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Show 12 ME. E. Y. WATSON ON THE HESPEEIID.&. [Jan. 17, zeleucus, Fabr 10. f phidias, Linn 11. \ onanas, Fabr. * latifascia, Butl 12. * ftuminis, Butl 13. *passova, Hew 14. * gorlyna, Hew 15. f jonas, Feld 16. \ cydonia, Druce. * zereda, Hew 17. chalybea, Sc 18. asculapivs, Staud. ... 19. variegaticcps, Gr. & S. And three unidentified species. hygieia, H e w 20. * amra, H e w 21. josepha, Plotz 21a. amyclas, Oram 22. * phylleia, Hew 23. * hadassa, Hew 24. * telassa, Hew 25. * martena, Hew 26. creona, Druce 27. * galgala, Hew 28. * maculosa, Hew 29. * araxes, Hew 30. * kelita, Hew 31. 2. Genus M Y S O R I A , nov. Type, acastus, Cramer. Antennse as in Pyrrhopyge. Fore wing much more elongate; costa more than half as long again as inner margin ; cell almost three-fourths the length of costa. Vein 3 only slightly nearer to end of cell than to vein 2; the rest of the neuration much as in Pyrrhopyge. Hind wing: cell very short; vein 3 well beyond end of cell, as far beyond as 2 is before it; vein 7 well before end of cell, slightly longer than vein 2. Hind tibiae with two pairs of spurs. acastus, Cramer 1. Venezuela, Scudder 2. f barcastus, Sepp 3. \ *verbena, Butler. thasus, Ci'amer 4. 3. Genus AMENIS, nov. Type, pionia, Hew. Antennse as in Pyrrhopyge. Fore wing: as in Pgrrhopyge, but vein 3 given out much nearer the end of the cell, more than twice as far from 2 as from 4. Hind wing : cell reaching rather beyond the middle of the wing ; vein 3 from end of cell, not before it; vein 7 just before end of cell. Hind tibiae with two pairs of spurs. pionia, Hew 1. ponina, II.-S. In this genus vein 5 of the hind wing is more or less developed, and seems to vary individually ; in the single female that I have seen it was practically absent. 4. Genus YANGUNA, nov. Type, spatiosa, Hewitson. Antennas as in Pyrrhopyge. Fore wing : vein 3 more than twice as far from 2 as from 4. Hind wing : cell not reaching middle of wing ; vein 7 rather more than twice as far from base as from end of cell; vein 3 from before end of cell; vein 2 less than twice as |