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Show 1893.] ME. E. Y. WATSON ON THE HESPEEIIDiE. 37 38. Genus HANTANA. Hantana, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. vol. i. p. 179 (1881). Type, infernus, Felder. Antennse : club rather robust, bent at about a right angle. Palpi suberect ; second joint pressed close against the face, third joint minute. Fore wing : inner and outer margins subequal; cell more than two-thirds the length of costa ; no costal fold in male; vein 12 reaching costa well before the end of cell; discocellulars inwardly oblique, the lower the longer ; lower branch of veinlet in cell just before vein 4 ; upper branch at vein 5 ; vein 3 shortly before end of cell; vein 2 about three times as far from end of cell as from base of wing. Hind wing evenly rounded; vein 7 well before the end of cell; discocellulars distinct, vein 5 barely traceable ; vein 3 immediately before the end of cell; vein 2 twice as far from base of wing as from end of cell. Hind tibiae with two pairs of spurs, and in the male with a long tuft of hairs attached near tbe proximal end. infernus, Felder. Habitat. Ceylon. 39. Genus MURGARIA, nov. Type, albociliatus, Mab. Antennse: club gradually thickened and tapering to a fine point, bent into a hook just beyond the thickest part. Palpi: second joint densely scaled, slightly inclined forward ; third joint short, porrect. Fore wing : outer margin slightly longer than inner margin ; male with a costal fold; cell more than two-thirds length of costa; vein 12 reaching costa before the end of cell; vein 10 equidistant from 9 and 11 ; upper discocellular minute; middle and lower discocellulars inwardly oblique, in the same straight line, the middle one the longer; vein 3 twice as far from 2 as from 4, more than three times as far from base of wing as from end of cell. Hind wing inconspicuously lobed ; vein 7 more than twice as far from 8 as from 6 ; discocellulars erect; vein 5 wanting; vein 3 immediately before end of cell; vein 2 about equidistant from end of cell and base of wing. Hind tibise very slightly fringed and with two pairs of spurs. albociliatus, M a b . , 1. And an unidentified species. Tropical America. 40. Genus JETHILLA. (Plates II. fig. 16; III. fig. 5.) JElhilla, Hewitson, Uesc. Hesp. p. 55 (1868). Type, eleusinia, Hewitson. ? Eurypterus, Mabille, Pet. Nouv. ii. p. 162 (1877). Type, gigas, Mabille. Antennas : club hardly at all thickened, bent at about a right angle ; terminal portion long. Palpi: second joint thickly scaled, hird joint minute. Fore wing : inner and outer margins subequal; cell two-thirds length of costa; no costal fold in male; vein 12 eaching costa just opposite end of cell; vein 11 opposite vein 3 |
