4 HESPERID^. 



Family HESPERID^. 



Genus HESPERIA. 



Hesperia cephala. 

 Hesperia cephala, Hewitson, Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 1876, p. 152. 



Upperside dark brown, the fringe brown and white alternately ; anterior wing with 

 three transparent white spots and an opaque spot near the inner margin — one at the middle 

 bifid, one at the apex trifid, and one below it ; posterior wing with two transparent spots 

 near the middle. 



Underside : anterior wing as above, except that the costal margin from the base to the 

 transparent spot, and the outer margin from the apex to the middle, are yellow ; posterior 

 wing yellow, with a black spot near the base, a third white spot adjoining the transparent 

 white spots, which are bordered below with rufous-brown, the outer margin rufous-brown. 



Expanse 1-2^ inch. 



Hab. Darjiling. In coll. W. C. Hewitson. 



Hesperia cerata. 

 Hesperia cerata, Hewitson, Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 1876, p. 152. 



Upperside dark brown : anterior wing with four transparent white spots ; one in the 

 cell sinuated on both sides, two below this between the branches of the median nervure, and 

 one near the apex bifid: posterior wing with a central series of four or five indistinct 

 white spots. 



Underside as above, except that both wings have a submarginal series of pale spots, that 

 the posterior wing has a white spot near the base, and a transverse central series of six 

 distinct white spots. 



Expanse l-nj inch. 



Hab. Darjiling. In coll. W. C. Hewitson. 



Genus PTERYGOSPIDEA. 



Pterygospidea badia. 

 Pterygospidea badia, Hewitson, Annals & Mag. of Natural History, 1877, xx. p. 322. 



Upperside dark brown : anterior wing with a central narrow band and four white spots 

 near the apex (one of which is very minute and considerably below the rest) transparent 

 white : posterior wing with the fringe yellow. 



Underside as above, except that the posterior wing has a central yellow spot. Antennae 

 with a white ring near the point. 



Expanse 2^^ inches. 



Hab. Darjiling. In coll. W. C. Hewitson. 



