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Show 86 ME. E. Y. WATSON ON THE HESPERIIDiE. [Jan. 17, oblique ; radial wanting; median bent upwards at vein 2 ; vein equidistant from 2 and~4 ; vein 2 close to end of cell, very remote from base of wing. Hind tibise with two pairs of spurs, the upper pair minute. The above description is from a female of the type species. In the male vein 3 of the fore wing is further from the end of the cell, and there are the following secondary sexual characters :-a discal patch of silky hairs on the upperside of fore wing, a long tuft of hairs on underside of fore wing at base of submedian, and two glandular streaks situated on veins 2 and 3 of the hind wing. Closely allied to Ganyara. *lcbadea, Hew. glandulosa, Dist. subfasciaia, Moore. Confined to Southern Asia. 27. Genus ERIONOTA. Erionota, Mab. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. vol. xxi. p. 34 (1878). Type, thrax, Linn. Antenna? not hooked ; club moderate, gradually thickened, terminal portion bent at more than a right angle, and gradually tapering to a point. Palpi: second joint pressed close against the face, densely scaled ; the third joint entirely concealed. Fore wing : inner and outer margins subequal; cell considerably less than two-thirds length of costa; vein 12 reaching costa before the end of cell ; upper angle of cell acute ; upper discocellular minute, middle and lower discocellulars slightly oblique, the middle one the longer; vein 5 nearer to 4 than to 6 ; vein 3 hardly twice as far from 2 as from 4 ; vein 2 almost equidistant from vein 3 and base of wing. Hind wing : outer margin sinuate, slightly lobed towards anal angle ; vein 7 nearly equidistant from 6 and 8 ; middle discocellular erect, lower strongly outwardly oblique ; vein 5 wanting ; vein 3 just before end of cell; vein 2 more than twice as far from base of wing as from end of cell. Hind tibise fringed, but not densely, and with two pairs of spurs. Closely allied to Gangara. thrax, Linn. \ 1 (acroleuca, Wood-Mason, de Niceville. 2. \ hiraco, Moore. [ lara, Swinhoe. 28. Genus GANGARA. Gangara, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. vol. i. p. 164 (1881). Type, thyrsis, Fabr. Antennse and palpi as in Erionota. Fore wing : inner margin longer than outer margin ; cell not much more than half the length of costa; vein 12 terminating before the end of cell • outer end of cell oval; upper discocellular very short, middle and lower discocellulars almost erect and in the same straight line the |