1893.] MH. E. Y. WATSON ON THE nESPERIIT),!:. 25 



elongated ; outer margin almost straight in male, slightly more con- 

 vex in female ; a tooth-like lohe at anal angle ; vein 7 more than 

 twice as far from 8 as from (5 ; discocellulars erect ; vein 3 from 

 end of cell; vein 2 tvvice as far from hase of wing as from end of 

 cell. Hind tihise with a long fringe and two pairs of spurs, the ter- 

 minal pair very long. On the hind tarsi of the male below there are 

 two series of densely set golden spines. 



*otria(lrfi, Hew 1 . 



And two unnamed species. 

 Confined to South America. 



13. Genus Acolastus. 



Polygonus, Hiibner, Exot. Schmett. ii. (1822). 



Type, amyntas^ Fabr. (nom. prseocc). 



Acolastus, Scudder, Syst. Rev. p. 50 (1872). Type, savigmji, Latr. 



Antennae: club moderate, bent into a hook, terminal portion very 

 slender, rather more than half as long as remainder of chib ; ter- 

 minal joint of palpi minute, conical. Fore wing : outer and inner 

 margins subequal, no costal fold in male ; cell considerably more 

 than two-thirds length of costa ; upper discocellular short ; middle 

 and lower discocellulars subequal, inwardly oblique, and in the same 

 straight line ; vein 12 reaching costa well before the end of cell; 

 vein 3 remote from end of cell, twice as far from base of wing as 

 fiom end of cell ; vein 2 more than twice as far from end of cell as 

 from base of wing ; veinlet beyond vein 3, median slightly angled 

 where it meets it. Hind wing : costa strongly arched at base, outer 

 margin rounded, a conspicuous tooth-like lobe at anal angle ; vein 7 

 twice as far from 8 as from 6 ; discocellulars almost erect ; vein .5 

 wanting ; veins 3 and 2 both from shortly before end of cell ; vein 

 3 nearer to 4 than to 2 ; vein 2 considerably farther from base of 

 wing than from end of cell. Hind tibiae fringed, and with two pairs 

 of spurs. 



{am^/ntas, Fabr 1 . 

 lividus, Iliibn. 

 savicjnyl, Latr. 



This genus appears to be closely allied to Proteides. 

 Habitat, South America and West Indies. 



11. Genus Tklegonus. 



Teleyonus, Hiibner. Verz. bek. Schmett. ]). 101 iIHlti). 



Type, (i/iap/ius, Cramer. 



Antennee: thickening of club slight and very gradual; club bent 

 usually at about a right angle, occasionally to less, tbe terminal 

 portion about as long as rest of club. Palpi : second joint densely 

 scaled, third joint minute. Fore wing : outer margin much longer 

 than inner margin; cell just over two-thirds the Icngtii of costa; 

 no costal fold in male; vein 12 reaching costa well before the end of 



