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Show 1893.] ME. E. Y. WATSON O N THE HESPEEIID.!. 33 traceable; vein 3 immediately before end of cell; vein 2 considerably nearer to end of cell than to base of wing. Hind tibise with two pairs of spurs. Male with the abdominal fold clothed with long hair-like scales. f otreus, Cram 1. < clericus, Fabr. [ zephodcs, Hiibn. *pekahia, Hew. ... 2. And five unidentified species. Confined to tropical America. 29. Genus THORYBES. Thorybes, Scudder, Syst. Rev. A m . Butt. p. 50 (1872). Type, bathyllus, Smith-Abb. Thorybes, Scudder, Butt. East. Un. States, vol. ii. p. 1423 (1889). Lintneria, Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. p. 57 (1877) (nom. prseocc). Type, daunus, Cramer. Antennse and palpi as in Achalarus. Fore wing: inner and outer margins subequal; cell more than two-thirds length of fore wing; vein 12 reaching costa before end of cell; upper discocellular minute, middle and lower discocellulars inwardly oblique and in the same straight line, the lower the longer; vein 3 more than three times as far from base of wing as from end of cell; vein 2 about three times as far from end of cell as from base of wing; veinlet in cell at vein 4. Hind wing: vein 7 about twice as far from 8 as from 6 ; discocellulars faint, slightly concave outwardly ; vein 3 from end of cell; vein 2 rather nearer to end of cell than to base of wing, nearer to base of wing than vein 7 ; outer margin evenly rounded, slightly angled at vein 1 b. Hind tibise with two pairs of spurs. In this genus the type species, bathyllus, is without a costal fold in the male, while the second species, pylades, is provided with a fold. f daunus, Cram 1. \ bathyllus, Sm.-Abb. pylades, Sc 2. Confined to America. 30. Genus ACHALARUS. Achalarus, Scudder, Syst. Rev. A m . Butt. p. 50 (1872). Type, lycidas, Smith-Abb. Achalarus, Scudder, Butt. East. Un. States, vol. ii. p. 1412 (1889). Lobocla, Moore, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. liii. pt. 2, p. 51 (1884). Type, liliana, Atkinson. Antennse : club moderate, bent into a hook, the terminal portion about as long as rest of club. Palpi porrect, second joint densely scaled, third joint short. Fore wing : inner and outer margins sub-equal ; vein 12 reaching costa before end of cell; male with a costal fold ; cell long, more than two-thirds length of costa; upper discocellular minute, middle and lower discocellulars inwardly oblique in P E O C . ZOOL. Soc-1893, No. III. 3 |