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Show 1893.] MR. E. Y. WATSON ON THE IIESPEEIIDJE. 67 of the British Museum from Shahrud, Persia, labelled with the manuscript name of geron, Zeller, which name I have therefore adopted. 39. Genus GOMALIA. Gomalia, Moore, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 114. Type, albofasciata, Moore. Antennse and palpi as in Hesperia, except that the club of antennse is slender and straight. Male with a costal fold. Differs from Hesperia in neuration only in vein 2 being slightly nearer the base of the fore wing. Hind tibise with two pairs of spurs ; but with no tuft in the male. f albofasciata, Moore. X *litoralis, Swinhoe. elma, Trimen. And one unnamed species,. Elma is very close to albofasciata the series in the British Museum is not sufficient to decide whether they are identical. Asiatic and African. 40. Genus CARCHARODUS. [Urbanus, Hiibner, Tentamen, p. 1 (1806).] Type, alcece, Esp. Carcharodus, Hiibner, Verz. p. 110 (1816). Type, lavaterce, Esp. Spilothyrus, Dup. Pap. France, Diurn. Suppl. p. 415 (1832). Type, alcece, Esp. Antennse : club rather robust, straight, with an extremely minute blunt crook. Palpi suberect; third joint rather prominent; second joint rather laxly scaled. Fore wing : inner and outer margins sub-equal ; male with a costal fold ; cell of fore wing less than two-thirds the length of costa; vein 12 reaching costa well before the end of cell; discocellulars suberect, the lower the longer; vein 3 shortly before the end of cell, twice as far from 2 as from 4 ; vein 2 twice as far from end of cell as from base of wing. Hind wing : outer margin crenulate; vein 7 more than twice as far from 8 as from 6 ; discocellulars and vein 5 faint; vein 3 well before end of cell; vein 2 distinctly nearer to base of wing than to end of cell. Hind tibise fringed, and with two pairs of spines, the upper pair minute. This genus can be conveniently divided into two groups, in one of which the male has a tuft of hairs on the underside of the fore wing which is wanting in the other. Section A.-No tuft of hairs on underside of fore wing in lavaterce, Esp 1. ' alee®, Esp 2. malvarum, Hoffm. malvce, Hufn. malvce, Hiibn. *alcece, var. nostras, Zell. . 2 a. *alcece, var. australis, Zell. 2 b. *swinhoei, sp. n 3. 5* |
