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Show 1893.] MR. E. Y. WATSON ON THE HESPERIIDiE. 59 vein 3 immediately before the end of cell; vein 2 considerably nearer to end of cell than to base of wing. Hind tibise with two pairs of long spurs, and in the male with a tuft of erect hairs attached near the proximal end. In the female the fore wing is much more truncate, and the hind wing is broader, and therefore appears less elongated. artemides, Cramer. And an unidentified species. Allied to the Asiatic genus Darpa. Habitat. Tropical South America. 28. Genus ANISOCHORIA. (Plates I. fig. 8 ; III. fig. 10.) Anisochoria, Mab. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) vi. p. 200 (1876). Type, polysticta, Mab. Antennse rather short, less than half the length of fore wing ; club robust, flattened, curved, terminating in a fine point. Palpi very conspicuous, porrect ; second joint long, densely clothed ; terminal joint short, obtusely conical. Fore wing : costa convex at middle, and slightly concave before apex ; apex truncate and slightly excised; inner margin concave ; cell less than two-thirds the length of costa ; vein 12 reaching costa well before the end of cell; discocellulars slightly inwardly oblique, the lower the longer; vein 3 immediately before end of cell; vein 2 almost equidistant from 3 and from base of wing. Hind wing : outer margin evenly rounded ; discocellulars very faint; vein 5 invisible ; vein 3 immediately before end of cell; vein 2 nearer to end of cell than to base of wing. Hind tibise with two pairs of spurs. Male with a slight costal fold. albiplaga, Feld 1. polpalis, Latr 2. f lemur, Mosch 3. 1_ suhlimbata, Mab. Confined to tropical South America. 29. Genus PROCAMPTA. Trocampta, Holland, Ann. Nat. Hist. (6) x. p. 293 (1892). Type, rara, Holland. "Allied to Anisochoria, Mab. Body slender. Palpi moderately long, slender, porrect, appressed, with the second article heavily clothed with hairs, and the terminal article slender. Fore wine rounded at base, convex on middle of costa, and slightly concave before apex; apex truncate, outer margin straight; outer angle not rounded, inner margin straight. Posterior wing subpyriform, and very convex on outer margin." (Holland, 1. c.) This genus agrees exactly with Anisochoria in shape of wings and form of palpi; the neuration I have had no opportunity to compare. The two genera are hardly likely to be identical, as one is found only in South America and the other in Africa. f pedaliodina, Butl 4. X polysticta, Mab. |