HESPERINAE 
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CHAETOCNEME 
Key to the Geuera of HE^PERIlSfAE. 
i Vein 5 of hiudwiug- fully developed. 
‘fl. Forewifig of male with a costal fold. Chaetocneme, 
[t. Forewing of male wilbout a costal fold. 
fl'. Of large size. Phoenicops. 
Of small size. Exometoeca. 
B. Vein 5 of liindwiug only feebly developed. 
s. Apex of forewing truncate . _ Netrocoryne. 
&. Apex of forewing rounded. Tagiades. 
Genus CHAETOCNEME Felder. 
Sitznngsberichto Akudeniie Wissoiischafteu Wien 1800, p. 400. 
Antennae more than half the length of costa: club long gradual and slender (Fig. AS 1, 2). Hind 
iii)iae fringed (Pig. AS 7). Forewing* with costa nearly straight, apex subacute and terinen slightly 
tflflvex; cell about twothirds the length of costa: vein 12 reaching costa before end of cell: vein 5 
cijuidslaut between vein 6 and vein 4 or slightly nearer to vein 6 than to vein 4: male Avith a costal 
ioM. Hindwing with termen rounded: vein 5 tubular, but not so well developed as vein 4 or vein (i. 
Ti'PE. Glmtocnenie corms Felder, from Amboina. 
We bare reverted to the older name Chaetocneme for this genus, as according to the international 
EnlfS of Xomenclature it is not preoccupied by Chaetocnema Stephen. Kirby^s action in i)roposing 
lie name to replace Chaetocneme Avas therefore uiiAvarranted. The genus consists of three 
Papuan species each divided into a number of geographical races. The type corvus has brown eyes 
and cn/omedm has red eyes: the apicidi of the antennae of critomedia are longer and more slender 
liian tliose of corfus. In callixenus and its allies the costal fold is much smaller. 
324. Chaetocneme critomedia Guerin. (NeAV Guinea), 
324a. C. critomedia sphinterifera Fruhstorfer. Fig. 575. 
Iris 1910, p, 103. 
c’. Abo\’E. Torewing red-broAvn: a broad band from costa at half to vein 2, and thence diminishing 
to vein la just before tornus, dull orange, semiliyalino: an obscure si^ot in end of cell, dull orange: 
traces of au obscure diseal spot in area 3, and another in area la, dull orange: cilia broAvn: costa 
dill a large fold. Hiudwing red-brown: a broad terminal i^ateh from area 5 to tornus, dull orange; 
au obscure spot iu end of cell, dull orange: cilia broAvn and along terminal pateb, dull orange. 
Bexutii. ForeAA'ing brown: a broad band as above, pale orange. HindAving broAvn: terminal 
patcli as above. 
3. ho\E. Forewing broAvn; a broad band from costa at half to A'ein 2, and thence diminishing to 
vein la just before tornus, jJule orange, semiliyalino; cilia broAvn. HindAving brown: a broad terminal 
[ateh from ai'ea 5 to tornus, dull orange; an obscure spot in end of cell, dull orange: cilia brown 
and along terminal patch, dull orange. 
Bexeatii. Forewing as aboA'e. Hiudwiug as aboA*e: spot in end of cell absent, 
k Cape York I 2 3 4 7 11. Claudie R. 1. 5 5 - 
This race very closely resembles caristiis from the Aru Is. Ty 2 iical critomedia has the orange band 
oi' forewing stopping short at vein 2. 
325. Chaetocneme porphyropis Meyriek & Lower. Fig. (5^ 
Transactions Royal Society South Australia 1902, p. 43. 
c. Abom. Forewing purple-black: base suffused steely blue: a broad band from costa at half to 
termen just above tornus, golden, and semihyaline from subcostal to just before A’ein 2: cilia i^uri^le- 
Waek: costa with a very narroAv fold. IlindAving pur]:)le black suffused steely blue: apex golden 
orange: cilia purjjle-black, at apex golden. 
Bexeatii. ForeAxlng broAAm-black slightly suffused steely blue: band as aboA’e. HindAving as above. 
5* Above as in male: band of forewdng slightly broader: costal fold absent. 
Bexeath as in male. 
Kuranda 9 10 11. Johnstone R. (type) 2. 11 iQ, 
fhs species is allied to (7. callixenus HeAvitson, and to C. kallima SAvinhoe and may possibly be a 
''’■itjspeeies of the former. 
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