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ME. E. y. WATSON ON THE HESPEEIIDiE. 



[Jan. 17, 



cell ; upper discocellular minute, middle and lower discocellulars 

 oblique in the same straight line, the upper slightly the longer ; 

 vein 3 rather more than twice as far from base of wing as from end of 

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

 wing ; veinlet in cell shortly before vein 4. Hind wing produced 

 into a lobe at anal angle, outer margin evenly rounded ; vein 7 well 

 before end of cell, slightly nearer to 6 than to 8 ; discocellulars very 

 faint, almost erect ; vein 5 wanting ; vein 3 just before end of cell ; 

 vein 2 rather nearer to end of cell than to base of wing, Hind 

 tibiae fringed, and with two pairs of spurs. 



Closely allied to Thymehy differs from it slightly in neuration and 

 in the absence of the costal fold on the fore wing of the male. 



apashis, Cram 1 . 



anaphns, Cram 2. 



alardus, Stoll 3. 



habana, TjUC 4. 



*elorus,'Hew 5. 



And four unidentified species. 

 Confined to tropical America. 



J creti 

 \ pari 



reteus, Crsaa 6. 



nnenides, Cram. 



* mereirix, Hew 7. 



* cenfrifes. Hew 8. 



15. Genus Thymele. 



Thymele, Fabr. 111. Mag. vi. p. 287 (1807). Type, mercatus, Fabr. 



Astraiites, Hiibner, Verz. p. 103 (1816). Type, aulestes, Cramer. 



Euthymele, Mabille, Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige, xxi. p. 24 (1878). 



Type not specified. 



Antennae; club slender, gradually thickened and gradually taper- 

 ing to a fine point, abruptly bent into a hook just beyond its thickest 

 portion. Palpi well separated, third joint minute. Fore wing : male 

 with a costal fold ; cell two-thirds length of costa ; veinlet in cell 

 just before vein 4 ; vein 12 reaching costa well before end of cell ; 

 upper discocellular minute, lower and middle discocellulars sub- 

 equal, inwardly oblique, and in the same straight line ; vein 3 

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

 about one and a half times as far from 3 as from base of wing. 

 Hind wing much produced in submediau area and slightly toothed 

 at submediau nervule ; cell short, not reaching half across wing ; 

 vein 4 much longer than the lower margin of the cell ; vein 7 rather 

 nearer to end of cell than to base of wing ; discocellulars barely 

 traceable, almost erect ; vein .5 wanting ; vein 3 from immediately 

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

 Hind tibiae thickly fringed and with two pairs of spurs. 



Of the four species included by M. Mabille in his genus Euthy- 

 mele, two belong to Thymele and two to Telegonus. 



[ 



fulyci-afor,'Wald\ 1. 



mercafim, Fabr. 



*?;a.Tos, Hew 2. 



atilestes, Oram 3. 



colossui', H.-S. 



cffrec/ins, Butl. 



enotrus, Cram. 



*halesi'us, Hew. 



Confined to tropical America, 



