;„,ro ;„ the two typical spec es exhibit some 



branch of the P°f ° I'''/ '.^^ \^;\ ";^^;^^^^^ the upper discoidd yein forms the real upper diseo-eellular yein. n 



m,ght tyP-<==^»y^^ y J^^^ t '^i;^^^^^^^ of pSon in the origin of the middle diseo-celklar yein, tlie discoidal cell yanes in the 



for 'onrelimity: Sg in R. ^^]^ln X,e, the tip beinS at the place.of junction with the third branch of the med.an yem ; 

 in 1 1 Cnnulo transverse; and in H. Dematria oblique, but in the opposite direction. , . ^ , ., f -i 



It trinsfoJmatTons of the species obseryed by StoU have already been described in the introductory remarks on the family. 



HELICOPIS. 



A. Antmnas with the middle joints greatly elongated. Palpi scnlg. Second 

 branch of the median vein of the Hind Wings extending into the 

 longest tail. Legs not tufted, (llelicopis proper.) 



1. II EL. E.VDVMKIN. , ^ „ / , N 



I'apilio Endymion Cramer, Pap. pi. 241. f. C. U. (male) 

 f. E. V. (fem.); Stall, Snppl. Cram. pi. 4. f. 5. A. 

 (caterpillar) 5. 15. (chrysalis) ; E. Doubleduy, List Lep. 

 Brit. Mus. pt. 'i. p. 4. (llelicopis K.). 

 lltsperia Gniilus Fabricius, Spec. Ins. .4pp. p. 504., Ent. 

 Sgst. III. pt. 1. p. 258. n. '2. ; Gudart, Enc. M. ix. p. 

 .563. n. 1. (Erycina Gn.) ; I/uhner, Samml. exot. Schm. 

 Baml I. pi. — . 

 riexuropteris Enclymia;na IJiibncr, I'erz. bek. Schm. p. 22. 

 n. 1()5 

 Surinam, I'ara. B. M. 



2. Hel. Cupino 



I'apilio CupiJo TJnnaius, Sgst. Nat. ii. p. 787- "• 217., 

 Mus. Ulr. p. 3].'i. ; Fabricius, Ent. Sg.it. in. pt. 1. p. 

 258. n. 1.; Mcrian, Ins. Sarin, t. 10.; Roe-iel, In.s: 

 Set. 4. t. 3. f. 7. ; Cramer, pi. l64. f. I). E. (inale) 



F. G. (fem.) ; Stoll, Snppl. Cram. pi. 4. f. 6. A. (caterp.) 

 6. B. (chrysalis) ; Godurt, Enc. M. ix. p. 565. n. 2. ; 

 Bolsdnral, Sp. gen. Up. i. t. 6. f. 13. (Helicopis C.) 

 Hexuropteris Cupidina Iliibiicr, Verz. belt. Schm. p. 22. 

 n. ififi., Sannnl. exot. Schtn. Hand i. pi. — . 

 Surinam, Brazil. ^- ^^• 



B. AntenncF u-ith the middle joints of moderate length. Palpi setose. Third 

 brunch of the median rein of the Hind Wings crtending into the longest 

 tail. Legs short, tufted at the base of the tarsi. (Sarota Westw.) 



3. Hel. (Sarota) Demathia. 



Helicopis Dematria E. Doubkduy, List Lep. Bnt. Mus. 



pt. 2. p. 4. ; Doubl. Westw. Sf Hcwits. Gen. D. Lep. 



pi. 71. f. 10. 



Honduras. 



B. M. 



4. IIei, (Sarota) Chrysus. 



I'apilio Chrysus Cramer, Pap. pi. 380. f. D. E. 



Enc. M. IX. p. 643. (Polyomm. Ch.). 

 An var. H Dematrisr ? 

 Surinam. 



Godart, 



