58 MR. E. T. WATSON ON THE IlESPEIWIO.i;. [JaU. 17, 



of costa; vein 12 terminating well before end of cell; vein 10 re- 

 mote from 9 : veins 7, 8, 9 all from the same spot ; discocellulars 

 suberect, the lower the longer ; vein 3 shortly before end of cell ; 

 vein 2 close to base of wing. Hind wing produced into a tooth at end 

 of vein 7; discocellulars and vein 5 barely traceable ; vein 3 imme- 

 diately before end of cell ; vein 2 considerably nearer to end of cell 

 than to base of wing. Hind tibia? with two pairs of spurs, upper 

 pair short. 



Male with a costal fold, and with a tuft of hair attached near 

 proximal end of land tibiie. 



f iicanhus, Latv 1. 



• 7!f:hts, Hiibu. 

 [ /lijjpah'.s, Feld. 



( eronKS, TLiihn 2. 



[loestennanii!, Latr. 



Confined to tropical i\merica. 



26. Genus Darpa. 



Darpa, Moore, Proc, Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 781 (ISGo). 



Type, hanria, Moore. 



Antennae : club moderate, rather elongate, with a short terminal 

 crook ; tip sharp. Palpi porrect, third joint almost entirely con- 

 cealed in clothing of second joint. Fore wing : outer margin very 

 dentate ; inner margin longer than outer margin ; no costal fold in 

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

 vein 12 terminating well before the end of cell; discocellulars in- 

 wardly oblique, the lower much the longer ; vein 3 shortly before 

 end of cell ; vehi 2 very close to base of wing, quite three times as 

 far from end of cell as from base of wing. Hind wing slightly 

 elongate, outer margin strongly dentate ; vein 7 very close to end 

 of cell ; discocellulars and vein 5 traceable, but not fully developed ; 

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

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

 Hind tibije and femora with very long fringes. 



hanria, Moore, 



Confined to the Oriental region. 



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27. Genus Spionades. 



Spionades, Hiibn. Verz. p. 114 (1816). Type, artemides, Cramer. 



Antennte : club moderate, crook short, bent at about a right angle; 

 tip acuminate. Palpi porrect, terminal joint almost entirely con- 

 cealed in the clothing of the second joint. Fore wing : costa 

 strongly arched, apex broadly truncate ; inner margin slightly longer 

 than outer margin ; no costal fold in male ; cell of fore wing less 

 than two-thirds the length of costa: vein 12 reaching costa well 

 before the end of cell ; discocellulars suberect, the lower the longer ; 

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

 end of cell as from base of wing. Hind wing elongated ; vein 7 

 well before end of cell ; discocellulars and vein 5 barely traceable ; 



