452 EHOPALOCEEA. 



H. notata, like H. syrichtus, is a common South-American insect, and has a similar 

 range in Central America and Mexico, reaching in the latter country as far north as 

 Mazatlan. 



Though exceedingly like II. montivaga, this species seems to differ by its narrower, 

 more regular band on the secondaries. As in that insect, the hind tibiae of the male 

 have no tuft of hairs at the proximal end, but H. notata is also destitute of a costal 

 fold to the primaries. 



The male genitalia resemble those of II. montivaga. 



CELOTES, gen. nov. 

 It is obvious that Pholisora nessus of Edwards cannot be retained in that genus (the 

 type of which is Papilio catullus, Fabr.) ; and as it differs from all the other known 

 genera of Hesperiinae we are compelled to propose a new name for it. Watson was 

 apparently unacquainted with the insect. 



The antennae have a rather slender club, drawn out into a somewhat blunt point ; 

 the primaries have a distinct costal fold ; the discocellulars are nearly transverse, the 

 upper one is short, the middle and lower are about equal in length and each is twice 

 as long as the upper. The palpi are moderately long, with the terminal joint depressed. 

 The hind tibiae have two pairs of spurs and in the male there is a strong tibial tuft. 

 The male genitalia have a short tegumen terminating in two blunt points ; the harpes 

 are almost symmetrical ; the scaphium is long, slender, and curved upwards, and is 

 pointed at the tip. (See Tab. XCT. fig. 29.) 



P. nessus in its general appearance resembles the members of the genus Carcharodes 

 Hiibn., as defined by Watson, the type of which is C. lavaterce (Esp.). It differs from 

 that genus in having a longer and more slender club to the antennas, and in the presence 

 of a strong tibial tuft to the hind legs in the male. There is no tuft of hairs on the 

 inner margin of the primaries of the male beneath as in C. lavaterce and its allies. 



Mr. Skinner, in his ' Catalogue of North-American E-hopalocera,' places this species 

 in Pyrgus. 



1. Celotes nessus. (Tab. XCI. figg. 27, 28 $ ; 29 6 .) 



Pholisora nessus, W. H. Edwards, Canad. Ent. ix. p. 192 \ 

 Spilothyrus notabilis, Streck. Lep. Rhop. pt. 14, p. 131 (1877) \ 



Alia fuscis, lineis interrupts radiantibus ad marginem externum (ciliis includentibus) extendentibus 

 palhdioribus ; anticis punctis transversa minutis ad costas mediam, alteris apicem propioribus duobus ad 

 cellulse finem literam U formantibus ; posticis quoque punctis tribus, aut quatuor, in dimi'dio externo 

 hyalinis : subtus palhdioribus, lineis radiantibus magis distinctis. ' 



$ mari similis. 



Hah. North Ameeica, Texas i ^.-Mexico, Northern Sonora {Morrison), Duraneo 

 city {Becker). ° 



