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Show 106 ME. E. Y. WATSON ON THE HESPEEIIDiE. [Jail. 1 7, 22. Genus BAORIS. (Plate III. fig. 28.) Baoris, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. vol. i. p. 165 (1881). -po„,:f0nn ' ' r J Type, oceia, Hewitson. Parnara auctorum (part.). , Antennas: club moderate, elongate, with a short terminal crook; tip acuminate. Palpi: second joint densely scaled, third joint almost entirely concealed. Fore wing : inner and outer margins subequa ; cell less than two-thirds the length of costa ; yem 12 reaching cos a well before the end of cell; upper discocellular minute, middle discocellular very long, lower very short; vein 5 from close to bottom of cell; 'vein 3 slightly curved at its base, close to end of cell, twice as far from 2 as from 4 ; vein 2 considerably nearer to end of cell than to base of wing. Hind wing e cmgated ; outer margin even ; vein 7 well before end of cell ; discocellulars outwardly oblique; vein 5 not traceable; veins 2, 3, and 4 all very close together ; vein 3 twice as far from 2 as from 4 ; the lower margin of cell bent upwards at vein 2. Hind tibias with two pairs of spurs. Male in the type species with a tuft of long hairs on the upperside of the hind wing, attached along the upper margin of the cell and directed downwards across the cell. This character is not found in any other species of the genus. * oceia, Hew. rf 1 • pagana, de Niceville 10. sikkima, Swinhoe. o* 2 • toona, Moore 11. scopulifera, Moore, tf $ . * eltola, H e w j~ unicolor, Moore, c? 2 • inconspicua, Bert Id. penkillata, Moore. J. *jansonensis, Bert 14. t farri, Moore. £. pellucida, Murray jo. * kumara, Moore 2. * marsena, H e w 1«'. * seriata, Moore 3. uma, de Niceville 17. * moolata, Moore 4- * cormassa, H e w 18. austeni, Moore 5. f colaca, Moore 19. fatucllus, Hopff. 0. \ cingalensis, Moore. assamensis, Wood-Mason, bevani, Moore 20. de Niceville 7. zellcri, Led 21. narooa, Moore 8. * umbrata, Butl 22. contigiia.'Mab 9. African and Asiatic. 23. Genus L E R O D E A. Lerodea, Scudd. Syst. Rev. p. 59 (1872). Type, eufala, Edw. Antennas: club robust, slightly elongate ; antennal crook short. Palpi: second joint densely scaled ; third joint erect, minute, bluntly conical. Fore wing : outer margin longer than inner margin ; cell less than two-thirds the length of costa; vein 5 from close to bottom of cell; vein 3 immediately before the end of cell; vein 2 almost equidistant from end of cell and base of wing. Hind wing : vein 7 shortly before the end of cell; discocellulars faint; vein 5 not traceable ; vein 3 immediately before end of cell; vein 2 well before end of cell, but considerably nearer to it than to the base of the wing. No secondary sexual characters on fore wing of male. Hind tibiae with two pairs of spurs. eufala, E d w 1. fusca, Grotc & Eobinson ... 2. Confined to North America. |