ZEMEROS. 
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Subfam. NEMEOBIINJE. 
Genus ZEMEROS. 
Zemeros, Boisduval, Sp. Gen. i. pi. xxi. fig. 5 (183G) ; "Westwood, Gen, Diurn. Lep. 
ii. p. 418 (1851) ; de Niceville, Butt. Ind. ii. p. 307 (188G). 
" Body small, slender ; wings large, irregular along the margins ; disc marked with a number of 
small white dots. 
" Head small, very finely hairy ; front with a small truncated tuft. 
" Eyes small, naked. 
Labial palpi very minute, almost horizontal, not visible from above ; the tip not reaching 
more than the level of one fourth of the height of the eyes, rather thickly clothed beneath 
with hairs; the terminal joint not being visible, except on denuding the palpus. 
'■'■Antenna; short, and very slender, not more than half the length of the fore wings ; terminated 
by a short but distinct club, rather slender, obtuse at the tip ; annulations very short, and 
finely ringed with white at the tip. 
" Thokax rather large, oval; tippets truncate in front, finely hairy. 
" Fore wings large, broadly triangular. Fore margin slightly arched ; apical angle slightly 
acute in the males, more obtuse in the females. Apical margin irregularly scalloped, being 
more convex in the females than in the males. luner margin not so long as the apical. 
Veins arranged as in Earyhia, except that the lower discocellular vein is united to th<' 
third brauch of the median vein quite close to its origin. 
" Hind wings irregularly oval. The apical margin irregularly scalloped, and somewhat ti-uucate 
from the anal angle to the extremity of the third branch of the median vein. Costal vein 
not extending beyond the middle of the costa. Postcostal vein arising near the body, but 
curved at its base, being deflexed opposite the precostal vein ; branching at a considerable 
distance from the base, the branch extending to the upper end of the first or outer scallop. 
Upper discocellular vein short, arising a little nearer the body than the branch of the post- 
costal, oblique ; lower discocellular oblique, slightly longer than the upper, uniting with 
the median vein exactly opposite the base of the third branch, which extends to the 
strongest of the angles formed by the scallops of the margin. Anal margin of the wing 
forming a very slight gutter for the reception of the abdomen. 
" Fore legs of the male very small, and densely clothed with hairs ; tarsus simple. Of the 
female more than twice the length of those of the male, slender, but well clothed with 
scales, so as to conceal the joints of the tarsus, which is about e(]ual in length to the tibia, 
and is terminated by two small, distinct, very slender claws. 
" Four hind legs slender, and rather short, clothed with fine scales. Femur of the middle pair 
considerably elongated, being as long as the tibia and half the tarsus. Tarsus of the hind 
pair rather longer than the tibia. Tibial spurs very slender, short, and acute. Tarsi 
armed beneath with very fine, short, acute setae. 
" Abdoaiex small, slender, scarcely more than half the length of the hind wings." ( Westwood. 
I. c.) 
