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Show 102 ME. E. Y. WATSON ON THE HESPEEIID^. [Jan. 17, tw Fore wing: inner margin longer than outer margin ; cell less than o-tbirds the length "of' costa ;°middle discocellular about twice as long as lower ; vein 5 considerably nearer to 4 than to b ; vein 6 immediately before end of cell; vein 2 almost equidistant from end of cell and base of wing, slightly nearer to end of cell. Hind wing: outer margin even, slightly excised between veins 2 and 1 6 ; vein 7 well before the end of cell ; discocellulars very faint, vein 5 wanting ; vein 3 close to end of cell, twice as far from 2 as from 4 ; vein 2 considerably nearer to end of cell than to base of wing. In the males of some of the species there is a short and very inconspicuous glandular streak, situated immediately above the centre of vein 1 on the upperside of the fore wing. Hind tibise with two pairs of spurs. goloides, Moore 1. gola, Moore 2. f dara, Kollar 3. X mcesa, Moore. pscudomcesa, Moore 4. ^mcesoides, Butler 5. suwias, Felder 6. Jin fa, Murray 7. angustula, H.-S 8. corollrr, Boisd 9. epictetus, Fabr 10. palmarum, Moore 11. prusias, Felder 12. And twelve unidentified species. This genus is apparently confined to the Asiatic and Australian regions, with the exception of coroller from Madagascar, and epictetus from tropical America ; these two species are possibly not correctly assigned to Padraona, though I am unable to point out how they can be separated from it. There is an Australian genus closely allied to Padraona which is represented in the British Museum collection by mamas, Felder, lascivia, Rosenstock, and four unidentified species. This genus differs from Padraona in its much broader wings, slightly different neuration, and in the male in some species being provided with a linear discal stigma on the fore wing. 16. Genus T E L I C O T A. Astycus, Catal. Frank, p. 185 (1825). Type, augias, Linn. Telicota, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. vol. i. p. 169 (1881). Type, augias, Linn. Antennas: club stout, elongate, terminal crook short. Palpi: second joint laxly scaled, third joint suberect, bluntly conical. Fore wing : inner margin longer than outer margin ; cell less than two-thirds the length of costa ; vein 5 close to bottom of cell. In the male ; vein 3 is well before the end of cell, considerably nearer to vein 2 than to 4, and vein 2 is nearer to the end of the cell than to the base of the wing. In. the female vein 3 is immediately before the end of the cell, and vein 2 is nearer to the base of the wing than to the end of the cell. Hind wing : vein 7 well before the end of cell, the upper margin of cellbeing bent downwards at its origin ; discocellulars faint; vein 5*not traceable ; veins 2, 3, and 4 all close together ; vein 3 about twice as far from 2 as from 4. Hind tibiae with two pairs of spurs. Male with a linear discal stigma on the |