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Show 1893.] ME. E. Y. WATSON ON THE HESPEEIIDJE. 27 16. Genus TELEMIADES. Telemiades, Hiibner, Verz. p. 106(1816). Type, avitus, Cramer. Antennse: club moderate, strongly hooked, terminal portion very slender and slightly shorter than remainder of the club. Palpi : second joint densely scaled, third joint short and obtuse. Fore wing : inner and outer margins subequal; male with a costal fold; cell two-thirds length of costa ; vein 12 reaching costa before end of cell; upper discocellular minute ; middle and lower discocellular inwardly oblique, the lower the longer ; vein 3 close to end of cell, three times as far from base of wing as from end of cell; vein 2 nearer to base of wing than to vein 3. Hind wing evenly rounded, rather produced at anal angle ; vein 7 about three times as far from base of wing as from end of cell; discocellulars and vein 5 barely traceable; vein 3 from end of cell; vein 2 about twice as far from base of wing as from end of cell. Hind tibise with two pairs of spurs, upper pair minute. avitus, Cramer 1. *phasias, Hew 2. *penidas, Hew 3. *azines, Hew 4. amphion, Hiibn 5. Confined to South America. 17. Genus D Y S C O P H U S . (Plate III. fig. 8.) Dyscophus, Burmeister, Descr. Rep. Arg. v. p. 291 (1878). Type, sebaldus, Cramer. Antennse : club moderate, hooked, terminal portion very fine, as long as rest of club. Fore wing : male with a costal fold ; cell more than two-thirds length of costa; outer margin longer than inner margin ; outer end of cell oval ; upper discocellular short but distinct, outwardly oblique; middle discocellular erect; lower discocellular inwardly oblique, longer than the middle one; veinlet just before vein 4 ; vein 4 opposite vein 8; vein 12 reaching costa before end of cell; vein 3 about half as far again from 2 as from 4 ; vein 2 nearer to base of wing than to vein 3. Hind wing produced in submedian area; outer margin angled at vein 2 and again at vein 1 b; vein 7 well before end of cell, more than twice as far from vein 8 as from 6; upper discocellular straight, lower slightly outwardly oblique; vein 5 wanting ; vein 3 just before end of cell; vein 2 more than twice as far from base of wing as from end of cell. Hind tibise densely fringed and with two pairs of spurs. J sebaldus, Cram 1. [ crameri, Latr. *doriscus, Hew 2. ccecutiens, H.-S. Confined to South America. |