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Show 30 ME. E. Y. WATSON ON THE HESPEEIIim [Jan. 17, 22. Genus PHOSNICOPS, nov. (Plate III. fig. 6.) Type, beata, H e w . Antennse: club moderate, gradually thickened and gradually tapering to a point, bent into a crescent, and not abruptly angled. Palpi porrect; third joint minute, entirely concealed by scales of second joint. Fore wing : outer margin longer than inner margin, and more or less angled at vein 5 ; no costal fold on fore wing in male; cell two-thirds length of costa; upper discocellular short, middle discocellular almost erect, lower more oblique and slightly longer; veinlet in cell from just above vein 4 ; vein 3 close to end of cell, quite five times as far from base of wing as from end of cell : vein 2 rather more than twice as far from end of cell as from base of wing. Hind wing : no anal lobe, outer margin more or less angled at vein 3; vein 7 more than twice as far from 8 as from 6; upper discocellular short, erect, lower longer, outwardly concave; vein 5 present; veinlet in cell clearly traceable, the two branches meeting the upper and lower discocellulars respectively ; vein 3 just before end of cell; vein 2 almost three times as far from base of wing as from end of cell. Hind tibise with only the terminal pair of spurs, and in the male with a complete fringe of very long hairs. *beata, Hew 1. *denitza, Hew 2. Confined to the Australian region. 23. Genus CAPILA. Capita, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 785. Type, jayadeva, Moore. Antennse : club only slightly thicker than shaft, very gradually thickening and as gradually tapering to a fine point, evenly curved into a hook. Palpi: second joint clothed with longish hairs ; third joint short, porrect. Fore wing : no costal fold in male ; cell three-fifths of costa; outer margin longer than inner margin; vein 12 reaching costa opposite end of cell ; vein 11 nearly opposite vein 3 ; vein 10 equidistant from 9 and 11; end of cell broadly truncate; upper discocellular minute, middle and lower discocellulars almost erect and in the same straight line, the lower the longer; veinlet beyond vein 4 ; vein 3 about twice as far from 2 as from end of cell; vein 2 slightly nearer to base of wing than to vein 3. Hind wing evenly rounded ; vein 7 shortly before end of cell; middle discocellular almost erect, lower angled, the upper part inwardly oblique, the lower part outwardly oblique ; vein 5 well developed ; vein 3 just before end of cell; vein 2 close to end of cell, more than three times as far from base of wing as from end of cell. Hind tibise with two pairs of spurs, and with a tuft of hairs longer than the tibia attached to it near its proximal end. Closely allied to Pisola. *jayadeva, Moore 1, Confined to the Indian subregion. |
