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Show 1893.] MR. E. Y. WATSON ON THE HESPEEIIDiE. 35 well before end of cell, almost equidistant from veins 8 and 6 ; and vein 5 barely traceable; vein 3 well before end of cell, equidistant from 2 and 4 ; vein 2 considerably nearer to end of cell than to base of wing. Male with a tuft of long recumbent hairs lying along the outer edge of the abdominal fold on the upperside of the hind wing and attached along vein 1 b near its origin. Hind tibise with two pairs of spurs. zephus, Butler. Inhabits tropical South America. 34. Genus (ECHYDRUS, nov. Type, chersis, H.-S. Antennse : club rather robust, bent into a hook. Palpi porrect; second joint long, densely clothed ; third joint short, obtusely conical, almost concealed. Fore wing: apex very truncate, much as in Spathilepia ; outer margin considerably longer than inner margin ; cell two-thirds the length of costa; vein 12 reaching costa almost opposite the end of cell; discocellulars slightly inwardly oblique; vein 5 nearer to 6 than to 4 ; vein 3 immediately before the end of cell; vein 2 twice as far from end of cell as from base of wing. Hind wing much produced ; vein 7 well before end of cell ; discocellulars distinct; vein 5 very faint; vein 3 immediately before the end of cell; vein 2 about three times as far from base of wing as from end of cell. Hind tibise fringed and with two pairs of spurs. Male with an erectile tuft of hairs at base of abdominal folds, much as in Cogia. \ chersis, H.-S. ... 1. \ evelinda, Butler. * aziris, Hew 2. Confined to tropical America. 35. Genus PORPHYROGENES, nov. Type, omphale, Butler. Antennse: club very slender, sickle-shaped, terminating in a fine point. Palpi: third joint bluntly conical, slightly projecting from the clothing of the second joint. Fore wing : inner and outer margins subequal; male with a costal fold; vein 12 reaching costa well before the end of cell; cell very long, almost three quarters the length of costa; discocellulars inwardly oblique, the middle slightly the longer; lower margin of cell between veins 3 and 4 arched upwards; vein 3 well before the end of the cell, only slightly farther from 2 than from 4 ; vein 2 slightly nearer to base of wing than to vein 3. Hind wing : vein 7 shortly before end of cell; discocellulars and vein 5 barely traceable; vein 3 from end of cell; vein 2 more than twice as far from base of wing as from end of cell. Hind tibias fringed and with two pairs of spurs. In the male the inner margin of the fore wing is strongly arched; there is a tuft of short hairs on a silvery patch on the upperside of the hind wing at the origin of vein 8, there being a corresponding 3* |
