1893.] ilR. E, T. WATSOX OX THE HESPERIID^. 67 



of the British Museum from ShahruJ, Persia, labelled with the 

 manuscript name of geron, Zeller, which name I have therefore 

 adopted. 



39. Genus Gomalia. 

 Gomalia, Moore, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 114. 



Type, albofasciata, Moore. 

 Antennae and palpi as in Hesperia, except that the club of antennae 

 is slender and straight. Male with a costal fold. Differs from 

 Hesperia in iieuration only in vein 2 being slightly nearer the base 

 of the fore wing. Hind tibiae with two pairs of spurs ; but with no 

 tuft in the male. 



/ albofasciata, Moore. 

 \ *litoralis, Swinlioe. 

 elma, Trimen. 



And one unnamed s[)ecies. Elma is very close to albofasciata ; but 

 the series in the British Museum is not sufficient to decide whether 

 they are identical. 

 Asiatic and African. 



40. Genus Carcharodus. 



\Urbanus. Hiibner, Tentamen, p. 1 (1806).] 



Type, alcece, Esp. 



Carcharodus, Hiibner, Verz. p. 110 (1816). 



Type, lavatercE, Esp. 



Spilothyrus, Dup. Pap. France, Diuru. Suppl. p. 41.5 (1832). 



Type, alcece, Esp. 



Antennae : club rather robust, straight, with an extremely minute 

 blunt crook. Palpi suberect ; third joint rather prominent ; second 

 joint rather laxly scaled. Fore wing : inner and outer margins sub- 

 equal ; male with a costal fold ; cell of fore wing less than two-thirds 

 the length of co.sta ; vein 12 reaching costa well before the end of 

 cell ; discocellulars suberect, the lower the longer ; vein 3 shortly 

 before the end of cell, twice as far from 2 as from 4 ; vein 2 twice as 

 far t'rom end of cell as from base of wiijg. Hind wing : outer margin 

 crcnulate ; vein 7 more than twice as far from 8 as from 6 ; disco- 

 ccUulars and vein 5 faint ; vein 3 well before end of cell ; vein 2 

 distinctly nearer to base of wing than to end of cell. Hind tibiae 

 fringed, and with two pairs of spines, the upper pair minute. 



This genus can be conveniently divided into two groups, in one of 

 which the male has a tuft of hairs on the underside of the fore wing 

 which is wanting in the other. 



Section A. — No tuft of hairs on underside of fore wing in male. 



lavatercB, Esp 1 . *ahca, var. nostras, Zell. . 2 a. 



C«/ce<s, Esp 2. *ahece,\o.v. auslmlis,7i&\\. '2, h. 



Imalvaram, Hofl'm. 

 malva, Ilufn. 

 malvce, Hiibu. 



*swinhoci, ap. n 3. 



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