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Genus ACRjEA. 



The insects of this genus are generally below the 

 middle size, and of a brownish-red colour, variously 

 striped and spotted with black. With the exception 

 of a small division, which ought probably to be 

 referred to another genus, they are natives of the 

 old world, principally of the western coasts of Africa. 

 The palpi are slender and nearly cylindrical, the 

 terminal joint minute, forming a kind of nipple on 

 the apex of the second which is very long ; antennas 

 rather short and terminating somewhat suddenly in 

 a club ; anterior tarsus spatulate, scarcely toothed at 

 the extremity ; internal edge of the inferior wings 

 not embracing the abdomen. The caterpillars are 

 either spiny, like those of Argynnis, or covered with 

 rigid hairs, but we are yet acquainted with very few 

 of them. The chrysalis is suspended by the tail. 



