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Show 1893.] MR. E. Y. WATSON ON THE HESPEEILDJE. 29 20. Genus PTEROXYS, nov. Type, phanceus, Hewitson. Antennse : club short, rather abruptly thickened and tapering to a fine point, bent at about a right angle at its thickest part, the terminal portion longer than the rest of the club ; second joint of palpi densely scaled; the third joint almost entirely concealed. Fore wing : inner and outer margins subequal; male with a costal fold; cell of fore wing three-fifths length of fore wing; vein 12 reaching costa just before end of cell; vein 6 well below end of cell; upper discocellular short but distinct; middle and lower discocellulars slightly oblique, the lower rather the longer ; vein 3 shortly before end of cell, about four times as far from vein 4 as from base of wing ; vein 2 less than twice as far from end of cell as from base of wing. Hind wing : vein 7 about three times as far from base of wing as from end of cell; middle discocellular erect, lower outwardly concave, the lower much the longer ; vein 5 from their angle ; vein 3 from end of cell; vein 2 twice as far from base as from end of cell; outer margin even, lobe inconspicuous. Hind tibias with two pairs of spurs and a long tuft of hair from proximal end. *phaneeus, Hew 1. *liddcrdali, Elwes 2. Confined to the Oriental region. 21. Genus CASYAPA. Casypa, Rirby, Syn. Cat. Diurn. Lep. p. 576 (1871). Type, corvus, Felder. Cheetocneme, Felder, Sitzb. Ak. Wiss., math.-nat. CI. vol. xl. p. 460 (1860) (nom. prseocc). Antennse long : club moderate, gradually thickened, tapering to a fine point; terminal portion bent but not hooked. Fore wing : male with a costal fold ; inner and outer margins subequal; cell just two-thirds the length of costa; vein 12 reaching costa before the end of cell; vein 8 from upper angle of cell; vein 7 below angle ; upper discocellular short, distinct, almost erect; middle and lower discocellulars subequal, erect, and in the same straight line; vein 5 equidistant from 4 and 6 ; vein 3 well before end of cell, rather more than twice as far from base of wing as from end of cell; vein 2 three times as far from end of cell as from base of wing. Hind wing evenly rounded, not produced into a lobe; cell long, extending more than half across wing; vein 7 shortly before end of cell, three times as far from 8 as from 6 ; discocellulars faint, nearly erect; vein 5 wanting; vein 3 just before end of cell; vein 2 three times as far from base of wing as from end of cell. Hind tibise densely fringed and with only the terminal pair of spurs. corvus, Felder 1. Icritomedia, Gruer «... 2. odix, Boisd. *caristus, H e w. Confined to the East Indies. |