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Show 1893.] ME. E. Y. WATSON ON THE HESPEEIIDiE. 75 2, 3, and 4 all close together ; vein 3 equidistant from 2 and ower margin of cell abruptly bent upwards at vein 13. Hind tibise with two pairs of spurs. No secondary sexual characters on wings of male. *phigaUa, Hew 1. *petalia, Hew 2. lutea, Trepper 3. *scepticalis, Rosen 4. *maheta, Hew 5. Miskin has sunk mahela as a synonym of iacchus, Fabr., a quite distinct species belonging to a different genus ; he has also sunk utea as a synonym of petalia, though the two species seem quite distinct ; and he has further sunk scepticalis as a synonym of com-pacta, But!., though it would be difficult to imagine two species more dissimilar. This genus is confined to Australia. 5. Genus TRAPEZITES. Trapezites, Hiibn. Verz. p. 112 (1816). Type, symmonus, Hiibn. Antennse: club robust, elongate, with along slender terminal crook. Palpi: second joint densely scaled, third joint minute. Fore wing : inner and outer margins subequal; cell less than two-thirds length of costa ; vein 12 reaching costa before the end of cell; discocellulars slightly inwardly oblique ; vein 5 almost equidistant from 4 and 6 ; vein 3 well before the end of cell; vein 2 more than twice as far from end of cell as from base of wing. Hind wing : outer margin even ; vein 7 well before end of cell, almost equidistant from 6 and 8 ; discocellulars and vein 5 barely traceable ; veins 2, 3, and 4 all close together, vein 3 almost equidistant from 2 and 4 ; lower margin of hind wing bent upwards at vein 2. symmonus, Hiibn 1. f iacchus, Fabr 2. X *eliena, Hew. Confined to Australia. 6. Genus SUASTUS. Suastus, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. vol. i. p. 168 (1881). Type, gremius, Fabr. Antennae : club moderate, elongate, with a short recurved crook ; tij) acuminate. Palpi erect; third joint long, slender, acuminate, curving backwards, reaching well above the vertex. Fore wing : inner and outer margins subequal; cell less than two-thirds the length of costa ; vein 12 reaching costa well before the end of cell ; discocellulars subequal, the middle one a little the longer ; vein 5 slightly nearer to vein 4 than to vein 6 ; vein 3 well before the end of cell, more than twice as far from 2 as from 4 ; vein 2 considerably nearer to base of wing than to end of cell, in female almost equidistant from end of cell and from base of wing. Hind wing : outer margin evenly rounded ; vein 7 shortly before the end of cell discocellulars very faint; vein 5 not traceable ; vein 3 shortly before end of cell; vein 2 considerably nearer to end of cell than to base |