Genus Lemonias 



to the Lycsenidse, with which some writers have in fact grouped 

 them, but erroneously, as the writer believes. 



Almost all of the species are American, and the family attains 

 its highest development in the tropical regions of South America. 



Genus LEMONIAS, Westwood 



Butterfly. Small, brightly colored, the sexes often differing 

 greatly in appearance from each other. The eyes are naked. 

 The palpi are produced, porrect; the last joint is short, thin, 

 pointed, and depressed. The antennae are moderately 

 long, provided with a gradually thickening, incon- 

 spicuous club. The upper discocellular vein is 

 wanting in the fore wing. The middle and lower 

 discocellulars are of equal length. The hind wing 

 has the end of the cell obliquely terminated by the 

 middle and lower discocellular veins. The apex of FIG. 126. 

 the fore wing is somewhat pointed, the outward mar- Neuration of 

 gin straight. The outward margin of the hind wing is m l$i^ 

 evenly rounded. 



Egg. Flattened, turban-shaped, with a small, depressed, cir- 

 cular micropyle, the whole surface covered with minute hexag- 

 onal reticulations. 



Caterpillar. Short, flattened, tapering posteriorly; the seg- 

 ments arched ; provided with tufts of hair ranged in longitudinal 

 series, the hairs on the sides and at the anal extremity being long, 

 bent outward and downward. 



Chrysalis. Short, suspended at the anal extremity, and held 

 in position by a silk girdle, but not closely appressed to the 

 surface upon which pupation has taken place; thickly covered 

 with short, projecting hair. 



The citadel of this genus is found about the head waters of 

 the Amazon, where there are many species. Thence the genus 

 spreads northward and southward, being represented in the 

 limits of our fauna by only a few species, which are found on the 

 extreme southern borders of the United States. 



(i) Lemonias mormo, Felder, Plate XXVIII, Fig. 7, $ , under 

 side (The Mormon). 



Butterfly. The wings on the upper side are dark ashen-gray, 



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