106 ME. B. T. WATSON ON THE HESPEBIIB.'E. [Jan. 1 7, 



22. Genus Baoris. (Plate III. fig. 28.) 

 Baoris, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. vol. i. p. 165 (1881). 



Type, oceia, Hewitson. 

 Parnara auctorum (part.). 



Antennce ; club moderate, elongate, with a sliort terminal crook ; 

 tip acuminate. Palpi : second joint densely scaled, third joint almost 

 entirely concealed. Fore wing : inner and outer margins subequal ; 

 cell less than two-thirds the length of costa ; vein 12 reaching costa 

 well before the end of cell ; upper discocellular minute, middle 

 discocellular very long, lower very short ; vein 5 from close to 

 bottom of cell ; vein .3 slightly curved at its base, close to end of 

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

 end of cell than to base of wing. Hind wing elongated ; outer 

 margin even ; vein 7 well before end of cell ; discocellulars outwardly 

 oblique ; vein .5 not traceable ; veins 2, 3, and 4 all very close 

 together ; vein 3 twice as far from 2 as from 4 : the lower margin 

 of cell bent upwards at vein 2. Hind tibiae with two pairs of spurs. 

 Male in the type species with a tuft of long hairs on the upperside 

 of the hind wing, attached along the upper margin of the cell and 

 directed downwards across the cell. This character is not found in 

 any other species of the genus. 



'*o«ja, Hew. ^J 1. ^;a^f(M«, de Nicevillo 10. 



siMwMft, Swiiihoe. dj. , ^ooMrt, Moore ... 11. 



J scopiiUfera.MooYG. ,5 5 . *" cltola, ll&vi 12. 



1 «?!icofo»-, Moore. cT 2 . incmispkua,'QcYi IT!, 



j peniciUata, Moore. (^ . * JansoneHsii<, Bert 14. 



(, farri, 'Moore. J. iJcUiicidci, Mwrrny l-'i. 



* /,'umara, Moore 2. * -marscna, Hew 1(>. 



* »criat(t. Moore 3. uma, de Niceville 17. 



* 7noolata, Moore 4. * coniiassa,'Ke\\ 18. 



aiisfeiii, Moore ."). { col aca, Moore 1'.'. 



fafucllus,'H.o\)E. li. \ eingcdcnsis, Moore. 



assamensis. Wood-Mason, hevani, Moore 20. 



de Nicijvillc 7. ^elkri, Led 21. 



««;-ooa, Moore 8. , * umbrata, Bxiti 22. 



contigna, Mab !). | 



African and Asiatic. 



23. Genus Lerodea. 



Lerodea, Scudd. Syst. Rev. p. 59 (1872). Type, eufala, Edw. 



Antennae : club robust, slightly elongate ; antennal crook short. 

 Palpi : second joint densely scaled ; third joint erect, minute, bluntly 

 conical. Fore wing : outer margin longer than inner margin ; cell 

 less than two-thirds the length of costa ; vein 5 from close to bottom 

 of cell ; vein 3 immediately before the end of cell ; vein 2 almost 

 equidistant from end of cell and base of wing. Hind wing : vein 7 

 shortly before the end of cell ; discocellulars faint ; vein .') not 

 traceable ; vein 3 immediately before end of cell ; vein 2 well before 

 end of cell, but considerably nearer to it than to the base of the 

 wing. No secondary sexual characters on fore wing of male. Hind 

 tibiip with two pairs of spurs. 



CM/«fo, Edw 1. I /«se«, Grofe & Eobinson ... 2. 



Confined to North America. 



