SUBFAMILY HESPERIIN/E (THE HESPERIDS) 



" Twine ye in an airy round, 



Brush the dew and print the lea; 

 Skip and gambol, hop and bound." 



Drake, The Culprit Fay. 



This subfamily falls into two groups: 



Group A. — In this group the cell of the fore wing is always 

 more than two thirds the length of the costa; the lower radial 

 vein lies approximately equidistant between the third median 

 nervule and the upper radial. The hind wing is frequently pro- 

 duced at the extremity of the submedian vein into a long tail or 

 tooth-like projection. The fore wing is usually furnished. in the 

 male sex with a costal fold, but is never marked with a discal 

 stigma, or bunch of raised scales. The antennae always terminate 

 in a fine point and are usually bent into a hook. The butterflies 

 when at rest, for the most part, hold their wings erect, though 

 some of them hold them extended horizontally. 



Group B. — In this group the cell of the fore wing is less than 

 two thirds the length of the costa, and the lower radial is always 

 emitted from the end of the cell near the upper angle, much nearer 

 to the upper radial than to the third median. The hind wings are 

 often somewhat lobed at the anal angle, but never produced as 

 in the first group. The antennae are very seldom hooked. 



Genus EUDAMUS, Swainson 



Butterfly.— The antennae terminate in a fine point bent into a 

 hook at the thickest part of the club. The cell of the fore wing 

 is very long. The discocellulars are inwardly oblique and on the 

 same straight line, the upper discocellulars being reduced to a mere 

 point. The lower radial is equidistant between the upper radial 



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