1893,] ME. E. T. WATS02f O^ THE IIESPEEIIDiE. 55 



by authors identical with obscunis, Hiibn., but the former is described 

 and figured with two transparent apical spots, which are wanting in 

 obscunis. 



Confined to tropical America. 



20. Genus Camptopleura. (Plate III. fig. 12.) 



CamptopJeura, INIab. Pet. Nouv. ii. p. 166 (1877). 



Type, therumenes, Mab. 



Anteuuaj : club moderate, evenly curved, finely pointed. Palpi 

 porrect, conspicuous ; third joint stout, bluntly conical. Fore wing : 

 male with a costal fold ; costa angled just beyond the fold ; cell 

 less than two-thirds the length of costa ; vein 1 2 reaching costa 

 well before the end of cell ; discocellulars inwardly oblique, the 

 lower the longer ; vein 3 very close to end of cell ; vein 2 twice as 

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

 rounded ; vein 7 shortly before end of cell ; discocellulars and vein 

 5 barely traceable ; vein 3 immediately before end of cell ; A^ein 2 

 considerabl}'^ nearer to end of cell than to base of wing. Hind 

 tibiee with two pairs of spurs, and in the male with a tuft of hairs 

 attached near the proximal end of the hind tibiae. 



thcramcnes,'^liih 1. 



iphicratcs, M?ih 2. 



ebenits,li,i&h 3. 



thrasyhulns, Fabr 4. 



And two unidentified species, one of which is Butler's female type 

 of Aclilyocles nyciineme, his male type of which is a female of the 

 genus Pellicia. 



Confined to tropical South America. 



21. Genus Potamanax, nov. 



Type, Jiavofusdata, Hew. 



Antennae : club rather robust, slightly flattened, evenly curved. 

 Palpi porrect, divergent ; third joint rather prominent. Fore wing : 

 costa much arched, inner margin longer than outer margin; cell of 

 fore wing less than two-thirds the length of costa ; vein 12 reaching 

 costa well before the end of cell ; discocellulars erect, the lower the 

 longer ; vein 3 shortly before the end of cell ; vein 2 hardly nearer 

 to base of wing than to end of cell. Hind wing evenly rounded ; 

 vein 7 very close to end of cell ; discocellulars erect and in the same 

 straight line ; vein 5 barely traceable ; vein 3 immediately before 

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

 from end of cell. Hind tibia' with two pairs ol' sjiurs ; no secniulary 

 sexual characters in male. 



*Jlai'ofascictfa, II rw. ... ]. 



* theslta,Jin\ 1'. 



*/ff//'w, Hew ;•. 



* //sc/r/V/, ITew t. 



Hn/ffiacid/u, Fclil f). 



Confined to tropical South America. 



