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Show 1893.] ME. E. Y. WATSON ON THE nESPEEIIDiE. 25 elongated ; outer margin almost straight in male, slightly more convex in female; a tooth-like lobe at anal angle ; vein 7 more than twice as far from 8 as from 6 ; discocellulars erect ; vein 3 from end of cell; vein 2 twice as far from base of wing as from end of cell. Hind tibise with a long fringe and two pairs of spurs, the terminal pair very long. On the hind tarsi of the male below there are two series of densely set golden spines. *otriades, Hew 1. And two unnamed species. Confined to South America. 13. Genus ACOLASTUS. Polygonus, Hiibner, Exot. Schmett. ii. (1822). Type, amyntas, Fabr. (nom. prseocc). Acolastus, Scudder, Syst. Rev.p. 50 (1872). Type, savignyi, Latr. Antennse: club moderate, bent into a hook, terminal portion very slender, rather more than half as long as remainder of club ; terminal joint of palpi minute, conical. Fore wing: outer and inner margins subequal, no costal fold in male; cell considerably more than two-thirds length of costa ; upper discocellular short; middle and lower discocellulars subequal, inwardly oblique, and in the same straight line; vein 12 reaching costa well before the end of cell; vein 3 remote from end of cell, twice as far from base of wing as from end of cell; vein 2 more than twice as far from end of cell as from base of wing ; veinlet beyond vein 3, median slightly angled where it meets it. Hind wing : costa strongly arched at base, outer margin rounded, a conspicuous tooth-like lobe at anal angle; vein 7 twice as far from 8 as from 6 ; discocellulars almost erect; vein 5 wanting ; veins 3 and 2 both from shortly before end of cell; vein 3 nearer to 4 than to 2 ; vein 2 considerably further from base of wing than from end of cell. Hind tibise fringed, and with two pairs of spurs. (amyntas, Fabr 1. lividus, Hiibn. savignyi, Latr. This genus appears to be closely allied to Proteides. Habitat. South America and West Indies. 14. Genus TELEGONUS. Telegonus, Hiibner. Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 104 (1816). Type, anaphus, Cramer. Antennse: thickening of club slight and very gradual; club bent usually at about a right angle, occasionally to less, the terminal portion about as long as rest of club. Palpi: second joint densely scaled, third joint minute. Fore wing : outer margin much longer than inner margin ; cell just over two-thirds the length of costa; no costal fold in male; vein 12 reaching costa well before the end of |