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Show 74 ME. E. Y. WATSON ON THE HESPEEIIDiE. [Jan. 17, The following Australian species belong to undescribed genera closely allied to Telesto •.- f *flammeata, Butl. $. ismene, Newm. \-| **/ew/c;c-l)iWpcs iHisi,t iB utl,.? o* • compacta, Butl. atromacula, Miskin. c$. *argenteo-ornatus, Hew. doubledayii, Felder. There is absolutely no doubt that the flammeata of Butler is the female of the species described by him as ecclipsis, though the former has been identified by Miskin as identical with donnysa, Hew., a quite distinct species belonging to a different though closely allied genus. 3. Genus H E S P E R I L L A. Hesperilla, Hewitson, Hundred Hesp. p. 37 (1868). Type, ornata, Leach. Antennae: club slender, at an angle with the shaft, usually bent to less than a right angle, tip acuminate. Palpi as in Telesto. Fore wing : inner margin longer than outer margin ; cell less than two-thirds the length of costa; discocellulars inwardly oblique; vein 5 equidistant from 4 and 6 or slightly nearer to 6 ; vein 3 shortly before end of cell, about twice as far from 2 as from 4 ; vein 2 considerably nearer to end of cell than to base of wing. Hind wing rather elongate in the male, more rounded in the female; vein 7 well before the end of cell; discocellulars faint; vein 5 not traceable ; veins 2, 3, 4 all close together from end of cell; vein 3 twice as far from 2 as from 4 ; lower margin of cell slightly angled at vein 2, abruptly at vein 3. Hind tibias with two pairs of spurs, upper pair minute. Male with a linear discal stigma on the fore wing, lying almost at right angles to the inner margin, extending from just beyond the lower angle of cell as far as but not below vein 1. ornata, Leach 1. picta, Leach 2. Confined to Australia. The following Australian species belong to undescribed genera closely allied to Hesperilla ;- *'donnysa, Hew. *halyzia, Hew. 4. Genus PATLASINGHA, nov. Type, phigalia, Hew. Antennse : club rather robust, with a short terminal crook; tip acuminate. Palpi as in Telesto. Fore wing: inner margin longer than outer margin ; cell less than two-thirds the length of costa • vein 12 reaching costa before the end of cell; discocellulars slightly inwardly oblique ; vein 5 practically equidistant from 4 and 6 -°vein 3 shortly before end of cell; vein 2 almost equidistant from base of wing and end of cell. Hind wing evenly rounded ; vein 7 well before the end of cell; discocellulars and vein 5 very faint • veins |