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lapering to a fine point ; sometimes hooked. Palpi with the second joint up- 

 turned, resting against the face; the third joint long, thin, naked and projecting 

 in front of the face. The wings are always held closed over the back when at 



The above key is for all tlie Hesperiidce of the world. The Pyrrho- 

 pygincB are wholly confined to the American continents. Section A 

 of the HesperiincB has but seven genera out of 50 which are of the 

 Old World and only five that are Indian, namely Orthofhoetus, Capila, 

 Calliana and Hantana, Crossium. Section B contains about 42 

 genera out of which some 16 are Indian, 5 African, 1 Australian, and 

 the rest American. Section A of the Pamphilince contains about 

 34 genera of which 13 are Indian, 6 African, 4 Australian, 3 North 

 Asian and the rest American ; Section B, 59 genera ; 20 Indian, 6 

 African, the rest American ; Section C, 5 genera, all of the Old World 

 and confined to Eastern Asia, India, Burma to the Philippines and 

 Australia. 



Later on, in the Journal of iihis Society (B. N. H. S.), Capt. Watson 

 as he then was, published a supplementary paper called ' A Key to 

 the Asiatic Genera of the Hesjperiidce,' being an excerpt of his original 

 work, written for the convenience of workers in India (Vol. IX, 

 part 4, p. 411 ; 20th June 1895). The original keys have been modi- 

 fied to suit the restricted fauna. They are as follows : — 



Fore wing with vein 5 nearer to than to 4 ; male 

 occasionally with a costal fold but never with stigma. 

 Male with a tuft of hair at proximal end of hind tibiae in 

 nearly every case. Wings in repose always horizontal . . Hesperiince. 



Fore wing with vein 5 nearer to 4 than to 6 ; male never 

 with a costal fold but often with patches of modified 

 scales on upperside. Male without tuft on hind tibiae. All 

 species rest with their wings closed over the back • . PampMlince. 



Captain Watson has, as formerly, divided this latter subfamily 

 into three sections ; the first two, in this case, founded on a slight 

 difference of neuration, being purely artificial, have only been adopt- 

 ed for convenience. "The third section, however, consists of a closely 

 allied group of genera which appear to have no near allies among 

 the PamphilincB, so much so that it is questionable whether it would 

 not be advantageous to form them into an additional subfamily 

 under the name of Ismeneinm, the species contained under which 

 would stand in much the same relation to the remainder of the Old 

 World HesperiidcB that the PyrrhopygincB do to those of the New 

 World. The name (but with a much more extended meaning) has 

 been made use of by M. Mabille in a paper on the Hesperiidce of the 

 Brussels Museum published in the ' Annals of the Entomological 

 Society of Belgium, Vol. XXI (1878)." These sections of the Pam- 

 philincB he characterises as follows : — 



Section I. — Palpi various but never as in Section III. Vein 5 of fore wing 

 straight throughout its length and not arising markedly nearer to vein 4 than to 



