62 MR. E. Y. WATSO>'' OX THE HESPERIID.E. [JaU. 17, 



cell ; vein 2 only slightly nearer to end of cell than to base of wing. 

 Hind tibifB with two pairs of spurs. Male with a dense recumbent 

 tuft of hairs attached to the proximal end of the fore coxae. 



The species pi/gela differs from the type in having a second tooth- 

 like projection at the extremity of vein 4. 



f (tii(/iilafa, Feldor ... 1. 

 \sura, Moore. 



helias, Felder 2. 



*pt/(/elc(, Hew 3. 



^kpfof/ramma, Hew. . 4. 



Helias, Felder, is a quite distinct species from sura, with which it 

 has been confused. This genus has little in common with either 

 Achlyodes or Antigonus, with which it has been associated. 



Confined to Asia. 



34. Genus Caprona. (Plates I. lig. 12 ; III. tig. I.t.) 



Caprona, Wallgr. Rhop. Caffr. p. 51 (18.57). 



Type, pil/aana, Wallgr. 



Abaratha, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. vol. i. p. 181 (1881). 



Type, ransonnetii, Moore. 



Antennae less than half the lengtli of costa ; club rather robust, 

 abruptly thickened, and bent at about a right angle, tip blunt. 

 Palpi porrect; second joint thickly scaled, third joint short ; almost 

 concealed. Fore wing : apex slightly truncate ; cell less than two- 

 thirds the length of costa ; discocellulars inwardly oblique, the 

 lower the longer, more oblique, and slightly arched ; vein .3 shortly 

 before end of cell; vein 2 only slightly nearer to base of the wing 

 than to 3. Hind wing: outer margin sinuate, produced at vein 2, 

 giving the wing a squared appearance ; discocellulars and vein .'"» 

 barely traceable ; vein 3 shortly before end of cell ; vein 2 much 

 further from base of wing than from end of cell. Hind tibise with 

 two pairs of spurs. Male with a radiating tuft of hairs attached to 

 fore coxse. 



The species canopvs differs considerably from the type, the cell of 

 fore wing being broader, the discocellulars less oblique, the apex very 

 truncate, and the outer margin of hind wing much more irregular. 

 The male also wants the tuft of hair on the fore coxae. The Asiatic 

 species, however, agree entirely with the type. 



The genus Abaratha must sink as a synonym of Caprona, there 

 being no perceptible structural differences between the types. 



^;(7/rt«««, Wallgr I. srt?'«y«, Doberty 4. 



canojpus/Hnm 2. croMiia,Ye\Aev 7). 



ransoiinefii, Moore 3. s//rickth its, Felder (i. 



^pot'phera, Hew. j 



taylorii, de Nicev. | 



And one uuidentified species. 



This genus is closely allied to Odontoptilum. 

 Asiatic and African. 



