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Excerpt from The Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera, Vol. 2 of 2: Comprising Their Generic Characters, a Notice of Their Habits and Transformations, and a Catalogue of the Species of Each Genus; Containing the Remainder of the Family Nymphalidæ, and the Families Morphidæ, Brassolidæ, Satyridæ, Libytheidæ, Erycinidæ Labial Palpi porrect, ascending, extending beyond the forehead, clothed with rather loose scales; those in front of the first joint very long, the second with a not very well marked dorsal tuft. First joint short, two fifths the length of the second, dilated towards the base, truncate at the apex; second joint subcylindric, slightly curved, slightly swollen before the apex, which is truncate; third joint less than one third the length of the second, elongate-obovate, the apex somewhat pointed. Antennae about three fourths the length of the body, slender, terminating in gradually incrassated, rather slender club, rather obtuse at the apex. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.