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Show 36 ME. E. Y. WATSON ON THE HESTEEIIDiE. [Jan. 1 , silvery patch on the underside of the fore wing, and the abdominal fold of the hind wing is densely clothed with long hair-like scares. omphalc, Butler 1. I *pausias, H ew Confined to South America. 36. Genus CiEciNA. Ccecina, Hewitson, Desc. Hesp. p. 55 (1868). trol„;fcmi Type, calathana, Hewitson. Antennse: club moderate, gradually thickening and gradually tapering to a point, evenly curved, not abruptly bent. Palpi: second joint densely scaled; third joint short, porrect, bluntly pointed. Fore winS : inner margin sinuate, rather longer than outer margin ; cell two-thirds the length of costa ; vein 12 reaching costa before end of cell; upper discocellular very short; middle and lower discocellulars subequal, inwardly oblique in the same straight line ; vein 3 more than three times as far from base of wing as from end of cell; vein 2 about twice as far from end of cell as from base of wing. Hind wing: lobe inconspicuous; vein 7 very shortly before end of cell; discocellulars faint, outwardly oblique ; vein 5 wanting ; vein 3 just before end of cell; vein 2 hardly twice as far from base of wing as from end of cell. Hind tibise almost naked, with two pairs ol spurs. . The male has a patch of hairs on the upperside of the hind wing, extending along the upper edge of the subcostal vein from the divarication of the costal to the forking of the subcostal branch, the hairs being flattened on the wing and pointing towards the costa. * caledhana, Hew 1. | * compusa, Hew 2. Confined to tropical America. 37. Genus ABLEPSIS, nov. Type, vulpinus, Hiibn. Antennse : club moderate, rather flattened, sickle-shaped. Palpi suberect; second joint pressed close against face, third joint minute. Fore wing: inner and outer margins subequal; no costal fold in male; cell of fore wing more than two-thirds the length of costa; discocellulars inwardly oblique, the lower the longer ; veinlet in cell immediately before vein 4 ; vein 3 shortly before end of cell; vein 2 about three times as far from end of cell as from base of wing ; lower margin of cell bent upwards at origin of vein 3. Hind wing-evenly rounded ; vein 7 well before end of cell; discocellulars and vein 5 barely traceable ; vein 3 from end of cell; vein 2 twice as far from base of wing as from end of cell. Hind tibise thickly fringed and with two pairs of spurs. In the male there is a tuft of long hair-like scales attached to the submedian at the base of the abdominal fold on the underside. vulpinus, Hiibn. And one unidentified species. Confined to South America. |
