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Show 1893.] ME. E. Y. WATSON ON THE HESPEEIIDJE. 103 upperside of the fore wing, extending from the base of vein 4 to as far as the submedian, being twice interrupted at veins 2 and 3. augias, Linn 1. bambusce, Moore 2. augiad.es, Felder 3. eurotas, Felder 4. *moseleyi, Butl 5. And three unnamed species. Scott, in his ' Australian Lepidoptera,' has figured what he identifies as the two sexes of phineus, Cramer; the male figured is the female of augiades, and the female appears to be a bad figure of Padraona prusias, Felder. The true phineus, described from Surinam, is in the British Museum from Ecuador and Bolivia, and is the type of a distinct genus. Mr. Butler has also wrongly identified phineus and records it from Amboina. Hiibner's name Astycus has not been adopted for this genus, as it has never been characterized, and was only published in a sale-list of Frank's collection ; the twenty-two species enumerated under it belong to at least thirteen different genera. This genus ranges from India to Australia. 17. Genus AUGIADES. (Plate II. fig. 6.) Augiades, Hiibn. Verz. 112 (1816). Type, sylvanus, Esper. Antennae: club robust, elongate, terminal crook short. Palpi: second joint laxly scaled, third joint short, obtusely conical. Fore wing: inner margin slightly longer than outer margin ; cell less than two-thirds the length of costa ; vein 5 from close to bottom of cell: vein 3 immediately before the end of cell; vein 2, in male considerably, in female slightly nearer to base of wing than to end of cell. Hind wing : vein 7 well before the end of cell; discocellulars faint; vein 5 not traceable ; vein 3 immediately before the end of cell, many times farther from 2 than from 4; vein 2 considerably nearer to end of cell than to base of wing. Hind tibiae with a long fringe and with two pairs of spurs. Male with a linear discal stigma on fore wing extending from origin of vein 3 to as far as vein 1. sylvanus, Esper 1. herculea, Butler 2. venata, Bremer 3. And one unidentified species. 18. Genus PHEMIADES. Phemiades, Hiibn. Verz. p. 112 (1816). Type, phineus, Cramer. Antennae rather long ; club slender, elongated, with a short terminal crook. Palpi: second joint densely scaled, third joint minute. Fore wing very little produced at apex ; inner and outer margins subequal; cell less than two-thirds the length of costa. Fore wing; vein 5 close to bottom of cell; vein 3 immediately before end of cell; vein 2 considerablv nearer to base of wing than to end of cell. |