108 BUTTERFLY COLLECTOR'S 



Genus IjYc.una, p/. Ml. fig- 13. 



Antennee with a lonfj^sU tapeiing • obtiise knob ; jointf more 



tlian tliirty. 

 Palpi longer than tlie head, above and whole of tlie last joint 



scaly, hairy underneath. 

 Forelegs perfect. 



Cluius very short, simple ; foot cushions large. 

 Pvimary wings triangular and nearly wedge-shaped, intire ; 



secondary between round and triangular, with a tooth or 



two near the anal angle. 

 Egg unknown. 



Caterpillar shaped like a wood-louse, &c. 

 Chrysalis girted, head-case rounded. 

 De Geer i. pi. iv. fig. 9 — 15. 

 Hilbncr Schraet. pi. Ixiv. A. a. a. 



LYCiENA HIPPOTHOE,t LARGE COI'l'ER. 



Duncan, pi. ^, fig. 1,3. 



Butterfly. Male. Wings above of a shining and bright 

 fiery copper-colour, with an articulate band of very faint 

 round spots near tlie tip. Primary with a semi-lunar s])ot ; 

 the costal and posterior margins black ; underneath paler 

 orange with ten eyelets, with a large black pupil and white 

 iris, the first three arc placed longitudinally near the anterior 

 margin, seven in a transverse snbundulatcd baud towards 

 the posterior margin, besides which at that margin is a 

 transverse series of black dots without the iris, the margin 

 itself and fringe are whitish. Secondary wings with an 

 oblong discoidal line, and the margins black, the black 

 colour of the posterior margin is indented internally ; under- 



• The term " tapering/' is perhaps used here nnd before, not 

 with strict propriety, for tapering downwards ; but it appeared 

 tile moat convenient term. 



t This is P. Dispar of llaworth. 



