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pallidioribus area submediana a basi ad ramum medianum secundum extendente, macula magna 

 subquadrata ramo mediano primo divisa flavida ; posticis linea maculari transversa curvata subapicali 

 et macula basin propiore pallide ochraceis. 

 ? ignota. 



Hab. Mexico, Omilteme and Xucumanatlan in Guerrero (H. H. Smith), Orizaba 

 (H. J. Elwes) ; Guatemala, Chilasco (Champion). 



Four males of this species have been sent us, from as many different localities, 

 from elevations between 5000 and 8000 feet. The large stigma and dark nervures 

 distinguish it from most of its American allies. For the genitalia of the male, see 

 Tab. XCIII. fig. 29. 



V. Antennae short, with a rather slender club, terminating in a short crook ; terminal 

 joint of the palpi short; hind tibiae with a single pair of spurs; primaries of 

 the male without a brand. 



ZAEIASPES, gen. nov. 



Two species are referred to this genus, of which TJrbanus mys, Hiibn., may be 

 taken as the type ; the latter is a common Tropical-American insect, and the other is 

 confined to Western Mexico. U. mys bears a strong superficial resemblance, especially 

 in the female sex, to Padraona epictetus (Fabr.), which has a similar geographical 

 distribution; but differs from it in having shorter antennas, with a much shorter 

 crook, the palpi clothed with densely matted scales, and the hind tibiae with a single 

 pair of spurs. 



The antennae are less than half the length of the costa, and have a moderately stout 

 club, terminating abruptly in a short crook. The palpi are clothed with densely 

 matted, adpressed, hair-like scales; the third joint is short, bluntly conical, and 

 suberect. The primaries are narrow, somewhat pointed at the tip ; the cell is less 

 than two-thirds the length of the costa ; the discocellulars are oblique, the lower one 

 very short ; the lower radial is depressed at the base ; the first branch arises a little 

 before the middle of the median nervure, the second close to the lower angle of the cell. 

 The secondaries are rounded at the anal angle ; the discocellulars are barely traceable. 

 The body is moderately stout. The middle and hind tibiae are without spines, each 

 with a single pair of spurs. The primaries are without trace of a brand in the male. 



l. Zariaspes mys. (Tab. xoin. figg. 30, 31, * .) 



TJrbanus vigilans mys, Hiibn. Samml. exot. Schmett. t. 158. ff. 1, 2 (<J), 3, 4 ( ? ) '. 

 Pamphila dukolum, Blake, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. vii., Proc. Ent. Sect. p. ix (1879) \ 

 Pamphila epictetus, Staud. Exot. Schmett. p. 297, t. 99 ( tf ) (nee Fabr.) 3 . 



Alis fulvis, anticis costa ultra cellulam, margine externo et interne-, striga mediana angulata (interdum 

 interrupta) a basi ad cellula? finem extendente, macula triangulari subapicali, nigro-fuscis ; posticis 



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