cxadcus, Cram 6. 



* asunder, "Reyi 7. 



* cnispe,'Ke\\ 8. 



zestos,'KvAm 9. 



idm, Oram 10. 



24 MB. E. T. -WATSOX OlS THE HESPERIID.T, [Jan. 17, 



chiefly in the less truncate apex to the fore wing, and the slightly 

 different relative positions of the median branches. The male also 

 is provided with a costal fold, which is wanting in Proteides. 



( fifi/ri(s, Fahr 1. 



\ clams, Cram. 



pseudexadeus, Westw. ... 2. 



*oe(/.«, Hiibn 3. ■ 



* barisscs, Hew 4. 



* anf(eus,'E.ew 5. 



And two unidentified species. 

 American and West Indian. 



U. Genus Proteides. 



Proteides, Hiibner, Verz. p. 105 (181 G). Type, idas, Cramer. 



Dicranaspis, Mahille, Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige, xxi. p. 24 (1878). 



Type, idas, Cramer. 



Antennae : club abruptly thickened, very robust, bent into a 

 hook, terminal portion short and gradually tapering. Fore wing : 

 no costal fold in male ; cell very long, almost three-fourths length 

 of costa ; vein 12 reaching costa before the end of cell; rein 10 

 nearer to 9 than to 11 ; vein 9 nearer to 8 than to 10 ; upper disco- 

 cellular minute, middle and lower discocellulars inwardly oblique ; 

 vein 5 considerably nearer to 4 than to 6 ; vein 3 slightly nearer 

 to end of cell than to vein 2 ; vein 2 less than twice as far from 

 vein 3 as from base of wing. Fore wing much produced at apex, 

 costa about one and a half times the length of inner margin ; outer 

 margin at almost a right angle with costa from apex to vein 5, then 

 very oblique to outer angle. Hind wing prominently toothed at 

 submedian ; cell moderate ; vein 7 well before end of cell ; disco- 

 cellulars very faint ; vein 5 wanting ; vein 3 well before end of cell ; 

 vein 2 nearer to end of cell than to base of wing, and twice as far 

 from 3 as 3 is from 4. Hind tibise with two pairs of spurs. 



idas, Cramer 1. 



And two unidentified species. 



Confined to tropical America and the West Indies. 



12. Genus Chrysoplectrum, nov. (Plate II. fig. 1.5.) 



Type, ofriades, Hewitson. 



Antenna3 : club moderate, bent into a hook, terminal portion very 

 slender, rather more than half as long as remainder of club. Termi- 

 nal joint of palpi minute, obtusely conical. Fore wing : outer 

 margin considerably longer than inner margin ; male with a costal 

 fold ; cell scarcely two-thirds length of costa ; vein 12 reaching 

 costa before the end of cell ; upper discocellular minute, middle dis- 

 cocellular inwardly oblique, lower almost erect, the middle one the 

 longer ; vein 3 more than three times as far from base of wing as 

 from end of cell, twice as far from vein 2 as from 4 ; veinlet in cell 

 from just before vein 4. Hind wing strongly arched at base, rather 



