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VI. FAM. F1ESPERIID7E. 
I. 
GENUS 
TAGIADES 
2. 
ODONTOPTILUM 
3* 
» 
CAPRONA 
4- 
» 
SUASTUS 
5- 
» 
IAMBRIX 
6. 
» 
HYAROTIS 
7- 
» 
MATAPA 
8. 
ERIONOTA 
9- 
TARACTROCERA 
IO. 
0 
AMPITTIA 
ii. 
PARNARA 
12. 
» 
BAORIS 
Id- 
» 
PADRAONA 
14- 
» 
TELICOTA 
15- 
>1 
UDASPES 
16. 
» 
HALPE 
17. 
?? 
ASTICTOPTERUS 
18. 
») 
KERANA 
19. 
>> 
NOTOCRYPTA 
20. 
HASORA 
21. 
BADAMIA 
22. 
» 
ISMENE 
This large and very distinctly characterised Family is represented by species in almost 
every part of the world, though many of the genera are restricted in their range. The Hespentdce 
or Skippers seem to form a link between butterflies and moths, and Sharp in the “ Cambridge 
Natural History, Insects Pt. II,” says that they are more nearly allied to the Heterocera or moths 
than to the Papilionidce. In the Skippers the six legs are perfect; the abdomen is straight and 
usually pointed or flattened at the tip; the antennae are thickened before the actual tips, which are 
more or less bent backwards, forming hooks. Some Hesperids are decidedly crepuscular, even 
