NYMPIIALIN.E. (Qmnv EmrTFLiXA.) 25 



tr-iangularl3'-ovate ; exterior margin obliquely convex and slightly scalloped ; pre- 

 costal very straight and bifid at tip ; costal vein arched from the base, extending to 

 apex ; cell short ; upper discocellnlar outwardly-oblique, stai^ting from close to base 

 of lower subcostal, lower discocellnlar long and outwardly-oblique, slender ; two 

 upper median branches from end of the cell. Boili/ moderately slender ; head and 

 thorax woolly ; palpi porrect, elongated, clothed with compact hair-scales to the 

 tip, second joint extending half its length beyond the front, third joint thick ; 

 antennae with a very slenderly-formed club ; eyes naked. Forelegs of male very 

 slender, short, femur very delicately hairy at the sides and beneath ; tibia and tarsus 

 together a little longer than the femur, both finely hairy ; forelegs of female also 

 slender, longer than in male, finely scaly, femur and tibia about equal length, 

 tarsus of nearly the same length and slightly stouter, with three subtenninal joints 

 and a terminal minute joint, each with a pair of short spines. Sexes dissimilar. 



Type.— L. Horsfieldii. 



Differs from typical Ea7-ijtela (Dryope) in the forewing being comparatively 

 narrower, the costa straighter, the apex and outer angle of exterior margin more 

 acutely pointed. Hliidiri)/// comparatively shorter, the exterior margin more oblique 

 and less scalloped. Venation similar. Palpi shorter, more robust, and compactly 

 clothed to the tip. Forelegs of female shorter, and the tarsal joints longer ; the 

 eyes are naked. The species of this genus are found only in the East, one in the 

 Andaman Isles, and others in Burma, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, 

 Borneo and Palawan. 



The typical species of Euri/fela occur only in Africa ; the sexes are similar in 

 their coloration and markings both on the upper and under side, and these are quite 

 different to the pattern and colours of their Eastern representatives; also their eyes 

 are. hairy. 



Habits and Mjmtcut.- — " Capt. E. Y. Watson has noted that their flight is like that 

 of Neptis, as they fly with wings extended fiat, parallel with the ground ; they settle 

 on the tips of leaves with open wings, and tlien raise their wings slowly over their 

 backs. This I can confirm, having HeenEnri/, Horsfehlii alive in the forests in N.E. 

 Sumatra. The female on the wing reminds one at once of a tawny Nejifis, or more 

 closely of a species of Ergolis, which is, I believe, a protected genus, and of which 

 the very differently-coloured female is probably a mimic" (L. de Niceville, J. As. 

 Soc. Beng. ISO^, 108). " The females of E. Gastelnani are splendid mimics of 

 Ergolh hcvns and Ariadne., Eur//. Castelnavi mimicking Erg. IucVks, and Ennj. 

 Horsfieldii mimicking Ev. Ariadne. Even in the way of flying they closely resemble 

 the flight of Ergolis. The males always settle with folded wings for greater pro- 

 tection, and have some predilection for the sandy banks of small streams running 

 through the forest " (de Niceville, id. 1895, 399). 



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