BY E. MEYRICK, B.A., F.E.S. 829 



HESPERIADAE. 



Telesto, Boisd. 



Tel. crypsargyrci^ n. sp. 



(J 5. 26-29 mm. Head black, spotted with pale yellow. Palpi 



pale yellow, apex black. Antennae black, beneath spotted with 



pale yellow. Thorax with mixed black and pale yellow hairs. 



Abdomen black, segmental margins pale yellow. Forewings 



with costa nearly straight, hindmargin rounded, slightly oblique ; 



dark fuscous ; some yellowish hairs towards base ; spots light 



ochreous-yellowish, thinly scaled ; one m middle of disc, moderate, 



irregular ; three very small, subconfluent, in transverse row 



beneath costa at | ; one small, subquadrate, between veins 3 and 



4 at base, beneath which is in (J a minute dot, in ^ a rather 



larger adjacent similar spot ; in ,J a straight dull blackish streak 



from disc beyond middle to f of inner margin ; in 9 a very small 



yellow spot near inner margin before middle, and a larger one at 



f : cilia dark fuscous, terminal half sometimes obscurely spotted 



with pale yellowish. Hindwings with hindmargin rounded ; 



blackish-fuscous ; a moderate transverse fascia-like orange-yellow 



blotch in middle of disc, narrowed and less defined beneath, not 



nearly reaching costa or inner margin ; cilia blackish, unevenly 



barred with yellow. Forewings beneath dark fuscous ; spots as 



above, with a yellowish suffusion beneath costa on basal half, a 



small yellow spot on costa at 5, a yellow bar before hindmargin 



from costa to vein 4, and an interrupted yellow hindmarginal line. 



Hindwings beneath dark fuscous, more or less ferruginous-tinged ; 



veins partially lined with yellowish ; an oblique pale yellowish 



blotch from costa near base ; ten snow-white spots ; first small, 



beneath middle of costa ; second longitudinal-lineai-, in disc 



before middle ; third irregular wedge-shaped, beneath disc before 



middle 3 fourth moderately large, trapezoidal, in middle of disc; 

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