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Show 1893.] ME. E. Y. WATSON ON THE HESPERIID E. 129 and middle discocellulars subequal, inwardly oblique, and in the same straight line; vein 3 three times as far from base of wing as from end of cell; vein 2 twice as far from 3 as from base of wing. Hind wing excavated at vein 2 and produced into a prominent lobe; vein 7 nearer to 6 than to 8; middle discocellular slightly outwardly oblique, and lower slightly inwardly oblique; vein 5 well developed; vein 3 well before end of cell; vein 2 about equidistant from end of cell and base of wing. Hind tibiae fringed, and with two pairs of spurs. The type species, which is the sole representative of the genus, is of very wide distribution, the series in the British Museum being from localities ranging from Australia to the N.W. Himalayas. 5. Genus R H O P A L O C A M P T A . (Plate I. fig. 13.) Rhopalocampta, Wallengren, Rhop. Caffr. p. 47 (1857). Type, forestan, Cram. Choaspes, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. vol. i. p. 158 (1881). Type, benjamini, Guerin. Antennae : club moderate, about as long as shaft, crescent-shaped, not bent into a hook, very similar to those of Ismene, but less robust and with a longer shaft. Fore wing: no discal brand in male; inner aud outer margins subequal; cell just more than two-thirds the length of costa ; vein 12 reaching costa before end of cell; vein 5 nearer to 6 than to 4; upper discocellular minute; lower and middle discocellulars almost erect and in the same straight line, the lower the longer; vein 3 three times as far from base of wing as from end of cell. Hind wing produced into a lobe ; vein 7 twice as far from 8 as from 6; discocellulars very faint, almost erect; vein 5 wanting; vein 3 from just before end of cell; vein 2 nearer to base of wing than to end of cell. Hind tibiae with two pairs of spurs, and furnished in the male with a long tuft of hairs attached close to the proximal end, and reaching well beyond the distal end of the tibia. This genus is confined almost entirely to Africa and the Malay Archipelago, benjamini alone being found in India, China, and Japan, while the range of anchises extends to Aden. f benjamini, Guerin 1. Xjaponica, Murray. subcaudata, Felder 2. ramanatek, Boisd 3. libeon, Druce 4. *jucunda, Butler 5. *pansa, llew 6. f anchises, Gerst 7. X taranis, Hew. forestan, Cram 8. r arbagastes, Gu6n 9. [ *margarita, Butl. pisistratus, Fabr 10. valmaran, Wallgr. *fervida, Butl 11. f keithloa, Wallgr 12. X stella, Trim. ratek, Boisd 13. bixcB, Linn 14. chalybe, West 15. juno, Plotz 16. f iphis, Drury 17. X Jupiter, Fabr. hanno, Plotz 18. PEOO. ZOOL. Soc-1893, No. IX. 9 |