444 



ERYCINID.E. 



the nnddle, rounded at the apical angle Apical ™;i7>,^ "^f"^^^7;\\° J,^ before the anterior extremity of 

 females. Postcostal vein with three branches ; the f/f^'fJ^yji^fti^'^'Xper disco-cellular obsolete : middle 



disco.cdl»lar arbi.ig >vt a very short d.stance bey»>''l *c branch «1 « = P» « ^. ;_, ■ ^,„,, t,,„ 



'S^t^^:^i;'^^S:S!^i^V:^o/l. ,.A.. ..^ a. a ...y,.. distance 



^r-X,;? Ste ,na,e, very s,„an. t-'^rtEiftftetr'sSl^'sfar Felr ^o'SrS^tnl^ S 

 &r:St "SS,rsrr«:4"2 Se*;:Sf ''L' .if:4 ,» nLdlei„-,„t. ra,„er the ...ictc, each 

 armed beneath ,vHh slender spines at the tip as long as the j„,„^^^ „„j„„tolv long hairs, those of the 



^:;dSS!^ri'gS^ti^^^^^^^^^ 



beneath at the tips with short spines. Claws and appendages short. 

 Abdomen moderately elongate, marked with the same colours as the wings. 



The pretty b.Uterflies composing this genus differ fro. the P^n.. in U. ^:!;^^^:::tZ^\^X::i:^-^^^ 

 wings arising before the extrennty of the discoubl -': -/-".^ ;°„*^^^^„fth?wt 'r he ground eolour of whieh is a rieh velvety 

 being marked with spots of the same co our as those oi t''';^!^^;^ «!""''"-/ y,^;"iTdiff-err from the two typical species in having 



which the others are ornamented. 



AMARYNTHIS. 



1. Amah. Menebia. . ^ r. t^ / 1 n. 



Papilio Meneria Cramn; rn,,. 1>1. Qi. f- D. E. (male) ; 

 Godurt, Enc. M. ix. p. .591. n. 131. (Erycina M): 

 Illibner, Ver^. bek. Schm. p. 2(1 ti. 204. (Amarynthis 

 M ) ■ E. BoiMeduy, List Up. Brit. Mits. pt. 2. p. 8. 

 (Am'arynthis M.) '; Doubkday, Westw. is Jlewits. Gen. 

 D. Lrp. pi. 70. f. 7. „ 



Hesperia Maecenas Fubricius, Ent. Syst. iii. pt. 1. p. JW. 



n. 160. 

 Surinam, Guadaloupe, Cayenne. "• '"• 



2. A.IIAR. MiCAI.IA. ^ „ .1 J 



Pap. Micalia Cramer, Pap. pi. 9*- f- F. ; E. Doubhdny, 



List Lep. Brit. Miis. pt. 2. p. 

 M.). 

 Bolivia. 



8. (Amaryntliis 

 B. M. 



3. Amab. ? Sagabis. „ , , oq „ rnn 



Papilio Safaris Fabricius, Mant. Ins. ii. p. 83. n. Ibu., 



Ent. Syst. i.i. pt. 1. p. 321. n. 215.; Cramer, Fap. 



pi. 83. f. D. ; Godurt, Enc. M. ix. p. 589- n. '23. 



(Erycina S.); E. Duuldeday, List Lep. Brit. Mas. pt. 



2. p. 8. (Aniarytliis ? S.). 



Hesperia Sagaris Hiibner, ferz. bek. Selim. p. 25. n. 197. 



Guiana. Brazil. 



B. M. 



Genus XXIV. SYMMACHIA. 



Symmaciiia ITiibncr, E. Douhleday. 

 Caria Uiihner. 



Body small, moderately robust, size small: fore wings with the costal margin strongly curved at the base, emarginate 



in the middle ; hind wings subtriangular. 

 Head small, clothed with closely adpressed scaly liairs. 



