86 ME. E. Y. wATSoy OX THE HESPEEiiDj:. [Jan. 17, 



oblique ; radial wantins; ; median bent upwards at vein 2 ; rein 3 

 equidistant from 2 and 4 ; vein 2 close to end of cell, very remote 

 from base of wing. Hind tibise witb two pairs of spur?, the upper 

 pair minute. 



The above description is from a female of the type species. In 

 the male vein 3 of the fore wing is further from the end of the cell, 

 and tliere are the following secondary sexual characters : — a discal 

 patch of silky hairs on the npperside of fore wing, a long tuft of 

 hairs on underside of fore wing at base of submedian, and two 

 irlandnlar streaks situated on veins 2 and 3 of the hind wing. 



Closely allied to Caiu/ara. 



*khadia. Hew. 

 glandidom, Diet. 

 subfasciata, ifoore. 



Confined to Southern Asia. 



27. Genus Erionota. 



Eriunota, Mab. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. vol. xxi. p. 34 (1878). 



Type, thracc, Linn. 



Antennte not hooked ; club moderate, gradually thickened, ter- 

 minal portion lieut at more than a right angle, and gradually 

 tapering to a poir.t. Palpi : second joint pressed close against 

 the face, densely scaled ; the third joint entirely concealed. Fore 

 wing : imier and outer margins subequal ; cell considerably less 

 than two-thirds length of costa : vein 12 reaching costa before 

 the end of cell ; upper angle of cell acute ; upper discocellular 

 minute, middle and lower discocellulars slightly oblique, the middle 

 one the longer ; vein .5 nearer to 4 than to 6 ; vein .'> hardly twice 

 as far from 2 as from 4 ; vein 2 almost equidistant from vein 3 and 

 base of wing. Hind wing : outer margin sinuate, slightly lobed 

 towards anal angle ; vein 7 nearly equidistant from 6 and 8 ; middle 

 discocellular erect, lower strongly outwardly oblique ; vein 5 want- 

 ing ; vein 3 just before end of cell; vein 2 more than twice as far 

 from base of wing as from end of cell. Hind tibioe fringed, but not 

 densely, and with two pairs of spurs. 



('losely allied to Gangara. 



thrax, Linn 1. 



i aci-oknca, Wood-Mason, de KiceTllle. 2. 

 ■j hiraco, Moore. 

 [ lara. .Swinhoe. 



28. Genus Gangara. 

 Gangara, Moore, Lep. (Jeyl. vol. i. p. 1G4 (1881). 



Type, ihi/rsis, Fabr. 

 Antennae and palpi as in Erionota. Fore wing : inner margin 

 longer than outer margin : cell not much more than half the 

 length of costa; vein 12 terminating before the end of cell; 

 outer end of cell oval ; upper discocellular very short, middle and 

 lower di«cocellulnrs almost erect and in the same straight line, the 



