Genus Hypolimnas 



(i) Timetes coresia, Godart, Plate XXI, Fig. I, $ ; Fig. 2, 



$ , under side (The Waiter). 



Butterfly. — Easily recognized by means of our figures, which 

 show that this creature deserves the trivial name I have bestowed 

 upon it. In its dark coat and white vest it gracefully attends the 

 feasts of Flora. Expanse, 2.50 inches. 



So far as I am aware, nothing reliable has been recorded as 

 to the early stages of this insect. It is occasionally found in 

 Texas. 



(2) Timetes petreus, Cramer, Plate XXI, Fig. 3, 3 (The 

 Ruddy Dagger-wing). 



Butterfly. — The upper side of the wings is accurately deline- 

 ated in the plate. On the under side the wings are pale, with 

 the dark bands of the upper side reproduced. Expanse, 2.60 

 inches. It occurs in southern Florida and Texas, and elsewhere 

 in tropical America. 



(3) Timetes chiron, Fabricius, Plate XXI, Fig. 4, 8 (The 

 Many-banded Dagger-wing). 



Butterfly. — Easily recognized by means of the figure in the 

 plate. Like the preceding species, this is occasionally found in 

 Texas. It is very common in Mexico, South America, and the 

 Antilles. 



Genus HYPOLIMNAS, Hiibner 

 (The Tropic Queens) 



Butterfly. — Eyes naked. The palpi are produced, rising above 

 the head, heavily scaled. The antennae have a well-developed, 

 finely pointed club. The fore wings have stout costal and medi- 

 an veins. The subcostal throws out five nervules, the first two 

 before the end of the cell, the third midway between the end of 

 the cell and the outer border; the fourth and the fifth diverge from 

 each other midway between the third and the outer border, and 

 both terminate below the apex. The upper discocellular vein is 

 wanting ; the middle discocellular vein is bent inwardly ; the lower 

 discocellular is very weak, and, in some species, wanting. The 

 cell of the hind wing is lightly closed. 



Caterpillar. — The caterpillar is cylindrical, thickest toward the 

 middle. The head is adorned with two erect rugose spines; the 

 segments have dorsal rows of branching spines, and three lateral 



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