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ofcosta; vein 12 terminating well before end of cell; vein 10 re- 

 mote from 9 : veins 7, 8, 9 all from the same spot ; discocellulars 

 suberect, the lower the longer ; vein 3 shortly before end of cell ; 

 vein 2 close to base of wing. Hind wing produced into a tooth at end 

 of vein 7 ; discocellulars and vein 5 barely traceable ; vein 3 imme- 

 diately before end of cell ; vein 2 considerably nearer to end of cell 

 than to base of wing. Hind tibiae with two pairs of spurs, upper 

 pair short. 



Male with a costal fold, and with a tuft of hair attaclied near 

 proximal end of hind tibite. 



( neanhus, Latr 1 . 



-! uiitiis, Hilbu. 



]niJ2)ah(s, Feld. 

 ' f ;-o*«s, Hiibn 2. 



westermanni, Latr. 



Confined to tropical America. 



26. Genus Darpa. 



Durpa, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud. p. 781 (18()5), 



Type, hanria, jNloore. 



Antenute: club moderate, rather elongate, with a short terminal 

 crook ; tip sharp. Palpi porrect, third joint almost entirely con- 

 cealed in clothing of second joint. Fore wing : outer margin very 

 dentate ; inner margin longer than outer margin ; no costal fold in 

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

 vein 12 terminating well before the end of cell; discocellulars in- 

 wardly oblique, the lower much the longer ; vein 3 shortly before 

 end of cell ; vein 2 very close to base of wing, quite three times as 

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

 elongate, outer margin strongly dentate ; vein 7 very close to end 

 of cell ; discocellulars and vein .5 traceable, but not fully developed ; 

 vein 3 immediately before end of cell ; vein 2 considerably nearer to 

 end of cell than to base of wing. Hind tibia; with two pairs of s])urs. 

 Hind tibia- and femora with very long fringes. 

 ho'iirld, Moore. 



Conlined to the Oriental region. 



27. Genus Spionades. 



Spionodes, Hiibn. Verz. p. 114 (1810). Type, artemides, Cramer. 



Antenn* : club moderate, crook short, bent at about a riaht anjile; 

 tip acuminate. Palpi porrect, terminal joint almost entirely con- 

 cealed in the clothing of the second joint. Fore wing : costa 

 strongly arched, apex broadly truncate ; inner margin slightly longer 

 than outer margin ; no costal fold in male ; cell of fore wing less 

 than two-thirds the length of costa : vein 12 reaching costa well 

 before the end of cell ; discocellulars suberect, tlie lower the longer ; 

 vein 3 very close to end of cell ; vein 2 more than twice as far from 

 end of cell as from base of wing. Hind wing elongated ; vein 7 

 well before end of cell ; discocellulars and vein b barely traceable ; 



