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Show 62 ME. B* Y. WATSON ON THE HESPEEIIDiE. [Jan. 17, cell; vein 2 only slightly nearer to end of cell than to base of wing. Hind tibia? with two pairs of spurs. Male with a dense recumbent tuft of hairs attached to the proximal end of the fore coxse. The species pygela differs from the type in having a second toothlike projection at the extremity of vein 4. { angulata, Felder ... 1. sura, Moore. helias, Felder 2. *pygela, H e w 3. *lcptogramma, Hew. . 4. Helias, Felder, is a quite distinct species from sura, with which it has been confused. This genus has little in common with either Achlyodes or Antigonus, with which it has been associated. Confined to Asia. 34. Genus C A P R O N A . (Plates I. fig. 12 ; III. fig. 15.) Caprona, Wallgr. Rhop. Caffr. p. 51 (1857). Type, pillaana, Wallgr. Abaratha, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. vol. i. p. 181 (1881). Type, ransonnetii, Moore. Antenna? less than half the length of costa ; club rather robust, abruptly thickened, and bent at about a right angle, tip blunt. Palpi porrect; second joint thickly scaled, third joint short ; almost concealed. Fore wing : apex slightly truncate ; cell less than two-thirds the length of costa; discocellulars inwardly oblique, the lower the longer, more oblique, and slightly arched; vein 3 shortly before end of cell; vein 2 only slightly nearer to base of the wing than to 3. Hind wing: outer margin sinuate, produced at vein 2, giving tbe wing a squared appearance ; discocellulars and vein 5 barely traceable ; vein 3 shortly before end of cell; vein 2 much further from base of wing than from end of cell. Hiiid tibisa with two pairs of spurs. Male with a radiating tuft of hairs attached to fore coxa?. The species canopus differs considerably from the type, the cell of fore wing being broader, the discocellulars less oblique, the apex very truncate, and the outer margin of hind wing much more irregular. The male also wants the tuft of hair on the fore coxse. The Asiatic species, however, agree entirely with the type. The genus Abaratha must sink as a synonym of Caprona, there being no perceptible structural differences between the types. pillaana, Wallgr 1. canopus, Trim 2. ransonnetii, Moore 3. *potiphcra, Hew. taylorii, de Nicev. saraya, Doherty 4. crosula, Felder 5. syrichthus, Felder 6. And one unidentified species. This genus is closely allied to Odontoptilum. Asiatic and African. |
