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Show 114 MR. E. Y. WATSON ON THE IIESPEEIID.E. [Jan. 17, angled at vein 2. Hind tibiae almost naked, with two pairs of spurs. N o secondary sexual characters on wings. ffolus, Oram. \ cicero, Fabr. Confined to Southern Asia. 38. Genus BARACUS. Baracus, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. i. p. 162 (1881). Type, vitattus, Felder. Antennae : club moderate, tip recurved, acuminate. Palpi porrect, conspicuous ; second joint laxly clothed with long scales ; third joint prominent, acuminate. Fore wing : inner margin longer than outer margin; cell less than two-thirds the length of costa; vein 12 reaching costa before end of cell; vein 11 curving upwards and running very close to, though not quite touching, vein 12 ; middle discocellular considerably longer than lower one ; vein 5 much nearer to 4 than to 6, but not "from bottom of cell; vein 3 close to end of cell, twice as far from 2 as from 4 ; vein 2 twice as far from base of wing as from 3, nearer to end of cell than to base of wing. Hind wing evenly rounded ; vein 7 immediately before end of cell ; veiu 5 not traceable ; discocellulars faint; vein 3 immediately before end of cell; vein 2 more than twice as far from base of wing as from end of cell. Hind tibiae fringed and with two pairs of spurs. vittatus, Felder 1. lepeletieri, Latr 4. subditus, Moore 2. tsita, Trim 5. septentrionum, Wood- inornatus. Trim 6. Mason, de Niceville... 3. And four unnamed species. Trimen puts lepeletieri and its allies into Cyclopides, from which, however, they may be readily distinguished by veins 11 and 12 of the fore wing not anastomosing, and by several minor points of neuration, and also by the formation of their antennas aud palpi. Confined to Africa and the Oriental region. 39. Genus ASTICTOPTERUS. Astictopterus, Felder, Wien. ent. Monat. iv. p. 401 (1860). Type, jama, Felder. Antennas : club slender, tip recurved, acuminate. Palpi porrect; third joint short, obtusely conical. Fore wing : inner margin longer than outer margin ; cell less than two-thirds the length of costa; vein 12 reaching costa before end of cell ; vein 11 curving upwards shortly after its origin and runuing close to, but not touching, vein 12; middle discocellular considerably longer than lower one; vein 5 much nearer to 4 than to 6, but not from close to bottom of cell; vein 3 well before end of cell, more than twice as far from 2 as from 4; vein 2 slightly nearer to 3 than to base of wing. Hind wing evenly rounded; vein 7 shortly before end of cell; discocellulars and vein 5 very faint; vein 3 shortly before end of cell, twice as far from g as from 4 ; vein 2 nearer to end of cell |
