1S93,] MR. E. t. WATSO^r (W THE HBSPERIID-B. 33 



traceable; veiu 3 iiumediatcly before end of cell; vein 2 con- 

 siderably nearer to end of cell than to base of wing. Hind tibiae 

 with two pairs of spurs. 



Male with the abdominal fold clothed with long hair-like scales. 



r otreiis, Cram 1. 



s clcrkus, Fabr. 

 [ zcjyJiodcs, Hilbu. 

 *pckahia, Hew. ... 2, 



And five unidentified species. 

 Confined to tropical America. 



29. Genus Thorybes. 



Thorybes, Scudder, Syst. Rev. Am. Butt. p. .50 (1872). 



Type, bathxjUus, Smith-Abb. 



Thorijhes, Scudder, Butt. East. Un. States, vol. ii. p. 1423 (1889). 



Lintneria, Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. p. 57 (1877) (nom. praeocc). 



Type, daunus, Cramer. 



Antennae and palpi as in Achalai'us. Fore wing : inner and outer 

 margins subequal ; cell more than two-thirds length of fore wing ; 

 veiu 1 2 reaching costa before end of cell ; upp jr discocellular 

 minute, middle and lower discocellulars inwardly oblique and in the 

 same straight line, the lower the longer ; vein 3 more than three 

 times as far from base of wing as from end of cell ; vein 2 about 

 three times as far from end of cell as from base of wing; veinlet 

 in cell at veiu 1. Hind wing: vein 7 about twice as far from 8 as 

 from 6 ; discocellulars faint, slightly concave outwardly ; vein 3 

 from end of cell ; veiu 2 rather nearer to end of cell than to base of 

 wing, nearer to base of wing than vein 7 ; outer margin evenly 

 rounded, slightly angled at vein I h. Hind tibiae with two pairs of 

 spurs. 



In this genus the type species, bathyllus^ is without a costal fold 

 in the male, while the second species, pylades, is provided with a fold. 



I doAut us, Oram 1 . 



\ haihyllus, pSm.-Abb. 

 pylades, Sc 2. 



Confined to America. 



30. Genus Achalarus. 



Achalarus, Scudder, Syst. Rev. Am. Butt. p. 50 (1872). 



Type, lycidas, Smith-Abb. 



Achalarus, Scudder, Butt. East. Uu. States, vol. ii. p. 1412 (1889). 



Lobocla, Moore, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. liii. pt. 2, p. 51 (1884). 



Type, liliana, Atkinson. 



Antennse : club moderate, bent into a hook, the terminal portion 

 about as long as rest of club. Palpi |)orrect, secoiul joint densely 

 scaled, third joint short. Fore wing : inner and outer margins sub- 

 equal ; vein 12 reaching costa before end of cell ; male witli a costal 

 fold ; cell long, more than two-thirds length of costa ; u|)per disco- 

 cellular minute, middle and lower discocellulars inwardly oblique in 



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