LEPIDOPTEROUS INSECTS. 21 
Genus Vanessa, Latreille. 
Antenne terminated by an abrupt short club ; 
palpi contiguous, even at the extremity, the two 
combined, resembling a rostrum ; anterior pair 
of feet in both sexes, short and very hairy ; the 
two posterior pairs of tarsi, with double nails. 
Genus Potyommatus, Latreille. 
Palpi longer than the head, and nearly parallel, 
having three joints clothed with scales above, the 
first of which is short and curved, the second 
long, the third as long as the first, and destitute 
of hairs ; the antenne are rather short, and pro- 
vided with more than thirty joints, with an 
abrupt flattish clubbed tip, ending in a point 
placed edgeways: these in some species are 
downy, and not so in others ; legs alike in both 
sexes ; feet provided with very short cushions ; 
beyond which are minute undivided claws ; the 
wings are entire, the upper ones triangular, and 
somewhat wedge-shaped ; under wings oyvo-tri- 
angular, and hardly indented at the posterior 
angle. 
Famity I].—Hesprripes. 
The posterior legs are provided with two pairs of 
spurs; the lower wings are nearly horizontal 
while in repose; the antenne, in some species, 
