HESPERIIDyE. , 18,1 



Genus TAPENA. 



Wings small ; forewing short, apex acute ; exterior margin slightly oblique, 

 convexly angular in the middle ; first subcostal emitted at nearly one-half before end 

 of the cell ; cell extending two-thirds the wing ; discocellulars obliquely convex, 

 upper bent close to subcostal, upper radial from its angle, lower from their middle ; 

 the middle median branch at one-fifth, lower at four-fifths before end of the cell ; 

 submedian slightly curved in the middle : hindwing quadrate, short, broad ; apex 

 slightly and middle of exterior margin acutely angular ; abdominal margin somewhat 

 long ; cell broad, extending nearly two-thirds the wing ; second subcostal at one- 

 third before end of the cell ; discocellulars slender, outwardly oblique, radial very 

 slender ; middle median from close to end of the cell, lower at one-fourth before the 

 end ; submedian straight, internal curved. Body robust ; palpi laxly compressed, 

 terminal joint rather long, thick, cylindrical; antennse slender, somewhat short, 

 hooked tip slender. 



Type, T. Thwaitesi. 



TAPENA THWAITESI (Plate 67, Fig. 2, 2a). 



Male. Upperside dark purple-brown, with blackish outer margins and indistinct 

 discal transverse macular fascia : forewing with two small semi-diaphanous white 

 spots on the costa near the apex. Underside dark purple-brown. Female. Upper 

 and underside greyish purple-brown, transverse macular fascia and outer borders 

 dark purple-brown : forewing with three small semi-diaphanous white subapical 

 spots, the lowest transversely narrow, two spots also at end of the cell, the upper 

 one very slender, and two spots on the disc, each series being bordered by the dark 

 fascia : hindwing with a semi-diaphanous spot at end of the cell. 



Expanse 1-nr to liij- inch. 



" Galle " (Wade). 



Genus ABARATHA. 

 Forewing triangular ; apex pointed ; exterior margin short, oblique, slightly 

 convex and uneven ; posterior margin short ; first to fourth subcostals at equal 

 distances apart, first emitted at one-third before end of the cell; discocellulars 

 inwardly oblique, upper radial from angle near subcostal, lower from their middle; 

 cell two-thirds the wing ; middle median at one-fourth and lower at two-thirds before 

 end of the cell ; submedian much recurved : hindwing short, apex angular, exterior 

 margin sinuously angular below the apex and in the middle ; abdominal margin 

 rather long; second subcostal at one-fourth before end of the cell; discocellulars 

 nearly erect, upper shortest, radial from their middle ; cell broad ; middle median 

 from close to end of the cell and lower at beyond one-third before the ei;d ; 



