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Morrison; swept from Ceanothus) , itf, [U. S. N. M.]. Keen Camp, 

 San Jacinto Mountains, June 6 to 12, 1917, (E. P. Van Duzee), I juv. cf , 

 [Cal. Acad. Sci.]. Palm Springs, May 21, 1917, (E. P. Van Duzee), 2 juv. 

 9 , [Cal. Acad. Sci., and Hebard Cln.]. 



Descriptions of New Species of Hesperidae 



(Lepidoptera). 



By HENRY SKINNER, Philadelphia, Pa. 



The types of the following species are in the collection of 

 The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 



Pyrrhopyge viriditas n. sp. 



Head, collar and palpi red. Thorax blue above, black below. Abdo- 

 men and legs black. Anal tuft orange. Wings dark green above and 

 below. Fringes yellow; very narrow on the primaries and a little more 

 than 1.5 mm. wide on the secondaries. Expanse (one wing) 27 mm. 



One specimen from San Pedro, Sula, Honduras. This 

 species belongs to the group containing telassa and hadassa 

 Hew. 



Mimoniades aemulus n. sp. 



Head, palpi, thorax and abdomen black. Patagia slightly tipped with 

 orange. Primaries marked as in pityusa Hew. except that the two vit- 

 reous spots in the centre of the wing are differently shaped, the upper spot 

 being elongate and the lower one has an indentation on the outer side. 

 Inferiors as in pityusa. Underside as in pityusa except that the primaries 

 have no markings other than the vitrous spots, and on the secondaries 

 the narrow submarginal line is wanting. Expanse of one wing 31 mm. 



One male specimen from Ambato, Ecuador. This species 

 differs from its allies in the black body and abdomen and 

 also in the character of the central vitreous spots. 



Mimoniades amans n. sp. 



Head, palpi, thorax, abdomen and legs mostly black with a few whitish 

 hairs interspersed here and there on the underside. A broad orange, 

 vitreous band extending from the costa to the submedian nervure, which 

 is 6 mm. in width; the remainder of the wing is immaculate and black. 

 The secondaries are black with blue scales extending parallel to the margin 

 and 4 mm. from it, and also a faint line of these blue scales running the 

 same distance from the interior margin. In the medial part of the wing 



