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Show 1893.] ME. E. Y. WATSON ON THE HESPEEIIDJE. 61 This genus appears to be closely allied to the Australian genus Netrocoryne. Confined to the Oriental region. 32. Genus NETROCORYNE. Netrocoryne, Felder, Reise Novara, p. 507 (1867). Type, repanda, Felder. Antennse : club rather robust, with a short terminal crook bent at about right angles, tip acuminate. Palpi porrect, rather conspicuous ; second joint long, third joint short, bluntly pointed. Fore wing: apex truncate ; outer margin sinuate, almost half as long again as inner margin ; male with a costal fold ; cell less than two-thirds the length of costa ; vein 12 reaching costa almost opposite the end of cell: discocellulars inwardly oblique and in the same straight line, the lower considerably the longer; vein 3 well before the end of cell ; vein 2 twice as far from end of cell as from base of wing. Hind wing : outer margin sinuate, produced at vein 3, giving a squared appearance to the wing; vein 7 shortly before end of cell ; discocellulars and vein 5 traceable but not developed; vein 3 immediately before end of cell; vein 2 twice as far from base of wing as from end of cell. Hind tibia? with a long fringe and with two pairs of spurs, the upper pair minute. repanda, Felder. According to the description and figure in Scott's ' Australian Lepidoptera' (vol. ii. pt. 2, 1891), there is a long tuft of hairs attached to the proximal end of the hind tibise, which are otherwise almost naked; this, however, is certainly not the case in some seven males in the collection of the British Museum, in which there is no tuft on the hind tibise, but they are clothed with a long fringe for their entire length ; there is, however, a short tuft of hair attached to the proximal end of the hind femora. This genus is confined to Australia. 33. Genus ODONTOPTILUM. Odontoptilum, de Niceville, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. vol. v. p. 217 (1890). Type, sura, Moore. Antennse less than half the length of costa; club rather robust, bent at about right angles, tip blunt. Palpi porrect; third joint short, obtusely conical. Fore wing : costa much arched; apex truncate ; inner and outer margins subequal ; cell less 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, in the same straight line, the lower the longer ; vein 3 well before end of cell; vein 2 slightly nearer to base of wing than to vein 3. Hind wing: outer margin with a tooth-like projection between veins 6 and 7 ; vein 7 well before end of cell; discocellulars and vein 5 distinctly traceable but not fully developed ; vein 3 immediately before end of |
