HESPERIDiE. 375 



The species was discovered by JDr. Kersten (on Van Der Decken's East- 

 African Expedition) at Lake Jip6, and in 1876 was renamed 'Taranis by 

 Ilewitson from Zanzibar specimens. I have included it in tlie South- African 

 list on the strength of a coloured drawing of a Delagoa Bay butterfly forwarded 

 to nie in 18S4 by Mr. 11. Grose Smith, wliich appeared to represent the 9 

 Anchiscs. The drawing differed from Gerstaecker's figures in the following 

 particulars, viz., the hind-wings on tlie upper side duller and paler, and on the 

 under side having the upper ochre-yellow spot smaller and on the hind-marginal 

 edge (instead of some little way before it), and the lower spot more elongate 

 and along hind-marginal edge (instead of only touching the edge just at anal 

 angle) ; the cilia on anal-angular lobe white insteail of yellow ; the under side 

 of the abdomen less regularly and distinctly banded with black and white. 



Localities of Hcsperia Anchises. 



I. South Africa. 



H. Delagoa Bay. — " Lourenjo Marques (Mrs. Moniciro)." — IL G. 

 Smith. 



II. Other African Regions. 

 A. South Tropical. 



b. Eastern Coast. — " Zanzibar." — Hewitson. 



hi. Eastern Interior. — "Lake Jipe (A'ers^ew)." — Gerstaecker. "Vic- 

 toria i^yanza." — Butler. 



IV. Asia. — Arabia: ^^ Aden (Yerburi/)." — Butler. 



378. (5.) Hesperia unicolor, (Mabille). 



Ismene unicolor, Mab., Ann. Soc. Ent. de France, Ser. 5, vii. p. xxxix. 

 n. 47 (1877); and Bull. Soc. Zool. de France, 1877, p. 230. 



Exjx al., ($) I in. 9 liu. ; ($) i in. 10 lin. 



$ DarJc-hrown, without marldngs, tut ivith a sliglit violaceous gloss; 

 bases {especially towards inner margin in fore-wing^ icith a hronzy tinge ; 

 a coating of bronzy-yellowish hairs (thickest towards inner margin) 

 over basi-median and lower discal area of hind- wing, but leaving free 

 a broad costal, apical, and hind-marginal border ; cilia dull-whitish in 

 fore-wing, white in hind-wing, Uxder side. — Much 2}cder, the viola- 

 ceous gloss much stronger. Fore-iving : inner margin with a still paler 

 ill-defined border. Cilia as on upper side. 



Head and hodg above brown, clothed with bronzy hair (intermixed, 

 on head and front of thorax with grey and shining green hairs) ; an 

 ochre-yellow streak inwardly edging each eye ; jjalpi clothed with 

 mixed pale ochre-yellow and black hairs, and with a black exterior 

 streak beneath ; antennoi black with the i\]) dark-red. Thorax beneath 

 grey, but with a pale ochre-yellow median space in front. Legs brown, 

 with some yellowish scales and hair. Abdomen beneath with a median 

 dull pale-yellowish stripe and indistinct segmental half-wings. 



$ Like t 



This sombre-tinted Hesperid seems to differ from H. Liheon, 

 (Druce),! a native of Angola, solely in wanting the " indistinct small 



^ Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1S75, p. 416. 



