LEMONIAS I. 
Libythea, forming a separate group allied to the Erycinidae, 1 by the anterior pair 
of legs in the males being aborted, without tarsal joints or trace of claws and 
spines, the same legs in the females being of normal structure. Also: “ The 
metamorphoses are variable, some genera resembling the Nymphalidae, in the 
chrysalis being suspended by the tail, and others the Lycasnidae, in being recum 
bent and girt with silken threads. Too little is known of the caterpillars to en¬ 
able us to say whether they offer any peculiarity.” Nearly all the species are 
found in America. Again quoting Mr. Bates : “ The family appears to be most 
numerous and flourishing in the equatorial zone, diminishing in the number of 
its representatives as one approaches either tiopic, and with ^eiy fev exceptions 
the species are confined to the shades of the great forest which covers the lower 
levels of nearly the whole of this vast region. I collected myself 370 species on 
the banks of the Amazon.” “ A large number of genera have the habit of set¬ 
tling on the under side of leaves near the ground, extending their wings flat on 
the leaf. In many genera, on the contrary, the position of the wings in repose 
is vertical, and a few species settle on the upper surface of leaves with the wings 
half elevated.” “ Very few species frequent flowers.” 
In my Catalogue, 1877, are enumerated eight species of Erycinidae, to which 
Nais should have been added. And recently two other species, Ares Edw. 
and Cleis Edw., have been described as of our fauna from the Morrison collections 
of 1882. 
1 By some authors, Libythea is regarded as an aberrant group of the Nymphalida;. 
