1893.] ME. E, T. WATSOST ON THE HESPERIIDiE. 23 



nell ; vein 2 slightly nearer to end of cell than to base of wing. 

 Hind tibiae with two pairs of spurs. 



f imalena, Bntl 1. 



I imitatrix, Mab. 



* bryaxis,'3.em 2. 



And two unidentified species. 



Confined to Central and South America. 



9. Genus Spathilepia. 



Spafhilepia, Butler, Ent. Mon. Mag. vii. p. 57 (1870). 



Type, ehnius, Cramer. 



Antennae : club moderate, very gradually thickened, bent into a 

 hook, the terminal portion not quite as long as rest of club. Palpi 

 porrect, second joint densely scaled, third joint short. Fore wing : 

 outer margin longer than inner margin ; outer margin angled at vein 

 a, the upper portion almost at right angles to costa, the lower portion 

 running obliquely to outer angle ; male with a costal fold ; cell more 

 than two-thirds the length of costa ; vein 12 reaching costa before 

 end of cell ; upper discocellular minute ; middle and lower disco- 

 cellulars inwardly oblique, the middle one about twice as long as lower 

 one ; vein 3 three times as far from base as from end of cell ; vein 2 

 three times as far from end of cell as from base of wing. Hind 

 wing toothed at vein 1 b ; vein 7 three times as far from 8 as from 

 G; discocellulars faint, almost erect; vein 5 wanting; vein 3 just 

 before end of cell ; vein 2 slightly nearer to end of cell than to 

 base of wing. Hind tibiae thickly fringed and with two pairs of 

 spurs. 



clonius, Oram 1. 



Inhabits Central and South America. 



10. Genus Epargvreus. (Plate I. fig. 4.) 



Epargiireus, Hiibner, Verz. p. 105 (181G). Type, tilijrus, Fabr. 

 Epar(/)ireus, Scudder, Butt. N. Engl. vol. ii. p." 1399 (1889). 



Type, tityrus, Ff.br. 



Antennae : rather more robust than in Thymele, otherwise very 

 similar. Palpi densely scaled, third joint almost entirely concealed 

 by the scales of the second joint. Fore wing : male with a costal 

 fold ; cell more than two-thirds length of costa ; veinlet in cell from 

 just behind vein 3 ; vein 12 reaching costa well before end of cell ; 

 upper discocellular minute, middle and lower discocellulars inwardly 

 oblique and in the same straight line ; vein 3 less than twice as far 

 from 2 as from end of cell ; vein 2 more than twice as far from 3 as 

 from base of wing. Hind wing prominently toothed at vein 1 b ; 

 vein 7 more than twice as far from base of wing as from end of cell ; 

 discocellulars hardly traceable, slightly outwardly obhque ; vein 5 

 wanting ; vein 3 well before end of cell, about twice as far from 2 as 

 from 4 ; vein 2 slightly further from end of cell than from base of 

 wing. Hind tibiae with two pairs of spurs. 



This genus is closely allied to Proteides, from which it differs 



