1893.] ME. E. Y. WATSOX ON THE nESPEBIID.i;. 97 



costa; vein 12 reaching costa before the end of cell; upper disco- 

 cellular short but distinct, almost at right angles with upper margin 

 of cell ; middle discocellidar long, inwardly' oblique, lower disco- 

 cellular short, lower margin of cell bent abruptly upwards at vein 3, 

 the portion between veins 3 and 4 being in the same straight line as 

 the lower discocellular ; vein 2 close to 3, many times further from 

 base of wing than from veia 3. Hind wing very narrow, the abdo- 

 men extending far beyond the anal angle ; outer margin even ; vein 

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

 vein 3 shortly before the end of cell, twice as far from 2 as from 4 ; 

 vein 2 almost equidistant from end of cell and base of wings. Hind 

 tibiae with two pairs of spurs. 



menes, Cram 1. 



gracilis, Feld. ... 2. 



Confined to tropical South America. 



5. Genus Ancyloxypha. 



Ancyloxypha, Felder, Verh. zool.-bot.^Gesellsch. Wien, xii. p. 477 

 (^862). Type, numitor, Fabr. 



Antennae very short; club moderate, straight, bluntly pointed. 

 Palpi as in ^rfo/;^a. Fore wing not apically produced, costa and 

 outer margin convex, inner margin longer than outer margin; cell 

 less than two-thirds the length of costa; vein 12 very short, reach- 

 ing costa before the centre ; middle discocellular considerably 

 longer than lower ; vein 5 considerably nearer to 4 than to 6 ; 

 lower margin of cell bent sharply upwards at vein 3, the portion 

 between veins 3 and 4 lying in the same straight line as the lower 

 discocellular ; vein 3 consequently from lower angle of cell, about 

 twice as far from 2 as from 4 ; vein 2 many times further from base 

 of wing than from vein 3. Hind wing, outer margin even. Hind 

 wing : vein 7 immediately before the end of cell ; discocellulars 

 sharply angled, the middle one being erect and the lower outwardly 

 oblique ; vein .5 not traceable ; vein 3 shortly before the end of cell, 

 nearer to 4 than to 2 ; vein 2 slightly nearer to end of cell than to 

 base of wings. Hind tibiae with two pairs of spurs. No sexual 

 characters on wina;s. 



f numitor, Fabr. 

 \ puer, Hiibn. 



Habitat. North America. 



The Asiatic species " Cyclopides " subvittaius, Moore, also appears 

 to belong either to this genus or to one closely allied to it, but the 

 only specimens I have been able to examine have been without 

 antennae and palpi ; at any rate it does not belong to Cyclopides, from 

 which the neuration at once separates it. 



6. Genus Cop^odes. 

 Copceodes, Speyer, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1878, p. 183. 



Type, procris, Felder. 

 AnteniisB very short ; club robust, straight, apex rounded. Palpi 

 Pboc. Zool. Soc— 1893, Xo. Yn. 7 



