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Show 1893.] ME. E. Y. WATSON ON THE HESTEEIIDJE. 23 cell; vein 2 slightly nearer to end of cell than to base of wing. Hind tibiae with two pairs of spurs. f imalena, Butl 1. X imitatrix, Mab. * bryaxis, H e w 2. And two unidentified species. Confined to Central and South America. 9. Genus SPATHILEPIA. Spathilepia, Butler, Ent. M o n . Mag. vii. p. 57 (1870). Type, clonius, Cramer. Antennse: club moderate, very gradually thickened, bent into a hook, the terminal portion not quite as long as rest of club. Palpi porrect, second joint densely scaled, third joint short. Fore wing : outer margin longer than inner margin; outer margin angled at vein 5, the upper portion almost at right angles to costa, the lower portion running obliquely to outer angle ; male with a costal fold ; cell more than two-thirds the length of costa ; vein 12 reaching costa before end of cell; upper discocellular minute ; middle and lower discocellulars inwardly oblique, the middle one about twice as long as lower one ; vein 3 three times as far from base as from end of cell; vein 2 three times as far from end of cell as from base of wing. Hind wing toothed at vein 1 b; vein 7 three times as far from 8 as from 6; discocellulars faint, almost erect; vein 5 wanting; vein 3 just before end of cell; vein 2 slightly nearer to end of cell than to base of wing. Hind tibise thickly fringed and with two pairs of spurs. clonius, Cram 1. Inhabits Central and South America. 10. Genus EPARGYREUS. (Plate I. fig. 4.) Epargyreus, Hiibner, Veiz. p. 105 (1816). Type, tityrus, Fabr. Eparyyreus, Scudder, Butt. N . Engl. vol. ii. p. 1399 (1889). Type, tityrus, Ff.br. Antennae : rather more robust than in Thymele, otherwise very similar. Palpi densely scaled, third joint almost entirely concealed by the scales of the second joint. Fore wing : male with a costal fold ; cell more than two-thirds length of costa ; veinlet in cell from just behind vein 3 ; vein 12 reaching costa well before end of cell; upper discocellular minute, middle and lower discocellulars inwardly oblique and in the same straight line; vein 3 less than twice as far from 2 as from end of cell; vein 2 more than twice as far from 3 as from base of wing. Hind wing prominently toothed at vein 1 b; vein 7 more than twice as far from base of wing as from end of cell; discocellulars hardly traceable, slightly outwardly oblique; vein 5 wanting; vein 3 well before end of cell, about twice as far from 2 as from 4 ; vein 2 slightly further from end of cell than from base of wing. Hind tibise with two pairs of spurs. This genus is closely allied to Proteides, from which it differs |
