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Show 128 MR. B. Y. WATSON ON THE HESPEEI1D.E. [Jan. 17, This genus is represented in the British Museum from throuSh°ut India, Malaysia, the Philippines, Fiji, N e w Guinea, and Australia. A. Male with sexual streak inconspicuous or absent. discolor, Feld 1L doleschallia, Feld 14. *myra, Hew 18. badra, Moore 1- thridas, Boisd 3. vitta, Butl 6. coultcri, de Nicev 7. B. Male with sexual streak conspicuous. *atrox, Butl 2. chromus, Cram 4. alexis, Fabr 5. malayana, Feld 8. *bilunata, Butl 0. hurana, Butl 10. celaenus, Cram 12. lugubris, Boisd 13. *chuza, Hew 15. schcenherri, Latr 16. gentiana, Feld 17. *saida, Hew. 3. Genus BIBASIS. Bibasis, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. vol. i. p. 160 (1881). Type, sena, Moore. Antennae much as iu Hasora, but the terminal portion of club usually much more hooked. Fore wing: male without costal fold or discal stigma; outer margin longer than inner margin ; cell only slightly more than half the length of costa; vein 12 reaching costa almost opposite upper angle of cell; vein 5 slightly nearer to 6 than to 4 ; upper discocellular minute; middle and lower discocellulars subequal, almost erect, and in the same straight line; vein 3 three times as far from base of wing as from end of cell, more than twice as far from 2 as from 4 ; vein 2 three times as far from did of eel! as from base of wing. Hind wing not so broad as in Hasora; lobe less conspicuous; vein 7 nearer to 6 than to 8 ; discocellulars faint, slightly outwardly oblique, the lower the longer; vein 5 well developed ; vein 3 just before end of cell; vein 2 nearer to end of cell than to base of wing. Hind tibiae not fringed but thickly scaled above, and with two pairs of spurs. There is only one described species in this genus, which is recorded from India, Ceylon, and Java. *sena, Moore. 4. Genus BADAMIA. Badamia, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. vol. i. p. 156 (1881). Type, exclamationis, Fabr. Antennae short, hardly half the length of costa ; club moderate, usually bent into a hook, sometimes only at right angles, tapering to a point. Fore wing without discal stigma ; outer and inner margins subequal; cell very long and narrow, more than two-thirds the length of costa; vein 12 reaching the costa before end of cell; vein 5 equidistant from 4 and 6 ; upper discocellular minute, lower |
