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Show 1893.] ME. E. Y. WATSON ON THE HESPEEIIDiE. 73 1. Genus MOTASINGHA, nov. (Plate III. fig. 23.) Type, dirphia, Hew. Antennse : club very robust, bent at right angles with shaft, tip blunt. Palpi as in telesto. Fore wing: inner margin slightly longer than outer margin ; cell less than two-thirds the length of costa; vein 12 reaching costa shortly before the end of cell; upper discocellular short but distinct, outwardly oblique, middle and lower discocellulars inwardly oblique, the former very faint, the latter well developed ; vein 5 slightly nearer to 6 than to 4 ; vein 3 well before the end of cell, about twice as far from 2 as from 4 ; vein 2 slightly nearer to end of cell than to base of wing. Hind wing slightly elongated, outer margin even ; vein 7 far before the end of cell; discocellulars and vein 5 very faint; veins 1, 2, 3, and 4 all close together, vein 3 nearer to 4 than to 2 ; lower margin of cell angled slightly at vein 2 and more abruptly at vein 3. Hind tibiai with two pair of spurs. The female does not differ from the male in neuration. Male with a linear discal stigma lying almost at right angles to the inner margin, extending from just beyond the lower angle of cell and just below vein 1. f * dirphia, Hew. i trimaculata, Tepper. rf. [ quadrimaculata, Tepper. o_ • Confined to Australia. 2. Genus TELESTO. (Plates II. fig. 7 ; III. fig. 22.) Telesto, Boisd. Voy. Astrol. 164 (1832). Type, perronii, Latr. Antennae : club rather robust, arcuate, with no terminal crook, tip acuminate. Palpi porrect; third joint short, obtusely conical. Fore wing rather pointed at apex; outer margin nearly straight; inner margin slightly longer than outer margin ; cell less than two-thirds the length of costa ; discocellulars inwardly oblique, subequal; vein 5 almost equidistant from 4 aud 6, slightly nearer to 6 ; vein 3 well before end of cell, slightly further from 2 than from 4 ; vein 2 almost equidistant from end of cell and base of wing. Hind wing-slightly elongated, outer margin even ; vein 7 equidistant from (i and 8; discocellulars faint; veins 2, 3, and 4 all close together ; vein 3 nearer to 4 than to 2; lower margin of cell bent abruptly upwards at vein 3. Hind tibise with two pairs of spurs. Male with an oblique linear streak on fore wing, extending from just beyond the lower cell almost to the inner margin. The female does not differ perceptibly from the male in neuration. perronii, Latr. kochii, Feld. doclea, Hew. Confined to Australia. |
