60 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 



This curious species has been found in Venezuela, Colombiaj 

 and Peru. 



The following genus diverges still more from Theda, and at 

 one time it was proposed to separate it as a distinct Family. 



GENUS EUALEUS. 



Eumceus, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 67 (1816); West- 

 wood, Gen. Diurn. Lepid. p. 469 (1852) : Schatz & 

 Rober, Exot. Schmett. ii. p. 266 (1892). 



Eumenia^ Lateille, Enc. Meth. ix. p. 826 (1823). 



These are rather large Butterflies, generally expanding two 

 inches or more. They are more robustly formed than in 

 Theda, with broad rounded wings, not tailed or dentated. The 

 pattern is quite dissimilar from that of Thecla, being black, or 

 blue-black, with blue or green markings, consisting of a broad 

 band on the fore-wings, and at least one row of large sub-marginal 

 spots on the hind-wings ; beneath, the wings are ornamented 

 with at least three sub-marginal rows of spots on the hind- 

 wings ; and sometimes the whole surface of all the wings is 

 spotted. The species inhabit Central America and the West 

 Indies. 



The young larva is cylindrical and tuberculate; the full- 

 grown larva is much flattened, but longer than usual in larvae of 

 this Family ; the pupa is stout, arched, and rounded- 



The type is 



EUM^EUS MINYAS. 



Rusticus adolescent minvas, Hiibner, Samml. Exot. Schmett. i. 



pi. 97 (1805?) 

 Eumenia toxea, Godart, Enc. Meth. ix. p. 826 (1823); Lucas, 



Le'p. Exot. p. 143, pi. 79, fig. 2 (1835). 

 This species is blue-black above, more or less broadly greenish- 

 blue at the base (the hind-margins being always black), and 



