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Show 118 ME. E. Y. WATSON ON THE HESPERUS. [Jan« l7' 46. Genus PLASTINGIA. Plastingia, Butler, Ent. Mon. Mag. vol. *&p ffi^'Antennas long; clubber, with a recurved-J****^J SSrjSi mfnut £J?A^**> cute ^ar.in considerably longer than inner margin; cell less than two-tlrnds length of costal vein 12 reaching costa well before end of cell; discocellulars inwardly oblique ; middle one considerably longer than lower ; vein 5 considerably nearer to 4 than to 6 ; vein 3 well before end of cell; vein 2 close to base of wing, more than twice as far from end of cell as from base of wing; lower margin of cell slightly arched between veins 2 and 3. Hind wing Blight y elongate, outer margin even ; vein 7 well before end of cell only slightly nearer to 6 than to 8 ; discocellulars faint; vein 5 not traceable ; vein 3 well before end of cell, almost equidistant from 2 and 4 ; vein 2 considerably nearer to end of cell than to base of wing ; lower margin of cell slightly angled at vein 2. Hind tibiae with two pairs of spurs. No secondary sexual characters on wings of male. flavescens, Felder 1. f callineura, Felder 2. I *latoia, Hew. helena, Butler 3. *litrunia, H e w 4. *vermiculala, H e w 5. f Hessellata, H e w 6. I naga, de N. And one unnamed species. Tessellata differs considerably in neuration from the type and only doubtfully belongs to this genus. Other species of the genus are margherita, Doherty, and noemi, de Niceville. This genus is confined to Southern Asia. 47. Genus LEREMA. Lerema, Scudd. Syst. Rev. p. 61 (18/2). Type, accius, Smith-Abb. Antennae: club robust, elongate, with a short terminal crook; second joint of palpi densely scaled; third joint erect, short, obtusely conical. Fore wing: outer margin considerably longer than inner margin ; cell of fore wing less than two-thirds the length of costa ; vein 12 reaching costa almost opposite the end of cell; middle discocellular more than twice as long as lower discocellular ; vein 5 from close to bottom of cell; vein 3 well before end of cell, about three times as far from 2 as from 4 ; vein 2 considerably nearer to base of wing than to end of cell. Hind wing rather elongate, outer margin even ; vein 7 shortly before end of cell; discocellulars very faint; vein 5 not traceable ; veins 2, 3, and 4 all close together; vein 3 about twice as far from 2 as from 4 ; vein 2 considerably nearer to end of cell than to base of wing; lower margin of cell slightly angled at vein 2. Hind tibias with two pairs of spurs. |
