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Show 54 ME. E. Y. WATSON ON THE HESPERIIDSE. P*?* 17' difference to other species it is found to be a vanishing quantity, quite valueless as a generic character. * clcricus, Butler ... **• * presbyter, Butler 12- aftt'etts, Moore *•£ caligana, Distant **• * menaka, Moore ^ * pinwilli, Butler io- * tabrica, H e w J?- pralaya, Moore !»• trichoneura, Felder iy. * fovafo, Butler -0. f j?es«s, Fabr 1- \ ophion, Drury. insularis, M a b 2. ravi, Moore «*• khasiana, Moore 4. *meetana, Moore 5. japetus, Cramer 6. alica, Moore 7. obscurus, Mab 8. distans, Moore y• gana, Moore 10. * T . -J *-c i ™;Qc Thprp is no doubt that several of the A n d ten unidentified species, lnere is no uuuu above species will be found to be identical when better series aie brought together. Asiatic and African. 18. Genus EAGRIS. Eaqris, Guenee, in Maill. Reun. ii. Lep. p. 19 (1863). Type, sabadius, Gray. Palpi and neuration of fore wing as in Tagiades. Antennse : club more robust and terminal portion shorter. Hind wing : vein 7 nearer to end of cell, and vein 2 nearer to base of wing. Male with a costal fold on fore wing, and with a tuft of nan-attached near the proximal end of hind tibia?. sabadius, Gray 1. nottoana, Wallgr 2. Confined to Africa. 19. Genus ANASTRUS. Anastrus, Hbn. Ex. Schmett. ii. 1822-26. Type, obscurus, Hbn. Antennse: club rather slender, very gradually thickened, bent into an even curve, tip acuminate. Palpi porrect; second joint as seen from above broad, rectangular, closely scaled ; third joint minute, bluntly conical. Fore wing: inner and outer margin sub-equal ; cell of fore wing less than two-thirds the length of costa ; discocellulars suberect, the lower the longer ; vein 3 well before the end of cell, three times as fir from 2 as from 4 ; vein 2 more than twice as far from end of cell as from base of wing. Hind wing evenly rounded, slightly lobate; vein 7 shortly before end of cell; discocellulars and vein 5 faint ; vein 3 immediately before end of cell ; vein 2 twice as far from base of wing as from end of cell. Hind tibise with two pairs of spurs. Male with a very slight costal fold, and with a tuft of hair near the proximal end of hind tibise. obscurus, Hiibn 1. petius, Mosch 2. simplicia, Mosch 3. And four unidentified species. Corbulo, Cram., has been considered |