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Show 1893.] ME. E. Y. WATSON ON THE HESPERIID.E. 117 from 6 ; discocellulars outwardly oblique ; vein 5 wanting; vein 3 just before end of cell; vein 2 twice as far from bass of wing as from end of cell. Hind tibiae with two pairs of spurs. * hyela, Hew 1. ismene, Feld 2. Confined to Southern Asia. 44. Genus PARDALEODES. Pardaleodes, Butl. Ent. Monthl. Mag. vii. p. 96 (1870). Type, edipus, Cram. Antennae rather long ; club slender, elongate, with a short recurved crook. Palpi: second joint densely scaled, third joint suberect, short, bluntly conical. Fore wing : inner margin longer than outer margin ; cell less than two-thirds the length of costa; vein 12 reaching costa almost opposite the end of cell; vein 11 running very close to but not actually touching vein 12 for a portion of its length ; middle discocellular half as long again as lower one ; vein 5 considerably nearer to 4 than to 6 ; vein 3 shortly before end of cell, about twice as far from 2 as from 4; vein 2 slightly nearer to end of cell than to base of wing. Hind wing : outer margin evenly rounded; vein 7 shortly before end of cell; discocellulars and vein 5 very faint; vein 3 immediately before end of cell; vein 2 twice as far from base of wing as from end of cell. Hind tibias with two pairs of spurs. No secondary sexual characters on the wings. festus, Mab 3. coanza, Plotz 4. edipus, Cram 1. *sator, Doubl., Hew. ... 2. Confined to Africa. 45. Genus C E R A T R I C H I A . (Plate III. fig. 24.) Ceratrichia, Butler, Cat. Fabr. Lep. p. 274(1869). Type, nothus, Fabr. Antennas very long and slender, almost as long as the body; club slender, elongate, with a short terminal crook, tip acuminate. Palpi: third joint concealed in the clothing of second joint. Fore wing : inner margin longer than outer margin ; cell less than two-thirds the length of costa; vein 12 reaching costa almost opposite the end of cell; middle discocellular about twice the length of lower one; vein 5 considerably nearer to 4 than to 6 ; vein 3 immediately before end of cell; vein 2 nearer to end of cell than to base of wing. Hind wing : outer margin even ; vein 7 shortly before end of cell; discocellulars and vein 5 barely traceable; vein 3 immediately before end of cell; vein 2 twice as far from base of wing as from end of cell. Hind tibias with two pairs of spurs. N o secondary sexual characters on wings of male. nothus, Fabr 1. * aretina, Hew 2. argyrosticta, Plotz. 3. And two unidentified species. This genus is confined to the African region. phocion, Fabr 4. *flava, Hew 5. |