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Show 120 ME. E. Y. WATSON ON THE HESPEEIIDJS. [Jan. 1 i , wing : outer margin longer than inner margin ; cell less than two-thirds the length of costa ; vein 12 reaching costa almost opposite the end of cell; discocellulars inwardly oblique, middle one very much longer than the lower one; vein 5 very close to bottom ot cell; vein 3 shortly before end of cell ; vein 2 considerably nearer to base of wing than to end of cell. Hind wing very elongate; vein 7 shortly before end of cell; vein 3 shortly before end of cell, about twice as far from 2 as from 4; vein 2 considerably nearer to end of cell than to base of wing. Hind tibias with two pairs of spurs. In the male there are three short longitudinal glandular streaks on the upperside of the fore wing, one in the fork of vein 2, the second immediately below vein 2, and the third immediately above vein 1. xanthaphes, Hiibn. 1. *cydia, Hew 2. Confined to tropical America. 50. Genus COBALUS. Cobalus, Hiibn. Verz. p. 115 (1810). Type, virbius, Cram. Antennae: club moderate, with a long slender terminal crook. Palpi: second joint very densely scaled, pressed close against the face, third joint minute, 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; middle discocellular inwardly oblique, many times longer than the lower one; vein 5 close to bottom of cell; vein 3 shortly before end of cell; vein 2 almost equidistant from end of cell and base of wing. Hind wing rather produced on subcostal area ; outer margin excised between veins 3 and 1 b; vein 7 well before end of cell; 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. Hind tibias with two pairs of spurs. No secondary sexual characters on wings of male. virbius, Cram 1. *physcelia, Hew 2. And an unidentified species. Confined to South America. 51. Genus LYCHNUCHUS. Lychnuchus, Hiibner, Zutr. iii. p. 24 (1825). Type, olenus, Hubn. Antennae : club moderate, elongate, terminal crook rather long and slender. Palpi: second joint densely scaled, pressed close against the face, the third joint entirely concealed. Fore wing : costa slightly arched at base, then straight to apex ; inner and outer margins subequal; cell less than two-thirds the length of costa; vein 12 reaching costa shortly before end of cell; middle discocellular considerably longer than lower one ; vein 5 from close to bottom of cell; vein 3 well before end of cell; vein 2 more |
