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Show 22 ME. E. Y. WATSON ON THE HESPEEILDZE. [Jan. 17, with remainder of club. Palpi well separated, thickly scaled, forming two square projections in front of the face ; third joint hardly visible. Fore wing : male with a costal fold ; cell more than two-thirds length of costa ; discocellulars very oblique, middle one straight, lower strongly arched and much the longer ; vein 3 just before end of cell; vein 2 about twice as far from 3 as from base ot wing. Hind wing much elongated ; vein 3 immediately before end of cell; vein 5 wanting. Hind tibise with two pairs of spurs. This genus is readily recognized by the unique character of the lower discocellular of the fore wing. piymalion, Cram 1. batabano, Luc 2. * urania, Westw 3. * pialia, Hew 4. * charonotis, Hew ,... 5. * oreades, Hew 6. yokhara, Butl 7. f lilia, Eeak 8. j socius, Butl. ( albicilla, H.-S. palemon, Cram 9. cruentus, Hiibn. Found throughout tropical America. 7. Genus HYPOCRYPTOTHRIX, nov. Type, teutas, Hew. Antennse : club moderately robust, bent into a hook. Fore wing: male with a costal fold ; cell slightly more than two-thirds length of costa; upper discocellular very short, lower and middle discocellulars inwardly oblique, subequal; veinlet in cell at vein 4 ; vein 3 close to end of cell, about four times as far from 2 as from 4. Hind wing slightly lobate ; vein 8 arched at base, then bent abruptly, sinuated for its terminal three fourths, and approaching very close to vein 7 ; vein 7 from close to the base of wing ; discocellulars very faint, strongly outwardly oblique ; vein 5 wanting; vein 3 from end of cell ; vein 2 nearer to end of cell than to base of wing. Hind tibise with two pairs of spurs. Male with a tuft of hair on underside of fore wing at base of sub-median. Allied to Tarsoctenus. * teutas, H e w 1. Confined to tropical South America. 8. Genus HETEROPIA. Heteropia, Mabille, Le Naturaliste, p. 68 (1889). Type, imitatrix, Mabille. Antennse: club moderate, gradually thickened and gradually tapering to a fine point, bent into a hook. Palpi as in Thymele. Fore wing: cell just two-thirds length of costa ; veinlet in cell at vein 4 ; no costal fold in male; upper discocellular very short, middle and lower discocellulars inwardly oblique, subequal'; vein 3 close to end of cell, twice as far from 2 as from 4 ; vein 2 well removed from base of wing, only slightly nearer to base than to vein 3 Hind wing slightly angled at vein 1 b ; cell moderate, vein 7 more than twice as far from base as from end of cell; vein 3 from end of |
