COMPOSIA — EUCYANE. 295 



ment with a luteous margin. Length of the body 9 — 10 lines ; 

 of the wings 24 — 28 lines. 



Mexico. 



Walker. 



COMPOSIA Hubner. 



Body nearly cylindrical, rather stout, of moderate length. Palpi 

 vertical, shorter than the head; third joint less than half the length 

 of the second. Antennae of the male slightly pectinated, of the 

 female minutely pectinated. Abdomen oblanceolate in the male, 

 fusiform in the female, extending as far as the hind wings. Legs 

 rather slender ; fore tibise excavated beneath ; hind tibiae with two 

 minute apical spurs. Wings long, rather narrow with semihyaline 

 spots. 



1. C. sybaris Cram. Pap. Exot. I, 112, pi. 71, f. E. ? De Beauv. pi. 24, 

 f. 7. Composia credula Hubn. Samml. Ex. Schmett. II, Lep. Ill, 

 Pbal. II, Ver. viii. Coll. B, Var. II, f. 1—4. 



Black, white beneath. Body and wings thickly dotted with 



white. Fore wings with four nearly square crimson spots. 



West Indies. 



Walker. 



EUCYANE Hubner. 



Body nearly cylindrical and linear, rather stout, moderately long. 

 Palpi ascending as long as the head ; third joint linear, rather 

 more than half the length of the second. Antennas of the male 

 moderately pectinated, of the female serrated. Abdomen hardly 

 extending to the hind border of the hind wings in the male, a little 

 shorter in the female. Legs moderately stout ; hind tibiae with 

 four small spurs. Wings ample ; fore wings with a semi-hyaline 

 band ; four inferior veins. 



Wings very broad. 



1. E. pylotis Drury. Ins. Exot. II, 9, pi. 5, f. 3. Callimorpha? pylotis 

 Westw. ed. Drury II, 11, pi. 5, f. 3. ■ 



Blackish-blue. Abdomen luteous beneath, with the hind borders 



