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Show 1893.] ME. E. Y. WATSON ON THE IIESPEEIIDiE. 1 07 24. Genus LIMOCHORES. Limochores, Scudd. Syst. Rev. p. 59 (1872). Type, manataaqua, Scudd. Antennas: club robust, rather elongate; terminal crook short. Palpi: third joint erect, short, bluntly conical. Fore wing : inner and outer margins subequal; cell less than two-thirds the length of costa; vein 5 close to bottom of cell; vein 3 immediately before end of cell; vein 2 nearer to base of wing than to end of cell. Hind wing: vein 7 well before end of cell; discocellulars faint; vein 5 not traceable; vein 3 immediately before end of cell; vein 2 well before end of cell, but considerably nearer to it than to base of wing. Hind tibias with two pairs of spurs, and both middle and hind tibias conspicuously spined. Male with a linear discal stigma on upperside of fore wing from origin of vein 3 to as far as vein 1. f manataaqua, Sc 1. f biiuacula, Grote & Rob. ."!. X cernes, Harris. [ acanootus, Sc. orono, Sc 2. arpa, Boisd 4. Confined to North America. 25. Genus EUPHYES. Euphyes, Scudd. Syst. Rev. p. 69 (1872). Type, metacomet, Harris. Antennae: club stout, elongate, with a short terminal crook. Palpi: second joint clothed with laxly-set scales ; third joint slender, obtusely conical, projecting well beyond the clothing of the second joint. Fore wing : costa straight; apex rather produced; inner margin considerably longer than outer margin; cell less than two-thirds the length of costa; vein 5 close to bottom of cell; vein 3 shortly before end of cell; vein 2 nearer to base of wing than to end of cell. Hind wing: outer margin even ; vein 7 well before end of cell; vein 3 immediately before end of cell; vein 2 considerably nearer to end of cell than to base of wing. Hind tibiae with two pairs of spurs. Male with a linear glandular streak on fore wing extending from base of vein 3 to as far as vein 1. metacomet, Harris. Confined to North America. 26. Genus OLIGORIA. Oligoria, Scudd. Syst. Rev. p. 61 (1872). Type, maculata, Edw. Antennae: club robust, elongate, with a short terminal crook. Palpi: third joint minute, obtusely conical, almost entirely concealed. Fore wing hardly produced at apex ; inner and outer margins sub-equal; cell less than two-thirds length of costa; vein 5 from close to bottom of cell; vein 3 very close to end of cell; vein 2 nearer to base of wing than to end of cell. Hind wing : outer margin even, very slightly excised at vein 2; vein 7 well before end of cell, only slightly nearer to 6 than to 8 ; discocellulars and vein 5 barely traceable ; vein 3 immediately before end of cell; vein 2 more |
