54 MB. E. Y. AVATSON^ O^ THE HESPEIIIID.IE. [Jan. 17, 



difference to other species it is found to be a vanishing quantity, and 

 quite valueless as a generic character. 



(Jlesiis, ¥ahv 1- * c/mcv/s, Butler 11. 



[opkion.'Dinvy. * preshijfcr, Builev 12. 



insidaris, M'dh 2. I afticKs, Moove 13. 



ravi, Moore 3. caligana, Distant 14. 



khasiana, Moore 4. * mcual-a, Moore lo. 



^meetana, 'Moore 5. "" pinwilli , BwXlsv 16. 



japetus, Cramer (i. * tahrica, Hew 17. 



alica,M.oovQ 7. ^m%a, Moore 18. 



oiscMws, Mab 8. tnchoncura,¥Ad.ev 19. 



clistans,Moove 9. * A/ m^-w, Butler 20. 



gana, Moore 1 0. 



And ten unidentified species. There is no doubt that several of tlie 

 above species will be found to be identical when better series are 

 brought together. 

 Asiatic and African. 



18. Genus Eagris. 



Eagris, Guenee, in Maill. Reun. ii. Le'p. p. 19 (1863). 



Type, sahadius, Gray. 



Palpi and neuration of fore wing as in Tagiades. Antennae : club 

 more robust and terminal portion shorter. Hind wing ; vein 7 

 nearer to end of cell, and vein 2 nearer to base of wing. 



Male with a costal fold on fore wing, and with a tuft of hair 



attached near the proximal end of hind tibire. 



sahadius, Gray 1. 



nottoana, Wallgr. 2. 



Confined to Africa. 



19. Genus Anastkus. 



Anastrus, Hbn. Ex. Schmett. ii. 1822-26. Type, ohscurus, Ilbn. 



Antennae : club rather slender, very gradually thickened, bent 

 into an even curve, tip acuminate. Palpi porrect ; second joint as 

 seen from above broad, rectangular, closely scaled ; third joint 

 minute, bluntly conical. Fore wing : inner and outer margin sub- 

 oqual ; cell of fore wing less than two-thirds the length of costa ; 

 discocellulars suberect, the lower the longer ; vein 3 well before the 

 end of cell, three times as far from 2 as from 4 ; vein 2 more than 

 twice as far from end of cell as from base of wing. Hind wing 

 evenly rounded, slightly lobate ; vein 7 shortly before end of cell ; 

 discocellulars and vein 5 faint ; vein 3 immediately before end of 

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

 Hind tibiae with two pairs of spurs. 



Male with a very slight costal fold, and with a tuft of hair near 

 the proximal end of hind tibios. 



obscurus, Ili'ibn 1. 



2)etiiis, Miiscli 2. 



simplicia, Moscli 3. 



And four unidentified species. Corbulo, Cram., has been considered 



