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Show 1893.1 ME. E. Y. WATSON ON THE R.MB&&I1DM. 13 far from base as from end of cell. Hind tibiae with two pairs of spurs. * spatiosa, Hew 1. f cometes, Cram. ... 2. | * thelersa, Hew. rubricollis, Sepp ... 3. * hadora, Hew. f arinas, Cram 4. \ *pedaia, Hew. 5. Genus M A H O T I S , nov. Type, nurscia, Swainson. Antennse as in Pyrrhopyge. Fore wing : veins 6, 7, and 8 from upper angle of cell; middle discocellular very oblique, lower disco-cellular slightly arched; vein 3 three times as far from 2 as from 4. Hind wing: cell reaching slightly beyond the middle of the wing ; vein 7 well before end of cell; discocellulars distinct; vein 5 wanting ; vein 3 from end of cell; vein 7 shorter than 2. Hind tibiae with only the terminal pair of spurs. nurscia, Swainson 1. criela, H e w 2. 6. Genus SARBIA, nov. Type, Xanthippe, Latreille. Antennse as in Pyrrhopyge ; palpi also similar, but the third joint even less prominent than in that genus, being almost entirely concealed by the scales of the second joint. Fore wing : much as in Pyrrhopyge, but vein 3 more than twice as far from 2 as from 4. Hind wing : cell very short, reaching to considerably less than half across wing ; vein 3 far beyond end of cell, only about half as long as vein 2 ; vein 2 almost equidistant from base of wing and end of cell; vein 7 well before end of cell, more than three times as far from base of wing as from vein 6. Hind tibiae with two pairs of spurs. Xanthippe, Latr 1. spied, Plotz 1 u. antias, Feld 2. * oneka, H e w 3, And one unidentified species. 7. Genus ARDARIS, nov. (Plate I. fig. 1.) Type, eximia, Hew. Antennse as in Pyrrhopyge. Fore wing: middle and lower discocellulars subequal, inwardly oblique and in the same straight line; vein 2 remote from base of wing, about equidistant from vein 3 and base of wing ; vein 3 twice as far from 2 as from end of cell. Hind wing: vein 7 well before end of cell; discocellulars distinct; vein 5 from their middle; vein 3 from end of cell; vein 2 rather nearer to end of cell than to base of wing. Hind tibiae with only the terminal pair of spurs. * eximia, Hew 1. |
