8 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY, 



falcate, but never with a distinct tail or tooth at the sub- 

 median ; vein 5 never fully developed. ... All the 

 species of this group of which there is any record (with the 

 exception of some species of Hesperia) rest with their wings 

 extended flat when in a state of repose, frequently settling on 

 I he under side of a leaf. 



This section occurs throughout both the New and the Old 

 Worlds, some of the genera having a very wide range. Most 

 of the New-World forms and a few of the Old-World ones are 

 provided, in the male, with a costal fold on the fore-wing, and 

 never with a discal stigma. A very large number of the genera 

 are also provided in the male with a tuft of long hairs attached 

 to the hind tibiae or to the fore coxae. There are invariably 

 two pairs of spurs on the hind tibiae, and the epiphysis of the 

 fore tibiae is invariably present, with the doubtful exception of 

 some individuals of Abantis tettensis, Hopffer, an East African 

 species. ( Watson?) 



GENUS PYTHONIDES. 



Pythonides, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. pp. no, in (1816). 

 An extensive genus of Tropical American Butterflies, most 

 of the species being of small size, and black, with grey and 

 blue markings. 



PYTHONIDES CRONION. 



(Plate LX IX. Fig. $.) 



Ltucochitonea cronion, Felder, Reise d. Novara, Lepid. iii. p. 

 525, no. 924, pi. 74, figs. 23, 24 (1867). 



This Butterfly measures about i} inches across the fore- 

 wings, which are brown, dusted with grey. The hind-wings 

 are black, with a broad blue transverse band. It is found in 

 Brazil. 



Some of the species of this group are of extremely dull 



