96 MB. E. T. WATSOy OJf THE HESPEEIIDjE. [Jan. 17 



upperside of fore wing, situated immediately below the origin of vein 

 2, but not touching either vein 2 or vein 1 . This streak is wanting 

 in the other species of the genus. 



fmaro,Fabr I. rhadama, Boisd 3. 



] ca-merfes, Moore. itMruafus, Trim 4. 



[ ? dioscoridcs, Fabr. 

 * cariate, Hew. 



jjardalina, Butl 5. 



To this genus would also appear to belong mirza, Mab., bernieri, 

 Boisd., and dispar, Mab. There seems little doubt that the species 

 descril)ed by Fabricius from Tranquebar as dioscorides is the female 

 oi maro ; the latter name, however, being so well known has not 

 been supplanted, as without examination of the type it is impos- 

 sible to be quite certain that the two species are identical. 



This genus appears to be confined to the Asiatic and African 

 regions. 



3. Genus Kedestes, nov. 



Type, lepenula, Wallgr. 



Thymelkus, Trimen {nee Hiibu), S. Afric. Butt. vol. iii. p. 299 

 (1889). 



Antennae rather short ; club straight, tip blunt. Palpi porrect, 

 third joint very slender. Fore wing ; apex rather pointed, costa 

 straight, outer margin longer than inner margin ; cell less than two- 

 thirds the length of costa; vein 12 reaching costa before the end 

 of cell ; discocellulars inwardly oblique, the middle the longer ; 

 vein 5 nearer to 4 than to 6 ; vein 3 well before the end of cell, 

 about twice as far from 2 as from 4 ; vein 2 almost equidistant from 

 end of cell and base of wing. Hind wing : outer margin even ; vein 

 7 well before the end of cell ; discocellulars outwnrdly oblique ; vein 

 5 barely traceable ; vein 3 immediately before the end of cell ; vein 

 2 nearer to end of cell than to base of wing, Hind tibiae with two 

 pairs of spurs. 



No sexual characters on wings except in capenas, in which there 

 is a short discal stigma on fore wing of male, running from origin 

 of vein 2 to about tbe centre of vein 1 ; vein 2 also arises slightly 

 nearer to end of cell in the male of this species ; in the female the 

 neuration is as in the other species of the genus. 



i lepetinlaiW aWgr 1. 



\ *ckersias, Hew. 



maoomo, Trim 2. 



f ^capenas, Hew 3. 



(^ *de!-bice, Hew. 



This genus is confined to the African region. 



4. Genus Apaustus. (Plate III. fig. 26.) 



Apaustus, Hiibn. Verz. p. 113 (1816). TyP^» menes, Cramer. 



Antennae: club moderate, straight, tip blunt. Palpi : third joint 



long, slender, naked, erect, reaching considerably higher than the vertex 



of the head. Fore wing elongate, inner margiu considerably longer 



than outer margin ; cell short, hardly more than half the length of 



ckaca, Trim 4. 



tucufia, Trim 5. 



jnohozutza, Wall 6. 



calHcles, Hew 7. 



