56 ME. E. T. WATSOir ON THE HESPEBIID^. [Jan. 17, 



22. Genus Mycteris. (Plate III. fig. 13.) 

 Mycteris, Mab. Pet. Nouv. p. 114 (18/7). Type, carula, Mab. 

 Antennffi : club moderate, hooked, terminal portion very short. 

 Palpi very prominent, porrect ; second and third joint taken together 

 forming an elongated triangle ; third joint rapidly tapering, tip 

 blunt. Foi'e wing produced at apex ; inner and outer margins 

 subequal ; cell of fore wing less than two-thirds the length of costa ; 

 vein 12 reaching costa almost opposite the end of cell; vein 3 

 shortly before the end of cell ; vein 2 very close to base of wing ; 

 discocellulars suberect, the lower the longer. Hind wing evenly 

 rounded ; veiti 7 nearer to 8 than to 6 ; discocellulars and vein .5 

 faint ; vein 3 immediately before end of cell ; vein 2 nearer to end 

 of cell than to base of wing. Hind tibiae with two pairs of spurs ; 

 on costal fold in male, but a short tuft of erectile hairs on upper- 

 side of hind wing, attached along vein 8 ; at the bifurcation of 

 vein 7 the veins at the fork are conspicuously dilated. The position 

 of vein 7 seems quite unique among the Hesperiid genera. 



ccc-iiila, Mah 1. 



* cambyses, Hew 2. 



And two unnamed species. 



Confined to tropical South America. 



23. Genus Pellicia. 



Pellicia (Plotz, MS.), H.-S. Corresp.-Bl. zool.-min. Verein. 

 Regens. xxiv. p. 159 (1870). Type, dmidiata, H.-S. 



Antennas : club moderate, bent into a hook, terminal portion 

 slender. Palpi porrect ; third joint short, obtusely conical. Fore 

 veing : inner margin shorter than outer margin : no costal fold in 

 male: cell less than two-thirds the length of costa ; vein 12 reach- 

 ing costa almost opposite the end of cell ; discocellulars slightly 

 inwardly oblique, the lower the longer ; vein 3 close to end of cell ; 

 vein 2 twice as far from end of cell as from base of wing. Hind 

 wing slightly elongated, outer margin inconspicuously sinuated ; 

 cell A^ery short, extending less than half across the wing ; vein 7 

 shortly before the end of cell ; discocellulars and vein 5 faint ; vein 

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

 from end of cell. Hind tibiae fringed, and with two pairs of spurs. 

 Male with a tuft of hairs on upperside of hind wing, attached along 

 vein 8, and pointing downwards ; at the bifurcation of vein 7 that 

 vein and the upper marj;in of the cell are distinctly swollen for a 

 short distance. This character of the swollen veins was pointed out 

 to me by Mr. Salvin, to whom I am indebted for many valuable 

 suggestions; it also obtains in the genus Mycteris, which, however, 

 can be separated readily by the form of the palpi. 



* nyctincme, Butl 1 . 



* cftefotos, He w 2. 



ithrana, Butl 'A. 



And three unnamed species. 



In spite of its very different colouring, itliruna appears to be quite 



