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LEMONIID^. 
Fam. LEMONIID^. 
Subfam. LIBYTIimNM 
Genus LIBYTHEA. 
Libijthea, Fabricius, lUiger's Magazin, vi. p. 284 (1807) ; Westwood, Gen. Diurn. Lep. 
ii. p. 412 (1852) ; de Niceville, Butt. Ind. ii. p. 300 (1886). 
" Body robust, thickly clothed with soft woolly hairs, rather small in size, and of dark colours ; 
the wings with spots of orange, or dirty white, but not ocellated. 
" Head small, strongly tufted in front. 
" Eijes prominent, naked. 
" Labial jjnlpi extraordinarily elongated, being one third, or even in some species half, the 
length of the whole body ; porrccted horizontally, not compressed, thickly clothed with 
hairs of moderate length, the inner edges uniting together, so as to form conjointly a long 
conical beak, obtuse at the tip ; second joint oval ; third joint greatly elongated and 
slender. 
" Antennce not nearly half the length of the fore wings, straight, articulation indistinct, gradu- 
ally thickening from the base to the tip, which is obtuse. 
" Thorax oval, hairy ; tippets strongly developed. 
" Fore winr/s of moderate size. Costal margin moderately arched ; apex acute. Apical margin 
strongly angulated below the apex ; the lower discoidal vein extending into the most pro- 
minent part of the angle, about five sixths of the length of the costal margin. Inner 
margin straight, one fourth longer than the apical margin. None of the veins dilated at 
the base. Costal vein extending to about half the length of the costa. Postcostal vein 
with the first and second branches free, arising before the anterior extremity of the 
discoidal cell ; third braiicli arising far beyond the cell, followed at a short distance by the 
fourth, which extends to the tip of the wing. Upper discocellular vein very minute and 
8ubobli(iue ; middle and lower ones of nearly equal length, very slendei", and unit ing into a 
curve, closing tlie discoidal cell about the middle of the wing, by uniting with the third 
branch of the median vein at about the same distance from its base as exists belwooii tlie 
first and second branches. 
" Hind winr/s irregularly and Imiadly ovate. Tlie costal margin jjroduced in the middle into a 
considerable-sized lobe. Outer margin strongly scalloped. Anal margin forming only a 
slight gutter for the reception of tlio abdomen. I'reeostal vein short, curved outwards. 
Costal vein extending to tlio outer edge of the lobe, of which it follows tlie outline. I'ost- 
costal vein arising just opposite to the precostal, branching at a considerable distance from 
its base. Ujjjior discocellular vein rather short, almost transverse, arising at a distance 
from the base of the postcostal branch alxiut ecpial to tlie sjiaco between the base of the 
postcostal and it.s liranch. Lower discocellular sleiid(!r but distinct, more oblicpio than the 
upper discocellular and slightly curved, closing tiie discoidal cell by its union with tlie third 
