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some of them resemble the tailed species of Papilionidee and Nymphalidse ; 

 others the long- winged Heliconidae ; others the blue and copper species of 

 Lycaenidse; and some the dusky and spotted Hesperidse. About 700 species 

 are included in Kirby's Catalogue of 1871. The curious Lihylhea, included 

 by Kirby with the present group, has one European species, Celtis. It has 

 a caterpillar like those of the Pieridse, a chrysalis suspended by the tail only 

 like Nymphalidae, and the perfect insect has brush-like fore feet in the male 

 like the Erycinidse. 



Genus XL— NEMEOBIUS. 

 Stephens. 



Nemeo'bius. — Nemos, a grove, and bios, life. 



A genus of but a single species, which does not occur outside of Europe. 

 It is a very interesting insect, being our sole representative of this important 

 family. It is generically nearly allied to Zemeros, a genus found in various 

 parts of the East Indies, J ava, and China ; but the elongated, acute, very 

 hairy palpi, the pilose eyes, the strongly clavate antennse, and the curious 

 arrangement of the veins of the hind wings, separate it from all the adjacent 

 genera. Looking at the series of European, or still more restrictedly, at our 

 British butterflies, this species fills an important station between the butter- 

 flies with girted chrysalides, having fully developed feet in both sexes, and 

 those butterflies in which the fore feet of the males are brush-like, all of 

 which inhabiting Europe, have simple suspended chrysalides. This position 

 was assigned to the genus, with admirable tact, by Dennis and Schiffer- 

 muller, in the " Wiener Yerzeichniss/' or Yienna Catalogue, more than a 

 century ago. 



NEMEOBIUS LUCINA. 

 Duke of Burgundy FritiUary* 



Lucina, Linn. Luci'na, a goddess of women. Yirg. Eel. iv. 10. 



Though this little butterfly bears the name of Eritillary at the end of its 

 I lengthy and important title, it belongs to a very different family to that of 

 I the true Eritillaries, and it has only shared their name on account of its 

 ; similarity in colour and markings to those of the genus Meliiaa. 

 I It is chequered on the upper surface with tawny, and dark brown or black, 

 \ The underside is reddish-brown, with black marginal dots, and two rows of 

 j whitish spots on the hind wings. The width across the wings varies from an 

 I inch to an inch and a quarter. 



