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Show 126 ME. E. Y. WATSON ON THE HESPEEIIDJE. [Jan. 17, genera on the male characteristics alone, and subjoin a key to the species of the genus in the collection of the British Museum. A. Male, costa of hind wing folded over. a. Male, conspicuous rounded patch of andro-conia on the fore wing; vein 3 of fore amtna 1 wing close to base of cell cedipodea, Swains 1. B. Male, costa of hind wing not folded over. a. Male, vein 3 of fore wing close to base of cell. A'. Male, conspicuous rounded patch ot an-droconia on fore wing • *ataphus, n. sp 2. b\ Male, inconspicuous rounded patch of androconia on fore wing * amara, Moore 6. b. Male, vein 3 of fore wing about equidistant from end and base of cell. a'. Male, with a rounded patch of androconia on fore wing jama, Moove ......... fergusonn,aeruceville . 4. b'. Male, with linear streaks of androconia along median branches of fore wing ... * striata, H e w 7. c. Male, vein 3 of fore wing close to end of cell. a'. Male, rounded patch of androconia on fore winf Hluska, H e w 5. V. Male, linear streaks of androconia on fore wing mahintha, Moore 8. c'. Male, no patch or streaks of androconia onforewing *etelka,H.ew 9. *vasutana, Moore 10. anadi, de Niceville ... 11. harisa, Moore 12. gomata, Moore 13. | aquilina, Speyer 14. \ jankowskii, Oberthiir. [ *chrysceglia, Butler. The species are numbered in what would appear to be their most natural order. The females of all the species have vein 3 of the fore wing close to the end of the cell, as in the last group of the males. This genus is confined to the Oriental region, China and Japan. ISMENE ATAPHUS, U. sp. Ismene cedipodea, Moore (nee Swainson), Lep. Ceyl. vol. i. p. 158, pi. 64. figs. 2,2a, 2b (1881). This species is the Indian representative of the Sumatrau cedipodea, with which it has hitherto been confounded. The male differs from that of cedipodea in the costal margin of the hind wing being normal, whereas in cedipodea the costal margin is folded over and the costal vein is correlatively distorted. The female has a costal red streak on the upperside of the fore wing which is entirely absent in the female of cedipodea. Furthermore, in both sexes of cedipodea the thorax and base of wings are conspicuously clothed with long silvery greenish-blue scales; in ataphus this clothing is of a duller green and of less extent, especially on the wings, The cilia of the hind wings are also much longer and redder in ataphus than in cedipodea. |
