CHARTS. MESOSEMIA. 



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however, in Cli. CaBiieus and two or three allied species. The last-named species is remarkable for being the only butterfly of tlie 

 family found in the United States. Ch. Azora, and one or two allied undescribed species, differ from the rest in their elongated fore 

 wings in both sexes, marked near the tips with short silvery longitudinal streaks. 



CHARIS. 



1. C'h. ArANTHl'S. 



Papilio Acanthus Fahrkiiu; Mant. Ins. ii. p. 77. "• 702., 



Enl. Sijst. III. pt. 1. p. 302. n. MS.; Cramer, Pap. 



pi. ,'J80. f. K. L. ; Godart, Ene. M. ix. p. 5S.5. n. 103. 



(Erycina A.). 

 C'haris Gyadis var. Hilhner, Ferz. hek. Schm. p. 21. n. 



1.54. 



2. Ch. Gyas. 



Papilio Gyas Ftibricius, Mant. Ins. ii. p. 83. n. 758., 

 Knt. Si/st. in. pt. 1. p. 321.. n. 230. ; Cramer, Pap. pi. 

 28. f. F. G. ; Goilart, Enc. M. ix. p. 586. n. lOi. 

 (Erycina G.). 

 Charis Gyadis Hilhner, Vers:, bek. .S'cAm. p. 21. n. 1.5-1.. 

 Surinam. 



3. Ch. Cleonus. 



Papilio Cleonus Cramer, Pap. pi. 380. f. H. 1. ; Godart, 



Enc. M. IX. p. 573. n. 42. (Erycina CI.). 

 Charis Timea E. Douhl. List Lep. Brit. Mns. pt. 2. p. 

 17. 

 Guiana, Brazil. B. M. 



4. Ch. Cleodora. 



Erycina (71eodora Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. .573. n. 43. ; 

 E. DoiMedai/, List Lep. Brit. Mas. pt. 2. p. 17. 

 (Charis CI.). 

 Brazil. B. M. 



5. Ch. IIiuia. 



Erycina Hiria Godart, Eric. M. ix. p. 584. n. 95. 

 Brazil. 



6. Ch. Abius. 



Papilio Arius Cramer, Pap. pi. 31. f. E. ; Godart, Enr. 



M. IX. p. .589. n. 122. (Erycina A.). 

 Echenais Aria Hiiliner, Ferz. bek. Schm. p. I9. n. 118. 

 Surinam. 



7. Cn. Avius. 



Papilio Avius Fabricius, Mant. Ins. 11. p. 77- n. 701., 

 Ent. Syst. in. pt. 1. p. 301. n. 142.; Cramer, Pap. 

 pi. 92. f. H. ; Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 573. n. 41. 

 Charis Ania Hiibner, Fern. bek. Schm. p. 21. n. 155. ; 

 E. Doubleday, List Lep. Brit. Mils. pt. 2. p. 1(5. 

 (Charis Anius). 

 Brazil, West Indies. B. M. 



8. Ch. Azora. 



Erycina Azora Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 572. n. SQ. ; E. 

 Doubleday, Li.H Lep. Brit. Mus. pt. 2. p. I6. (C'haris 

 Az.). 

 Brazil. 



9. Ch. Gyncea. 



Erycina Gyncea Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 573. n. 40. 

 Brazil. 



10. Cn. Jessa. 



Nymphidium Jessa Boisduval, Sp. gen. Lep. pi. 6. f. 10. 

 Brazil. 



1 1 . Cii. Perone. 



Charis Perone E. Donbl. List Lep. Brit. Mus. pt. 2. p. 

 16.; Doubt. Weslw. ^ Hewits. Gen. D. Lep. pi. 71. 

 f. 9. 

 Brazil, Para. B. M. 



12. Ch. C/Eneus. 



Papilio Ceeneus Linnieus, Syst. IVat. n. p. 796- n- 273. 

 Charis Cereus E. Doubleday, List Lep. Brit, Mus. pt. 2. 



p. 16. 

 Erycina virginiensis Boisduval in Guerin, Iconogr, R. 



Anim. Ins. t. 81. f. 1. 

 Nymphidia pumila Boisduval S; Leconte, Icon, Lep, Am, 



Sept, t. 37. f. C, 7. 

 Georgia. B. M. 



Genus XXX. MESOSEMIA, 



Mesosemia FTiihner., E. Doubleday, 

 DioPHTHALMA Boisduval, Blanchard. 

 Erycina p. God', 



Body slender : wings moderate-sized or large ; fore ones subtriangular, marked near the middle with a circular black 



spot bearing several minute white points. 

 Head small, finely liairy, with a small tuft on the crown. 

 Eyes large, lateral, finely hairy. 



Antennas slender, half the length of the fore wings; joints moderately distinct, finely ringed with white; 

 terminated by a short, moderately robust, gradually formed club, compressed within, and with the tip incurved. 

 Labial Palpi very small, compressed, porrccted almost horizontally, but not extending beyond the hairs of the 

 face, clothed beneath with moderately long hairs ; the apical joint minute and conical. 



