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HESPERID^. 



Hind Wings triangular ; the anal angle more or less produced and rounded ; fringe sometimes spotted with 

 black dots. 



The insects of this group are very closely allied to those of the preceding genus, but are distinguished by the slender hooked termi- 

 nation of the antennte. They are amongst the handsomest species of the family, and are natives of the hottest parts of South America. 

 The species at the head of the genus have the head clothed with scarlet hairs. In the terminal species the wings are much more 

 elegantly varied in theu* colours. 



ERYCIDES. 



1. Er. Abinas Cramer, Pap. pi. 100. f. D. (Papilio A.); Fabr. Mant. 

 Ins. II. p. 87. ; Latr. Enc. M. ix. p. 732. 

 Surinam. 



2. Eb. Cleanthes Latr. Enc. M. ix. p. 732. (Hesperia C). 

 Brazil. 



3. Er. Palemo.n Fabricius, Mant. Ins. ii. p. 87. (Papilio P.) ; Cramer, 

 Pap. pi. 131. f. F. 

 Hesperia Polybius Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. pt. 1. p. 337. ; 

 Donovan, Ins. India, pi. 51. f. 2. ; Latr. Enc. 31. ix. 

 p. 732. 

 Surinam, Brazil. 



4. Eb. Lycagus Fabricius, Mant. Ins. ii. p. gS. (Papilio L.) ; Cramer, 



Pap. pi. 1 76. f. G. ; Latr. Enc. M. ix. p. 732. 

 Surinam. 



5. Eb. Ipbinous, Latr. Enc. M. ix. p. 736. (Hesperia I.). 



Brazil. 



6. Er. Pigmalion Cramer, Pap. pi. 245. f. A. B. (Papilio P.). 



Hesperia Gnetus Fabricius, Mant. Ins. ii. p. 89.; Aubent 

 Misc. pi. 18. f. 8, g. ; Latr. Enc. 31. ix. p. 736. 

 Cayenne, Surinam. 



7. Er. Uba.nia Westw. (Erycides U.) Doubl. Westw. S^ Hewits. Gen. D. 



Lep. pi. 79. f. 1. 

 Mexico. B. M. 



Genus III. GONIURIS. 



GoNiURis nubner. 



EuDAMUS Sivaiiison, Boisduval. 



Body. Head and palpi as in Erycides. 



AntenncB with the club unequally fusiform ; the outer half abruptly curved, and forming a lengthened hook, 



gradually attenuated to the top ; alike in both sexes. 

 All the wings, when the insect is at rest, extended hoi'izontally. 



Fore Wings elongate-triangular ; outer margin convex towards the apex. Discoidal cell long and narrow, with 



the middle and lower disco-cellular veins of equal length, forming a straight line extending obliquely from the 



third median branch (at a considerable distance from its base) to the upper disco-cellular, which is veiy short 



and oblique ; the disc marked -svith various semipellucid spots. 

 Hind, Wings subtriangular ; fringe white, or dotted with black. Anal angle produced into a long straight tail, 



obtuse at the tip. Discoidal cell closed by the very slender disco-cellular veins which form a slight arch 



arising from the insertion of the third median vein and the postcostal branch, at a considerable distance from 



its origin. 



These species (of which Papilio Proteus may be considered as the type) are at once distinguished by the long caudal appendages 

 to the hind wings, and by the hook of the auteuure being gradually attenuated from the tliickest part of the club to the tip. They are 

 all natives of America; and we are informed by Mr. Swainson, that their flight is exceedingly rapid in the morning and evening, and 

 that they rest with all the four wings liorizontally extended. They appear to be subject to considerable variation in the form of the 

 semipellucid spots of the fore-wings ; and it is hence probable, that of the thirty species which Mi-. Swainson states he is acquainted 

 with, several are only varieties. 



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