. The butterfly book; a popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of North America. Butterflies. Genus Timetes Early Stages.—Unknown. The Leopard-spot is found occasionally in Florida, but quite commonly in the Antilles, Mexico, and Central America. Genus TIMETES, Boisduval (The Dagger-wings) Butterfly.—The palpi are moderately long, thickly clothed with scales, the last joint elongated and pointed. The antennae have a well-developed club. The fore wings and the hind wings have the cell open. In the fore wing the sub- costal vein, which has five branches, emits the first nervule well bef
. The butterfly book; a popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of North America. Butterflies. Genus Timetes Early Stages.—Unknown. The Leopard-spot is found occasionally in Florida, but quite commonly in the Antilles, Mexico, and Central America. Genus TIMETES, Boisduval (The Dagger-wings) Butterfly.—The palpi are moderately long, thickly clothed with scales, the last joint elongated and pointed. The antennae have a well-developed club. The fore wings and the hind wings have the cell open. In the fore wing the sub- costal vein, which has five branches, emits the first nervule well before the end of the cell, the second a little be- yond it, and the third and fourth near together, before the apex of the wing. The third median nervule of the hind wing is greatly produced and forms the support of the long tail which adorns this wing. Between the end of the sub- median vein and the first median nervule is another lobe-like prolongation of the outer margin of the wing. The butter- flies are characterized for the most part by dark upper surfaces, with light under surfaces marked with broad bands and lines of varying intensity of color. They are easily distinguished from the butter- flies of all other genera of the Nymphalidse by the remarkable tail-like appendage of the hind wing, giving them somewhat the appearance of miniature Papilionidas. Early Stages.—Nothing of note has been recorded of their early stages which may be accepted as reliable, and there is an opportunity here for study and research. There are about twenty-five species belonging to the genus, all found within the tropical regions of America. Four species are occasionally taken in the extreme southern portions of Florida and Texas. They are all, however, very common in the An- tilles, Mexico, and more southern lands. 179. Fig. 104.—Neuration of the genus Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - c
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