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Genus CETHOSIA. 
This genus includes several pretty large and showy 
insects, several of which have some resemblance, in 
the wide expansion of their wings compared with 
their limited breadth in the direction of the body, 
to the genera immediately preceding, while others 
shew a decided affinity to Argynnis. The greater 
part of them are natives of America, but others occur 
in the eastern countries of the old world. The palpi 
are contiguous below, but diverge at the extremity', 
and terminate in a slender acicular joint ; antennas 
■with an oblong club ; inferior wings embracing the 
abdomen ; claws simple. The caterpillars appear 
to he generally spiny, and to resemble those of 
Argynnis. 
