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Show 24 ME. E. Y. WATSON ON THE HESPERIIDiE. [Jan. 17, chiefly in the less truncate apex to the fore wing, and the slightly different relative positions of the median branches. The male also is provided with a costal fold, which is wanting in Proteides. f tityrus, Fabr 1. X clarus, Cram. pseudexadeus, Westw. ... 2. socvs, Hiibn 3. * barisses, H e w 4. * antams, H e w 5. And two unidentified species. American and "West Indian. exadeus, Cram "• * asunder, H e w 7. * enispe, H e w & zestos, Hiibn 9. talus, Oram 1". 11. Genus P R O T E I D E S. Proteides, Hiibner, Verz. p. 105 (1816). Type, idas, Cramer. Dicranaspis, Mabille, Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige, xxi. p. 24 (1878). Type, idas, Cramer. Antennse: club abruptly thickened, very robust, bent into a hook, terminal portion short and gradually tapering. Fore wing: no costal fold in male; cell very long, almost three-fourths length of costa; vein 12 reaching costa before the end of cell; vein 10 nearer to 9 than to 11 ; vein 9 nearer to 8 than to 10 ; upper discocellular minute, middle and lower discocellulars inwardly oblique ; vein 5 considerably nearer to 4 than to 6 ; vein 3 slightly nearer to end of cell than to vein 2 ; vein 2 less than twice as far from vein 3 as from base of wing. Fore wing much produced at apex, costa about one and a half times the length of inner margin ; outer margin at almost a right angle with costa from apex to vein 5, then very oblique to outer angle. Hind wing prominently toothed at submedian ; cell moderate ; vein 7 well before end of cell; discocellulars very faint; vein 5 wanting; vein 3 well before end of cell; vein 2 nearer to end of cell than to base of wing, and twice as far from 3 as 3 is from 4. Hind tibise with two pairs of spurs. idas, Cramer 1. And two unidentified species. Confined to tropical America and the West Indies. 12. Genus CHRYSOPLECTRUM, nov. (Plate II. fig. 15.) Type, otriades, Hewitson. Antennse: club moderate, bent into a hook, terminal portion very slender, rather more than half as long as remainder of club. Terminal joint of palpi minute, obtusely conical. Fore wing : outer margin considerably longer than inner margin; male with a costal fold; cell scarcely two-thirds length of costa; vein 12 reaching costa before the end of cell; upper discocellular minute, middle discocellular inwardly oblique, lower almost erect, the middle one the longer; vein 3 more than three times as far from base of win°- as from end of cell, twice as far from vein 2 as from 4 ; veinlet in cell from just before vein 4. Hind wing strongly arched at base, rather |