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INSECTS. 



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Family 9.— LIBYTHEID^. (1 Genus, 10 Species.) 



The genus Libythea, which constitutes this family, appears to 

 have its head-quarters in the Oriental region, but extends on all 

 sides in an erratic manner, into various remote and disconnected 

 portions of the globe, as indicated above. 



Family 10.— NEMEOBIID^E. (12 Genera, 145 Species.) 



General Distribution. 



This group has been separated from the Erycinidre of the 

 older authors, and contains all the non- American genera and 

 species. Half the genera and nearly four-fifths of the species of 

 this group are, however, Neotropical ; one is European ; two or 

 three African ; and twenty-six Oriental and Australian. The 

 genera are : — 



Nemeobius (1 sp.), Europe; Dodona (6 sp.), North India; 

 Zemeros (2 sp.), North India and Malaya ; Abisara (11 sp.), 

 North India, Malayan and Moluccan districts, Madagascar and 

 West Africa ; Taxila (8 sp.), North India and Malaya ; Dical- 

 laneura (2 sp.), Moluccan district ; Alesa (6 sp.), Eunoyyra (2 

 sp.), Cremna (7 sp.), Bceotis (3 sp.), are all from the Brazilian 

 sub-region; Eurybia (10 sp.), Mesosemia (80 sp.), inhabit both 

 the Brazilian and Mexican sub-regions. 



