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Show 56 ME. E. Y. WATSON ON THE HESPERHDiE. [Jan. 17, 22. Genus MYCTERIS. (Plate III. fig- 13.) Mycteris, Mab. Pet. Nouv. p. 114 (1877). Type, eeerula, Mab. Antennse: club moderate, hooked, terminal portion very short. Palpi very prominent, porrect; second and third joint taken togetnei forming an elongated triangle ; third joint rapidly tapering, tip blunt. Fore wing produced at apex ; inner and outer margins subequal ; cell of fore wing less than two-thirds the length ot costa ; vein 12 reaching costa almost opposite the end of cell; vein 3 shortly before the end of cell ; vein 2 very close to base^ ot wing ; discocellulars suberect, the lower the longer. Hind wing evenly rounded; vein 7 nearer to 8 than to 6 ; discocellulars and vein 5 faint; vein 3 immediately before end of cell ; vein 2 nearer to end of cell than to base of wing. Hind tibia? with two pairs of spurs ; on costal fold in male, but a short tuft of erectile hairs on upper-side of hind wing, attached along vein 8; at the bifurcation of vein 7 the veins at the fork are conspicuously dilated. The position of vein 7 seems quite unique among the Hesperiid genera. carula, M a b 1 • * cambyses, H e w 2. And two unnamed species. Confined to tropical South America. 23. Genus PELLICIA. Pellicia (Plotz, MS.), H.-S. Corresp.-Bl. zool.-min. Verein. Ttegens. xxiv. p. 159 (1870). Type, dimidiata, H.-S. Antenna?: club moderate, bent into a hook, terminal portion slender. Palpi porrect; third joint short, obtusely conical. Fore wing : inner margin shorter than outer margin : no costal fold in male; cell less than two-thirds the length of costa ; vein 12 reaching costa almost opposite the end of cell; discocellulars slightly inwardly oblique, the lower the longer; vein 3 close to end of cell; vein 2 twice as far from end of cell as from base of wing. Hind wing slightly elongated, outer margin inconspicuously sinuated; cell very short, extending less than half across the wing ; vein 7 shortly before the end of cell; discocellulars and vein 5 faint; vein 3 from end of cell; vein 2 about equidistant from base of wing and from end of cell. Hind tibia? fringed, and with two pairs of spurs. Male with a tuft of hairs on upperside of hind wing, attached along vein 8, and pointing downwards: at the bifurcation of vein 7 that vein and the upper mar-in of the cell are distinctly swollen for a short distance. This character of the swollen veins was pointed out to me by Mr. Salvin, to whom I am indebted for many valuable suggestions; it also obtains in the genus Mycteris, which, however, can be separated readily by the form of the palpi. * nyctineme, Butl 1. * costolus, H e w 2. ithrana, Butl ;3, And three unnamed species. In spite of its very different colouring, ithrana appears to be quite |