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densely clothed with hair and scales, and the front legs in the 

 males are very small. The wing-cells are no narrower than in 

 typical Acraa ; but those of the fore-wings are much shorter 

 than in Planema^ and the disco-cellular nervules run much 

 more irregularly. They are small Butterflies, generally ex- 

 panding about i y 2 or 2 inches ; and they do not reach the 

 Nearctic Region. 



They vary very much in pattern from the African species of 

 the Sub-family, but have generally either black fore-wings, 

 banded and spotted with tawny or yellowish, and tawny or 

 yellowish hind-wings, bordered with black ; or else they are 

 black, with red or yellowish markings. 



The type is 



ACTINOTE THALIA. 



Papilio thalia, Linn., Syst. Nat. (ed. x.) i., p. 467, no. 63 

 (1758) ; id., Mus. Ludov. Ulr., p. 230 (1764) ; Clerck 

 Iconcs, pi. 43, fig. 2 (1764); Cramer, Pap. Exot, hi., pi 

 246, fig. A. (1781) ; Stoll. Suppl. Cram.., v., pi. i., figs. 6a, 

 6b(i 7 8 7 ). 



Acraa thalia, Godart, Enc. Meth., ix., p. 240, no. 33 (1819). 



This insect, which measures rather more than two inches in 

 expanse, is common throughout Tropical America. The fore- 

 wings are rather long, brown in colour, with yellowish basal 

 streaks and an oblique row of long spots, separated by the 

 nervures, towards the apex. The hind-wings are rust-coloured, 

 with brown veins, intermediate streaks, and borders. In the 

 female the pale portions of the wings are grey or whitish. 



" Stoll represents the larva of Acrcza thalia as thickly covered 

 with blackish spines fringed with brown hairs. It is brown, 

 with a black dorsal stripe, and is said to feed on the shrubby 

 cotton. The pupa is represented as stouter than that of 



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