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ERYCINID^. 



moderate distance from the base. Upper disco-cellular arising just beyond the branch of the postcostal, 

 transverse, very slender : lower disco-cellular of about equal length, also transverse, uniting with the third 

 branch of the median vein exactly at its base. 

 Fore Leas of the male very minute, scaly, and moderately clothed with fine short hairs. Tibia rather longer 

 than the femur. Tarsus ol)tuse, about one third of the length of the tibia. Fore Legs of the female at least 

 four times as long as those of the male, and of the ordinary form, scaly. Tarsus one third longer than the 

 tibia ; basal joint nearly half the length of the tarsus. Tibite and tips of the tarsal joints armed beneath with 

 sharp spines. Ungues acute, curved, as in the hind legs. , t- r- ^ -mi 



Four Hind Legs moderately long, slender, scaly, scarcely armed with spines beneath. Femur oi the middle legs 

 elongated. ' Ungues porrected, very much curved. 

 Abdomen elongated, moderately dilated in the females. 



This f-enus is certainly very nearly allied both to Nympliidium and Pandemos, especially in the elongated palpi ; to the large species 

 winch lliave arrancred at the end of the genus Eniesis it is also closely related ; but the large rounded wings of uniform appearance m 

 both sexes, to^ethe? with the want of the metallic tints of Pandemos and Theope, at once remove the species from all those groups. 

 M Boisduval in his MS. has united E. Pais with Epitus, but the latter insect, although somewhat simdar m general iorm, colours, 

 and raarkino-s, is certainly not congenerous, differing not only in its scalloped wings, but also in the arrangement of its wmg veins and 

 palpi. 3uA^m^ from the fio-ure of Cramer of his Papilio Theanus, and that of Jones (copied by Donovan amongst his Drawings m the 

 Hopean ColTecdon at Oxford) of Papilio Constantius, I am inclined to regard these two butterflies as allied to, it not congeneric with, 

 the present genus. Their colours and markings are, however, very dissimilar. 



ARICORIS. 



A. Fore Wings triangtilarli/ ovate. Hind Wings broadly ovate. 

 (Aricoris proper). 



1. Ar. Epitis. 



Papilio Epitus Cramer, Pap. pi. 270. f. C. 

 Nymplialis Epigea Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 426. n. 243. 

 Erycina Epigea Godart, op. eit. p. 577. n- C3. 

 Hesperia Jaera Iliibncr, Verz. n. 194- 

 Surinam. B. M. 



2. Ab. Tisiphone. 



Aricoris Tisiphone Westii: MS. ; Doubt. Wcstw. Sj Hewlts. 

 Gen. D. Leji. pi. 72. f. 7- (male).* 

 Brazil. 



3. An. TuTANA. 



Erycina Tutana Godart, Enc. 31. ix. p. .577. n. GO. 

 An var. A. Tisiphone ? 

 Brazil. 



4. An. ? CONSTANTIUS. 



Papilio N. Constantius Jones, Iconcs, vi. t. 50. f. 1. ; 



Donovans Drawings in Bibl. Hope, Oxford ; Fabrlcius, 

 Ent. Sijst. 111. pt. 1. p. 152. n. 468. 

 _ ? 



5. Ah. Theanus. 



Papilio Theanus Cramer, Pap. pi. 139. f. F. 

 Asterope Theano Hiibner, Verz. n. 642. 

 Surinam. 



B. Fore Wings elongate. Hind Wings short, subtrigonate. (Setabis 

 E. Doubt., Arotes Soisd. MS.) 



6. Au. (Setabis) Mvrtis. 



Setabis Myrtis E. Doubleday, List Lep. Brit. Mas. u. p. 



ig.t 



Para. B. M. 



7. .\r. (Setabis) serica. 



Aricoris (Setabis) serica Westw. nov. sp. J; Douhl. Westw. 

 ^ Hewits. Gen. D. Lrp. pi. 72. f. 8. 

 Para. Mus. Bates. 



* A. alls utrinque fuscis, dimiilio basali obscuriori, strigis nonnullis brevibus obscuris inter basin et medium, lineaque coniniuni obscura undulata ad 

 basin partis pallidiE : postieis in maribus puncto parvo ad angulum analem duobusque similibus ad angulum externum nigris. Expans. alar, maris unc. l/o, 



foein. fere unc. 2,',. , 1 1- a ■ 



t A. alls fusco-nigris : anticis macula magna elongata triangulari baseos (ad apicem oblique truncata), alteraque pone medium subovali obliqua Havis ; posticis 



macula maxima elongato-triangulari extus Integra, tlava, alis subtus cupveo-l'uscis maculis Havis majoribus ; costa posticarum flava maculisque quatuor submar- 



ginalibus albis. Expans. alar. unc. ]?,. 



% A. alis fusco-iiigris : anticis macula magna e basi ad medium marginis interni, cteruleo-viridi sericea, fasciaque lata obliqua pone medium fulva; posticis 



macula maxima arcaTdimidium internum occupante ca-ruleo-viridi : alis infra cupreo-fuscis, basi costac anticarum fasciaque pone medium albis ; posticis fascia 



indistincta abbreviata ad angulum analem alba. Expans. alar. unc. 2. 



