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Show OS MR. E. Y. WATSON ON THE HESPERIIDSE. [Jan. 17, Section B.-Male with a tuft of hairs at base of fore wing on underside. \ althcce, Hiibn 4. Xgemina, Led. f althece, var. boiticus, Rbr. . 4 a. X althece, var. marrubii, Rbr. dravira, Moore °- As the publication of the < Tentamen ' is more than doubtful, the generic name Urbanus is ignored. Range. Europe, Asia, and Africa. CARCHARODUS SWINHOEI, sp. nov. Closely allied to alcece, Esp., of which it is probably a local race. On the upperside it differs in its much more olive-green tone, being entirely without the red suffusion which is invariably present in alcece and its two varieties australis, Zeller, and nostras, Zeller. On the fore wing the transparent spots are much more conspicuous, and on the hind wing the pale markings of the underside show through much more conspicuously. The dark markings of the fore wing also show up much less conspicuously, the whole being more uniform in colour. On the underside the colouring is considerably colder in tone, lacking the warm-brown suffusion of alcece and its varieties, being irrorated instead with greenish grey. Expanse 28 millim. There are numerous specimens of this species in the British Museum from Biluchistan, Afghanistan, and Thundiani, N.W. India. This species has hitherto been identified as althece, Ramb., var. marrubii, Ramb., which, however, belongs to a different section of the genus, in which the male is furnished with a tuft of hairs on the underside of the fore wing. The only other species of the genus occurring within Indian limits is dravira, Moore, which belongs to the althece group of the genus. 41. Genus PHOLISORA. Pholisora, Scudder, Syst. Rev. xAm. Butt. p. 51 (1872). Type, catullus, Fabr. Pholisora, Scudder, Butt. New England, p. 1514 (1889). Antennse: club very gradually thickened, bent at a little more than a right angle, tip blunt. Palpi porrect; second joint loosely scaled; third joint slender, rather conspicuous, bluntly conical. Fore wing: inner margin considerably longer than outer margin ; cell less than two-thirds the length of fore wing; male with a costal fold; discocellulars suberect, the lower the longer ; vein 3 immediately before the end of cell, many times further from 2 than from 4 ; vein 2 close to base of wing. Hind wing: vein 7 shortly before end of cell ; discocellulars and vein 5 very faint; vein 3 immediately before the end of cell; vein 2 slightly nearer to base of wing than to end of cell. Hind tibise with two pairs of spurs. rat alius, Fabr 1. velasquez, Luc 3 hay hurst ii, E d w 2. chlorocephala, Latr .4. And seven unidentified species. Confined to America. |