460 



ERYCINID.E. 



indistinct ; terminated by an elongated, rather robust, gradually formed club, having the tip slightly incurved 



and attenuated. 

 Labial Palpi very small and short, compressed, the tip not elevated higher than one third of the height of the eyes, 



and not extending in front beyond the hairs of the face, scaly ; the terminal joint minute and subconical-ovate. 

 Thorax robust, finely hairy. . • , 



Fore Wings elongate, trigonate-ovate, entire. Costal margin nearly straight; apical angle rounded. Apical 



margin convex, two thirds of the length of the costal. Inner margin nearly straight, equal in length to the 



apical. Postcostal vein with three branches ; the first and second arising before the anterior extremity of the 



discoidal cell ; the third at some distance beyond it. The middle disco-cellular vein arising simultaneously with 



the upper discoidal, rather curved : the lower one nearly straight, uniting with the third branch of the median 



vein at a short distance beyond its origin. 

 Hind Whigs short, subtrigonate, rounded at the outer angle. The hinder margin entire, subtruncate ; anal angle 



rather prominent. 

 Fore Legs of the male very small, and very densely clothed with long fine hairs. Fore Legs of the female twice as 



lontr, slender, scaly. Tarsi with the joints gradually shortened and attenuated, armed beneath with a 



number of small fine spines. Ungues and their appendages small but produced. 

 Four Hind Legs long, slender, scaly. Tibia; and tarsi armed beneath with fine spines. Ungues small, slender, 



acute, and strongly hooked. 



The typical species of this genus constitute a numerous group, bearing a certain degree of resemblance to the butterflies of the genus 

 Acrsea in the elongated form of their fore wings, tlie ground colour of which is always black varied witli small hlood-red spots, and 

 with orange-coloured marginal spots or edgings, or occasionally with an oblique bar across the middle of the fore wnigs. In some of 

 the aberra'nt species the red spots are dilated into large patches, occupying the greater part of the disc of the wings ; whdst in others 

 the fore wino-s have a broad orange or yellow bar running parallel with the inner margin, accompanied by an oblique one near the tip 

 of the wino-.° In L. Barca Boisd. MS. tlie latter spot is of the same rich orange colour as the basal b.ar, but in another species recently 

 received fivjm the River Amazon it is of a pale yellow, the basal one being orange red. Some of these aberrant species also differ from 

 the typical ones in having tlie fore wings shorter and more triangular; liut in all these species the palpi are very short, which separates 

 them from the narrow-winged species of Aricoris which Mr. Doubleday gave under the generic name of Setabis. In the veining of 

 their wings tliey are closely allied to Aricoris, Nymphidium, &c. 



LIMNAS. 



I . Limn. Smithi^. 



Limnas Smithiaa Buh-diirul MS. ; E. Doiihl. List I.ep. 

 Brit. Miis. pt. 2. ]). 17. ; Doiibl. We.slw. t^ Hewitn. Grn. 

 D. Lep. pi. 73. f. 8. 

 Brazil. B. M. 



2. Limn. Mei.andkh. 



Papilio Melamler Cramer, Pap. pi. ."336. f. A. B. ; E. 

 Doubleday, List Lep. Brit. Mas. pt. 2. p. 18. (Limnas 

 M.). 

 Melanis Melandra lliibner, l^erz. belt. Sehm. p. 2.5. n. 198. 

 Hesperia Electron Gndm-t, Enc. M. ix. p. 590. n. 130. 

 Guiana, Brazil, Venezuela, Honduras. B. M. 



."?. Limn. Lvoea. 



Melanis Lycea Hiibner, Zutr. f. 283, 284. ; Boisduval, Sp. 

 gen. ii. ined. (Limnas Ly.) ; E. Doubleday, Li.st Lep. 

 Brit. Mti-1. pt. 2. p. 18. (Limnas L.). 

 I'ernainbuco. B. M. 



■i. Limn. Pixe. 



Limnas Pixe Boisduval, Spee. yen. Lep. t. 20. f. 1. ; 

 Doubleday, List Lep. Brit. Mas. pt. 2. p. 17. 

 Mexico, Honduras. B. M. 



5. Limn. Phereclus. 



Papilio Pliercclus Linnfen.i, Sy.it. A^at. ii. p. 79-- »• ~iS., 

 Mn.i. Ulr. p. 326". ; Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 529. n. 

 36'4 , Ent. Syst. iii. pt. 1. p. 321. n. 217.; Clerck, 



Icon. t. ^.l. f. i. ; Cramer, Pap. pi. 178- f- D- ; Oodnrt, 

 Enc. M. IX. p. 590. n. 128. (Erycina P.). 

 Melanis Pherocla Hiibner, Verz. bck. Selini. p. 25. n. I99. 

 Guiana, Brazil. 



C. Li.MN. Hei.ius. 



Papilio Helius Fabrieius, Mant. Tns. 11. p. 85. n. 771., 

 Ent. Syst. III. pt. 1. p. 329. n. 248. ; Cramer, Pap. pi. 

 198. f. B. ; Godurt, Enc. 3L ix. p. 589. "■ 124. 

 (Erycina .'' H.). 

 Symmachia Ochiina Hiibner, Verz. bck. Sclim. p. 26. n. 

 201. 

 West India. 



7- Limn. Pherephatte. 



Erycina Pherephatte Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 590. n. 129. 

 Brazil. 



8. Limn. Pbocas. 



Hesperia Procas Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. pt. 1. ]). 308. 

 n. 170. ; .Jones, Icon. vi. t. 55. f. I.; Cramer, Pap. pi. 

 179. f. D. ; Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 5SC. n. 10.9. 

 (Erycina P.). 

 Broiitiade.s Procas Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schtn. n. 1228. 

 Surinam. 



9. Limn. Inaria. 



Limnas Inaria Boisduval MS. ; E. Doubl. List Lep. Brit. 

 jMus. |)t. 2. p. 1 7. ; DouM. Westw. ^V Hewit.i. Gen. D. 

 Lep. pi. 73. f. 7- 

 South America, Brazil. B. \L 



