MILETUS. PENTILA. 



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MILETUS. 



1. M. Symethus Cram. Piip. t. 14;). f. B. C. (Papilio S.) ; Stall, Suppt. 



Cram. Pap. t. 37. f. 3. 3 C. ; Fahricius, Mant. Ins. ii. 

 p. 69- ; Godurt, Erie. M. ix. p. 675. (Polyominatus 

 S.) ; Boisduval, Sp. gen. Lip. pi. 23. f. 2. (Gerydus 

 S.). 

 Symetha Pandu Horsfield, Cat. Lep. E. I. C. t. 2. f. 2. ; 

 Boisduval, Voy. de tAstrolabe, Ent. i. p. 73. (Simoethus 

 P.). 

 Moulmein, Java, Ainboyna, Papou. B. M. 



2. M. Legs GuerUi, Foy. Coquilk, Zool. p. 276., .itlas, pi. 18. f. 8. 



(Simoethus L.). 



An var. M. Symethi ? 

 Bourou. 



3. M. Rex Boisduval, Foy. de t' Astrolabe, Entomol. pt. 1. p. 72. 

 (Simcethus R.). 

 Offack, Dorei. 



4. M. Zymna Westwood MS. 



Pentila Zymna Doubl. Westw. S^ Hewits. Gen. D. Lep. pi. 

 76. f. 7. 

 Ashanti. 



Genus XVIII. PENTILA. 



Pentila Boisduval MS. 



LiPTENA Westivood MS. (and our Plate LXXVII. f. .5, 6.) 



Body long, slender ; wings large, entire, not marked with ocellated spots. 

 Head small. 



Antennce short, slender, very scaly ; middle joints rather short, not ringed with white. Club distinct, short, 

 elongate ovate, composed of about ten or twelve joints, subserrated on the ovitside. 



Labial Palpi very minute, almost concealed among the scales of the face, against which they are closely applied, 

 roughly clothed with scales. Basal joint long; second curved, not much longer than the first; third very 

 minute and oval. 



Fore Wings large, triangularly ovate, or sub-elongate and more triangular. Costal margin moderately arched ; 

 apical margin more or less strongly convex, entire. Postcostal vein four-branched ; the first and second 

 branches arising before the anterior extremity of the discoidal cell, the third and fourth branches between the 

 cell and the tip of the wing. Upper disco-cellular arising from the postcostal at about the same distance 

 beyond the second branch as the space between the first and second branches ; it is also about equal in length 

 to the same space and oblique : middle disco-cellular short, less oblique ; lower one rather longer, nearly 

 transverse and very slender, uniting with the third branch of the median vein at a moderate distance beyond 

 its origin at the spot wiiere the third branch is angulated. 



Hi7id Wings ovate or elongate ovate. Precostal vein distinct, short, and curved. Postcostal branched at a con- 

 siderable distance from its base ; upper disco-cellular short, slender, arising at a short distance beyond the 

 origin of the branch, oblique ; lower one nearly transverse, slender, arched, uniting with the third median 

 branch at a moderate distance from its origin. 



Fo7'e Legs of the male small, clothed with rough scaly hairs. Femur and tibia of equal length. Tarsus about 

 half the length of the tibia, exarticulate, armed beneath with a few slender spines, and terminated by a small 

 deflexed horny hook. Tibia not hooked at the tip. Fore Feet of the female perfect, similar to the 



Four Hind Legs, which are short, roughly clotiied with scaly hairs, amongst which are a few irregular spines. 

 Tarsi shorter than the tibiao. Basal joint of moderate length. Ungues small but protruded, very acute and 

 curved, dilated at the base within. Pulvillus moderate-sized, thick. Pseudonychia very small, setose. 

 Abdomen elongate. 



The species of this genus are natives of tropical Western Africa, and present a very remarkable appearance, reminding us of Geo- 

 metrideous moths rather than of butterflies, in the peculiarity of their colouring, the large size of the wings, and the slenderness of the 

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