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Show 52 MH. E. Y. WATSON ON THE IIESPEltllDJE. [Jail. 17, This genus appears always to have au ocellated spot at the end of the cell in fore wing, a character which is more developed in Cycloscemia. bromius, Stoll. Aud two unidentified species. Confined to tropical South America. 14. Genus C Y C L O S C E M I A. Cycloscemia, Mab. Pet. Nouv. ii. p. 222 (1878). Type, herennius, Cramer. Antennse : club slender, evenly curved. Palpi porrect, third joint short, bluntly conical. Fore wing short and broad, costa slightly convex, apex rounded, outer margin very convex ; inner and outer margins subequal ; cell less than two thirds the length of costa; vein 12 reaching costa almost opposite the end of cell; discocellulars suberect, the lower the longer; vein 1 shortly before end of cell, more than twice as far from 2 as from 4; vein 2 less than twice as far from base of wing as from end of cell. Hind wing evenly rounded ; vein 7 well before end of cell: discocellulars and vein 5 barely traceable; vein 3 shortly before the end of cell; vein 2 nearer to end of cell than to base of wing. Hind tibise with two pairs of spurs, and fringed with exceptionally long hairs. herennius, Cram 1. f flssimaoula, Mab 6. anastomosis, Mab 2. \ *faUsca, Hew. *lyrccea, H e w 3. * carina, Hew 7. *clelea, HeAv 4. alhata, Mab 8. Hathcea, Hew 5. Aud two unidentified species. Confined to tropical America. 15. Genus ACHLYODES. Achlyodes, Hiibner, Verz. 107 (1816). Type, fredericus, Hiibn. Antennse: club moderate, slightly bent, tapering to a fine point. Palpi porrect; terminal joint minute. Fore wing: inner margin considerably longer than outer margin ; no costal fold on fore wing; cell of fore wing less than two-thirds the length of costa; vein 12 reaching costa before the end of cell; discocellulars suberect, the lower the longer ; vein 3 immediately before the end of cell; vein 2 less than twice as far from end of cell as from base of win^. Hind wing evenly rounded; vein 7 shortly before the end of cell; discocellulars and vein 5 faint; vein 3 from end of cell; vein 2 hardly nearer to end of cell than to base of wing. Hind tibise with two pairs of spurs. fredericus, Hiibn. And four unnamed species. Confined to tropical America. |