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ME. B. T. WATSON OJT THE HESPEEIIDJE. [Jan. l7. 



b'\ Male with a discal stiguia on fore wing. 



a^. Fore wing apically produced, apex slightly truncate ; 

 discal stigma of male faint. 



TniiACiuES, Hbn. Type, pkidoii, Cram. (54) 

 h''. Fore wing not produced apically, outer margin evenly 

 convex ; discal stigma of male conspicuous. 



Taf.ii)E.s, Hbn. Type, scrgesius. Cram. (55) 

 '. Vein 3 of fore wing well before end of cell, less than twice as 



far from '1 as from 4. 

 «'. Male with a discal stigma on fore wing. 



PEBicn.viiES, Sc. Type, corydon, Fabr. (5o) 

 ft'. No discal stigma on fore wing of male, 

 a". Yein 5 of hind wing wanting. 



a'. Vein 2 of fore wing almost equidistant from end of cell 

 and base of wing. 



TJ.NKA.XA, Dist. Type, hatara, Dist. (57) 

 b'. Vein 2 of fore wing almost equidistant from vein 3 and 

 base of wing. Hidaui. Dist. Type, irava, Moore. (58) 

 6". Vein 5 of hind wing well developed. 



Pteeoteinon, g. n. Type, hiifclla, Hew. (59) 



1. Geims Taractrocera. (Plate III. fig. 20.) 



Taractrocera, Butler, Cat. Lep. Fabr. p. 2/9 (1869). 



Tjpe, mcevius, Fabr. 



Antennte short ; club forming a flattened disk, conspicuously 

 hollowed out, tip bluut. Palpi : second joint densely scaled ; third 

 joint long, slender, erect, reaching above the vertex, tip acuminate. 

 Fore wing : inner margin longer than outer margin ; cell less than 

 two-thirds the length of costa ; vein 1 2 reaching costa well before 

 the end of cell ; middle discocellular considerably longer than 

 lower one ; vein 5 close to bottom of cell ; vein 3 well before end of 

 cell, about twice as far from 2 as from 4 ; vein 2 shgbtly nearer to 

 end of cell than to base of wing. Hind wing : outer margin even ; 

 vein 7 very close to end of cell ; discocellulars faint ; vein .5 not 

 traceable ; vein 3 immediately before end of cell ; vein 2 twice as far 

 from base of wings as from end of cell. Hind tibiae with two pairs 

 of spurs. 



The onl)- species of those mentioned below in which there is a 

 stigma in the male is papyria, Boisd., in which there is an ex- 

 ceptionally long, slightly oblique stigma on the fore wing, extending 

 from veiu 5 as far as vein 1, meeting the latter considerably nearer 

 the margin than the base of wing. 



f mcevius, Fabr 1 . 



•! flaccus, Fabr. 

 [ sagara, Moore. 



ce?<?«o, Cox 2. 



^ardonia, Hew 3. 



*<J.ann<i, Moore 4. 



fiavouittata, Latr 5. 



papyria, Boisd 6. 



ni(/rolir,ibaii'.s, Snell 7. 



*nicevi(ki, sp. n 8. 



*ceramas, Hew. 'J. 



And seven unidentified species. The "Puiuphila " avonli of de 

 Niceville also probably belongs to this genus. 



This is a genus of very numerous species, which ranges from India 

 through the Malay Archipelago to Australia, appearing to reach 



