1893.] ME. E. T. "WATS03T ON THE HESPERIIDJS. 37 



38. Genus Hantana. 



Hnntana, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. vol. i. p. 179 (1881). 



Type, infernus, Felder. 



Antennae : club rather robust, bent at about a right angle. Palpi 

 suberect ; second joint pressed close against the face, third joint 

 minute. Fore wing : inner and outer margins subequal ; cell more 

 than two-thirds the length of costa : no costal fold in male ; vein 12 

 reaching costa well before the end of cell ; discocellulars inwardly 

 oblique, the lower the longer ; lower branch of veiulet in cell just 

 before vein 4 ; upper branch at vein 5 ; vein 3 shortly before end 

 of cell : vein 2 about three times as far from end of cell as from 

 base of wing. Hind wing evenly rounded ; vein 7 well before the 

 end of cell ; discocellulars distinct, vein 5 barely traceable ; vein 3 

 immediately before the end of cell ; vein 2 twice as far from base of 

 wing as from end of cell. Hind tibise with two pairs of spurs, and 

 in the male with a long tuft of hairs attached near the proximal end. 



infernm, Felder. 



ITdhitat. Ceylon. 



39. Genus Murgaria, nov. 



Type, albociliatus, Mab. 



Antennse : club gradually thickened and tapering to a fine point, 

 bent into a hook just beyond the thickest part. Palpi : second joint 

 densely scaled, slightly inclined forward ; third joint short, porrect. 

 Fore wing : outer margin slightly longer than inner margin ; male 

 with a costal fold ; cell more than two-thirds length of costa ; 

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

 from 9 and 1 1 ; upper discocellular minute; middle and lower disco- 

 cellulars inwardly oblique, in the same straight hne, the middle one 

 the longer ; vein 3 twice as far from 2 as from 4, more than three 

 times as far from base of wing as from end of cell. Hind wing in- 

 conspicuously lobed ; vein 7 more than twice as far from 8 as from 6 ; 

 discocellulars erect ; vein .5 wanting ; vein 3 immediately before end 

 of cell ; vein 2 about equidistant from end of cell and base of wing. 

 Hind tibisB very slightly fringed and with two pairs of spurs. 

 alboeiliatus, Mah 1. 



And an unidentified species. 

 Tropical America. 



-10. Genus vEthilla. (Plates II. fig. 16; III. fig. .5.) 

 Mthilla, Hewitson, Desc. Hesp. p. 5.5 (1868). 



Type, eleusinia, Hewitson. 

 i Eiirypterus, Mabille, Pet, Xouv. ii. p. 162 (1877). 



Type, gigas, Mabille. 

 Antennae : club hardly at all thickened, bent at about a right 

 angle ; terminal portion long. Palpi : second joint thickly scaled, 

 bird joint minute. Fore wing : inner and outer margins subequal ; 

 cell two-thirds length of costa ; no costal fold in male ; vein 12 

 caching costa just opposite end of cell ; vein 11 opposite vein 3 ; 



