PAMPIIILIDI: THE GENUS ATALOPEDES. 1657 



Prothoracic lobes not very large, more than half as lon;j; aiiaiii as high, nrl)out three- 

 fourths as long as the shorter iliameter of the eye, the inner three-fifths nearly square, 

 the outer a triangle of about half the size, the inner liorder ami inner half of tlie upper 

 bortler straight and at right angles to each other. Patagia pretty large, three-fourths as 

 long as the breadth of the head, the posterior lobe about half as broad and nearly 

 twice as long as the base, straight, equal, tapering only near the tip, where it is 

 rounded. 



Fore wing (42 : U) twice as long as broad ; the lower outer angle falling distinctly 

 outside the middle of the costal margin ; the form of the wing precisely as in Erynnis. 

 The costal nervure terminating a little beyond the middle of the costal margin ; tlie 

 subcostal nervure closely approximate to the costal margin; the second nervnle 

 originating just before the middle of the wing; cell two-thirds as long as the wing, 

 very slender, and increasing regularly and very slightly in width to flve-sixths the dis- 

 tance to the tip ; tlrst median nervnle arising midway between the base of the wing 

 and the second ; the second midway between the origin of the second and third sub- 

 costal uervules ; submedian nervure arcuate ; internal short, straight, very obscurely 

 connected with the submedian. 



Hind wing a little longer than broad, the costal margin straight beyond the strong 

 basal lobe ; the outer margin well and regularly rounded as far as the middle of the 

 medio-subraedian interspace, below this distinctly though slightly lobed ; the anal 

 angle rounded, rectangular; the inner margin scarcely concave. Neuration .as in An- 

 thomaster. 



Discal stigma of male consisting of, first, a longitudinal streak at base of middle median 

 interspace, of shining, black, recurved rods; second, of a semilunar field of dead black 

 erect rods in the lowest median interspace, overhung above by long, curving scales ; 

 followed below by a short, small striga of shining black scales, and outside by a large 

 field of erect, loosely compacted scales. The scales in the stigma consist of short and 

 slight jointed threads, the joints short and strongly fusiform, accompanied Ijy large, 

 spatulate scales and rods, and guarded at special points by two-pronged rods and long 

 oval scales, while in the field below the stigma are found some large, apically fan- 

 shaped scales, with deep, undulate margin. 



Legs 2, 3, 1 ; under surface of femora and upper surface of tibiae furnished as in 

 Erynnis; hind tibiae also supplied above with a thin, spreading fringe of long hairs. 

 Femora 2, 1,3; tibiae 2,3, 1 ; tarsi 2,3. I ; fore and hind femora of equal length, fully 

 two-thirds the length of the middle femora ; fore tibiae two-thirds the length of the 

 fore femora, half as long as the middle tibiae, which in their turn are scarcely longer 

 than the hind tibiae. Leaf-like appendage of fore tibiae not very large, long and 

 slender, lanceolate, but the apical half curved, tapering and pointed, originating a little 

 beyond the middle of the joint, surpassing a very little its extremity, about five times as 

 long as broad; other tibiae armed at the tip with a pair of long and slender, very unequal 

 spurs, the hind tibiae also with an exactly similar, scarcely shorter pair in the middle 

 of the apical three-fifths ; both tibiae have a lateral row of very infrequent, very long 

 spines, as in the preceding genus. Tarsal joints 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, excepting on the fore 

 legs, where the apical is a little longer than the penultimate joint; fore tarsi of the 

 length of the middle femora, two-thirds the length of the middle tarsi, which are 

 scarcely longer than the hind pair; all with a triple series of long and very slender 

 spines, those at the apex of each joint fully twice as long as the others, excepting on 

 the fore legs, where, however, they are mucli longer than the others; basal joint as 

 long as the rest together on the middle legs, a little shorter than they on the others; 

 second joint fully half as long as the basal. Claws not very small, delicate, tapering, 

 regularly and strongly arcuate. Pad moderately large, quadrate. Paronychia bifld, the 

 upper lateral lobe being compressed, laminate, falciform, pointed, as long as the claw, 

 the other inferior, threadlike, half as long as the claw. 



Abdominal appendages : Upper organ small, depressed, the centrum bent at right 

 angles, beyond which all the parts are horizontal, the hooks very small and connate at 

 tip, surpassed in length by the still slenderer, similarly connate, lateral arms which lie 



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