224. Zoological Society. * 
PROCEEDINGS OF LEARNED papers tS 
ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. oe " om 
March 28, 1848.—Wm. Yarreil, Esq., Vice-President, in eis Chain 
The following papers were communicated to the Meeting sn ee 
1. DescrIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF BuTTrERFLY, OF THE GENUS _ 
Aerias. By W. C. Hewrrson, M.E.S. etc. 
Genus Agrias, Boisd. MSS. 
Head rather broad, clothed with hair; eyes nearly round or slightly 
oval, prominent; maxille rather longer than the thorax; labial palpi 
rather widely separated, ascending, thickly clothed with scales, which 
in front are long; basal joint curved, very short, second more than 
twice the length of the first; third short, pointed. Antenne elon- _ 
gate, about three-fourths the length of the body, rb thicken- 3 
ing from the base to the apex. 
Thorax large, elongate-ovate, truncate posteriorly, hairy. Anterior 
wings subtriangular, the anterior margin rounded, about one-half | 
longer than the outer, which is nearly straight or slightly sinuate; _ 
the inner margin rather longer than the outer, straight. Costal - 
nervure stout, extending beyond the middle of the costa; “subcostal ~ 
nervure throwing off its first nervule about the middle, the second 
a short distance before the end of the cell, the third at some distance — 
beyond the cell, the fourth rather more remote from the third than . 
that is from the fourth. Third subcostal nervule terminating at ‘the 
apex; fourth running close to the third until near the apex, then 
bent downwards and reaching the outer margin about half-way be- _ 
tween the apex and the termination of the fifth subcostal nervule; 
upper disco-cellular nervule very short, middle above twice the length - 
of the upper, lower nearly twice the length of the two other com- — 
bined; third median nervule considerably curved. Posterior wings 
obovate ; the fold for the reception of the body ample, anterior mar-_ 
gin rounded, outer slightly dentate, sinuate; precostal nervure — 
simple; cell closed by a slight disco-cellular nervule. | : 
Anterior feet of the female small, the femur and tibia about of equal — 
length, the tarsus short, four-jointed, the basal joint longer than the © 
rest combined, which are all short, transverse, and nearly equal. 
Middle and posterior feet stout, rather short ; the tibiz spiny within, 
the spurs very short; the tarsi spiny at the sides, the first joint spiny 
below also, equal in length to the rest combined ; claws small, sie gg 5 
pulvillus large. eR 
Abdomen short, tapering. 
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Aertas Aipon. Ag. alis anticis supra lete chermesinis, apice mar~. 
gineque interno nigro, posticis supra nigris plaga magnd, 
subtis fuscescentibus, ocellis septem submarginalibus nigris, albo 
pupillatis. 
Exp. alar. 3 unc. 9 lin., vel 95 millim, 
Hab. Nueva Granada. 
