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ERYCINID.E. 



Section II. Postcostal Fein of Fore Wings with three branches. 



4. B^OT. Melanis. 



BiBotis Melanis Hiibner, Zutr. ezot. Sclim. f. 427, 428. 

 Brazil. 



5. B.EOT. ClNOULVS. 



Papilio Cingulus Stall, Suppl. Cram. Pap. pi. 13. f. 4. ; 



Godarf, Enc. M. ix. p. 588. n. 117. (Erycina C.) ; 



E. Doubleday, List Lep. B. M. pt. 2. p. 12. (Ba;otis 



C). 

 Hesperia Cingula Hiibner, Ferz. bek. Schm. p. 25. n. 196. 

 SuriDam, Para. B. AI. 



6. B.EOT. Mrove. 



Bsotis .3:rope E. Doubl. List Lep. S. Mus. pt. 2. p. 12. ; 

 Doubl. IFesttc. cV Hewits. Gen. D. Lep. pi. 71. f. 2. 

 Para. B- ^I- 



7. Bj;ot. Hisbon. 



Papilio Hisbon Fabricius, Mant. Ins. ii. p. 83. n. 748., 



Ent. Sysf. iii. pt. 1. p. 318. n. 206.; Cramer, Pap. 



pi. 83. f. C. 

 BiEotis Hisbaena Hiibner, Ferz. bek. Schm. p. 21. n. 156.; 



Godart, Enc. MM. ix. p. 574. n. 48. (Erycina H.) ; 

 E. Doubl. List Lep. Brit. Mus. pt. 2. p. 12. (Ba;otis 

 H.). 

 Brazil. B. M. 



8. ByEOT. Regulus. 



Hesperia Regulus Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. pt. 1. p. 318. 

 n. 205. ; Jones, Icon. vi. t. 86. f. 4. ; Godart, Enc. M. 

 IX. p. 589. n. 120. (Erycina R.) ; Donovan, Ins. of 

 India, pi. 43. f. 3. 

 Brazil. 



9. B^OT. Talus. 



Papilio Talus Fabricius, Mant. Ins. 11. p. 83. n. 745., 

 Ent. Syst. iii. pt. 1. p. 318. n. 202. ; Godart, Enc. M. 

 IX. p. 588. n. 118. (Erycina T.). 

 Papilio pygma;a Cramer, Pap. pi. 7. f. C. D. 

 Hesperia Tale Hiibner, Ferz. bek. Schm. p. 25. n. 195. 

 Surinam. 



10. B.EOT. Tbochilia. 



Bteotis Trochilia IFcstiv. nov. sp.* 

 Para. 



Mus. Saunders. 



Genus XXIX. CHARTS. 



Nymphidium Boisduval, Blanchard (but uot of Fabricius). 

 Charis U'dhner, E. Doubleday. 



Butterflies of small size, o-enerally of dark colours, variegated with darker spots, arranged in irregular strigoj, and 



with one or two slender submarginal lines of silver, or silvery blue. 



Eyes generally finely hirsute. . t , • j i r • i j. +1, 



Antennce slender ; joints distinct, finely ringed with wlute ; terminated by a moderate-sized club, incurved at the 



Labial Palpi minute, porrected obliquely, but scarcely ascending above the heig^lit of one third of the eye, 

 clothed beneath ^\'ith fine hairs ; terminal joint small, nearly naked, scarcely visible from above beyond the 

 hairs of the face. 



Thorax small, finelv hairy. -, ■ -, ■ i i • xi 



Fore Wings subtriangularly elongate in the males ; wider, with the costa and apical margin more rounded m the 

 females'. Apical margin entire. Veins arranged as in Ba?otis, but with the disco-cellular veins still more 



HinTm'ngs subovate triangular, rounded along the outer margin. Anal angle rather obtuse. Veins arranged 



as in Bajotis. The disco-cellular veins extremely slender. , . , , , , 



Fore Leas of the males small, extremely hairy. Fore Legs of tlie female about one third longer than those 



of the male, slender, scaly. Tibia shorter than the femur. Tarsus as long as, or longer than, the tibia, with 



the middle joints rather dilated, and armed beneath at the tips with fine spines. 

 Four Hind Le<js lonrr, slender. Femora hairy beneath, those of the middle feet more elongated ; intermediate 



tibite attenuated to the end ; hind ones rather dilated in the middle. Tarsi armed beneath with fane spines. 

 Abdomen rather short ; slender in the males, more ovate in the females. 



This is a group of small and generally dark-coloured buttei-flies, having the wings variegated with still darker irregular markings, 

 forming interrunted fascia;, but especially distinguished by the wings being ornamented along the apical margin with two slender 

 silver or steel coloured glossy lines. The majority of the species are further distinguished by the hirsute eyes, a character wanting. 



• B. alis supra maris l>etissime c^eruleis, anticis purpureo tinctis ; foeminse luteo-albidis ; omnibus in utroque sexu fasciis transversis ^quahbus (in ma e e 

 costa ad medimn alarum posticarum tantum extensis), costa anticarum maris, margineque ap.cali lat.on irregulari (l.neam argenteam migus am ub- 

 marginalem communem gerente) nigris ; alis infra utriusque sexus luteo-albidis nigro fasciatis linea submargmah argentea subinterrupta. Expans. alar, antic. 

 circ. unc. 1. 



