1893.] MR. E. T. AVATSOX OX THE HESPERIID.I. Ill 



4 than to 6 ; rein 3 shortly before end of cell ; vein 2 almost equi- 

 distant from end of cell and 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 nearer to end of cell than to base of wing. Mind tibise with 

 two pairs of rather long spurs. No secondary sexual characters on 

 wings of male. 



massasoit, Sc. 



32. Genus Phycanassa. 



Fhijcunassa, Scudd. Syst. Rev. p. .56 (187".^). 



Phycaimssa, Scudd. But.l. New Engl. vol. ii. p. 1600 (1889). 



Type, viator, Edw. 



Antennae short; club straight, with a short terminal crook. 

 Palpi much as in Poanes, comparatively longer. Neuration of fore 

 wing as in Poanes, except that vein 2 is perceptibly nearer to base 

 of wing than to end of cell. Hind wing : outer margin sligiitly 

 excised between veins 3 and lb; vein 7 well before end of cell; 

 vein 3 from end of cell ; vein 2 considerably nearer to end of cell 

 than to base of wing. Hind tibiae with two pairs of rather long spurs. 



viator, Edw, 



Confined to North America. 



33. Genus Atrytone. 



Atrytonc, Scudd. Syst. Rev. p. .56 (1872). 'i\vpe, iowa, Scudd. 



Antennae : club robust, rather elongate, terminal crook short. 

 Palpi : second joint laxly scaled ; third joint minute, bluntly conical. 

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

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

 the cell ; vein 3 very close to end of cell ; vein 2 considerably 

 nearer to base of wing than to end of cell. Hind wing evenly 

 rounded ; vein 7 shortly before end of cell ; discocellulars faint ; 

 vein 5 not traceable ; vein 3 from end of cell ; vein 2 nearer to end 

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

 No sexual characters on wings. 



iowa, iiu 1. j f Yar. pocahoiiias, He. 



( sabulon, ISoisA 2. i [qiiada^uina, Sc. 



\ Iiobomok, Mourr. j ! fo^«n, Edw o. 



\ delaware, Edw. 



And two unidentified species. 

 Confined to America. 



34. Genus Cupitha. 



Oupitha, Moore, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. pt. ii. 1884, p. 47. 



Type, tympanifera, Moore. 



Antennse : club moderate, straight, with a short terminal crook, tip 

 acuminate. Palpi : second joint densely scaled ; third joint minute, 

 obtusely conical. Fore wing : inner margin [in S ] convex towards 



