ELODINA. 175 



GENUS MELETE. 



Me/efe, Swainson, Zool. 111. Ins. ii, pi. 79 (1833). 



Daftonura t Butler, Cat. Fabr. Diurn. Lepid. p. 209 (1869); 



id. Cist. Ent. i. pp. 37,50(1870); Schatz, Exot. Schmett. 



ii. p. 64 (1886). 



Palpi and antennae long and slender, the latter with a 

 gradually formed club; abdomen not tufted, but with a pair of 

 strong anal hooks in the male ; wings broad, the fore-wings 

 somewhat produced at the tip, but not longer than the hind- 

 wings ; hind-margin slightly concave ; hind-wings somewhat 

 oval. Sub-costal nervure four-branched, the two first branches 

 emitted before the end of the cell ; disco-cellulars of nearly 

 equal length, the upper ones oblique, the lower straight. 



This is a Tropical American genus much resembling some of 

 the smaller species of Appias in size and shape, but with a 

 peculiar facies which renders it easily recognisable. The 

 Butterflies measure about two inches or a little more across 

 the wings, which are of a white or yellow colour, with the hind- 

 margins narrowly black. The costa is also narrowly black to 

 the middle, and sends off a black bar across the end of the 

 cell, at least on the under surface. There are several closely- 

 allied species ; in the type, M. flippantha (Fabricius), which is 

 a Brazilian Butterfly, the fore-wings are white, and the hind- 

 wings are yellow. 



GENUS ELODINA. 



Elodina, Felder, Reise d. Novara, ii. p. 215 (1865); Butler, 

 Cist. Ent. i. pp. 34, 40 (1870); Schatz, Exot. Schmett. ii. 

 p. 65 (1886). 



Antennae short, with a flattened club ; fore-wings short, 

 rather pointed ; sub-costal nervure three-branched, the first 

 branch emitted before the end of the cell ; only the lowest 



