36 MR. E. T, WATSON O^ THE HESPERIIDJE, [Jan. 17, 



silvery patch on the underside of the fore wing, and the abdominal 

 fold of the hind wing is densely clothed with long hair-like scales. 



omphale, Butlev 1. | *2}((usias,llew 2. 



Confined to South America. 



» 'id. Genus C^cina, 



Ccecina, Hewitson, Desc. Hesp. p. 55 (1868). 



Type, caJathana, Hewitson. 



Antennae : club moderate, gradually thickening and gradually 

 tapering to a point, evenly curved, not abruptly bent. Palpi ; second 

 joint densely scaled ; third joint short, porrect, bluntly pointed. 

 Fore wing : inner margin sinuate, rather longer than outer margin ; 

 cell two-thirds the length of costa ; vein 12 reaching costa before end 

 of cell ; upper discocellular very short ; middle and lower diseo- 

 cellulars subequal, inwardly oblique in the same straight line ; vein 3 

 more than three times as far from base of wing as from end of cell ; 

 vein 2 about twice as far from end of cell as from base of wing. 

 Hind wing : lobe inconspicuous ; vein 7 very shortly before end of 

 cell ; discocellulars faint, outwardly oblique ; vein 5 wanting ; vein 3 

 just before end of cell : vein 2 hardly twice as far from base of wing 

 as from end of cell. Hind tibiae almost naked, with two pairs of 

 spurs. 



The male has a patch of hairs on the upperside of the hind wing, 

 extending along the upper edge of the subcostal vein from the 

 divarication of the costal to the forking of the subcostal branch, the 

 hairs being flattened on the wing and pointing towards the costa. 

 *" caluthana,'ile\\ 1. | * eo'/iipi(sa,Tievi 2. 



Confined to tropical America. 



V 37. Genus Ablepsis, nov. 



Type, vulpinus, Hiibn. 



Antennae: club moderate, rather flattened, sickle-shaped. Palpi 

 siiberect : second joint pressed close against face, third joint minute. 

 Fore wing : inner and outer margins subequal ; no costal fold in 

 male; cell of fore wing more than two-thirds the length of costa; 

 discocellulars inwardly oblique, the lower the longer ; veinlet in cell 

 immediately before vein 4 ; vein 3 shortly before end of cell ; vein 2 

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

 lower margin of cell bent upwards at origin of vein 3. Hind wing- 

 evenly rounded ; vein 7 well before end of cell ; discocellulars and 

 vein 5 barely traceable ; vein 3 from end of cell ; vein 2 twice as fa)- 

 from base of wing as from end of cell. Hind tibiae thickly fringed 

 and with two pairs of spurs. 



In the male there is a tuft of long hair-like scales attached to the 

 submedian at the base of the abdominal fold on the underside. 



vulpinus, Hiibu. 

 And one unidentified species. 



Confined to South America. 



