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Show 80 ME. E. Y. WATSON ON THE HESPEEIID.E. [Jan. 17, 14. Genus AMBLYSCIRTES. Amblyscirtes, Sc. Syst. Eev. p. 54 (1872). Type, vialis, Edw. Stomyles, Sc. Syst. Rev. p. 55 (1872). Type, textor Hiibn. Amblyscirtes, Sc. Butt. N e w England, vol. n. p. 1575 (188J). Anteiinse rather short; club moderate, with a short terminal crook. Palpi: second joint densely scaled ; third joint erect, short, bluntly conical. Fore wing : costa straight, slightly excised before apex ; cell less than two-thirds the length of costa ; vein 5 almost equidistant from 4 and 6; vein 3 shortly before end of cell; vein 2 slightly nearer to base of wing than to end of cell. Hind wing : outer margin even; vein 7 close to end of cell; discocellulars and vein 5 barely traceable; vein 3 from end of cell; vein 2 considerably nearer to end of cell than to base of wing. Hind tibise with two pairs of spurs. vialis, Edw. ... 1. eos, E d w 2. comus, Edw. ... 3. textor, Hiibn. ... 4. I am unable to point out any structural differences between vialis and textor, the types of Amblyscirtes and Stomyles respectively. The generic characters of Stomyles have never been particularized. Confined to North America. 15. Genus A E R O M A C H U S . Aeromachus, de Niceville, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. v. p. 214 (1890). Type, stigmata, Moore. Antennse: club rather robust, with a short terminal crook, tip acuminate. Palpi: second joint pressed close against face ; third joint, porrect, short, obtusely conical. Fore wing : inner margin longer than outer margin ; cell less than two-thirds the length of costa ; vein 5 almost equidistant from 4 and 6. In the male of the type species vein 3 is well before end of cell, vein 2 very close to 3, lower margin of cell bent upwards at vein 3. In the other species of the genus, vein 3 is immediately before the end of the cell, and vein 2 well before the end, but considerably nearer to it than to base of wing. Hind wing : outer margin even; vein 7 well before the end of cell, both veins at its bifurcation curved outwards in the male of the type species, but meeting at an acute angle in the other species of the genus, vein 7 also arising near the end of cell; discocellulars and vein 5 barely traceable; vein 3 immediately before the end of cell; vein 2 nearer to end of cell than to base of wing. Hind tibise with two pairs of spurs. Male in the type species with a short discal stigma on the upperside of the fore wing, extending from the origin of vein 3 and just below vein 1. There are no secondary sexual characters on the wings of the other species. stigmata, Moore 1. indistincta, Moore 2. jhora, de Niceville 3. kali, de Niceville 4. Confined to Southern Asia. |
