HESPERID^, 297 



Genus PAMPIIILA. 



Pamphila, Fah. 

 Hesperia, Bo'isd. 



Imago. — Head as wide as thorax, with tufts at bases of 

 antennae ; palpi thick, compact, closely and densely pilose, 

 the terminal joint very short (sometimes scarcely perceptible); 

 antenncB rather short, with a distinct, rather abruptlv-fornied 

 club, ending (in many species) in a slender, acute, slightly 

 recurved tip. Thorax very robust. Fore-wings prolonged 

 and rather acuminate ; costa very slightly hollowed about its 

 middle ; anal angle sometimes rather prominent. Hind-wings 

 more or less prominently lobed at anal angle : costa very- 

 prominent at base. Legs rather long, with pubescent femora. 

 Abdomen rather slender, usually not reaching as far as anal 

 angle of hind-wings. 



1 have referred to this Genus twelve South African species, 

 four of which, however, are doubtful members of it. In 

 P. Macomo, Lepenula, and niveostr/ga, the tips of the 

 antennae are not recurved, but in all the others {P. Poutieri 

 and Havei probably only, as I have not seen these species) 

 the tijjs are more or less hooked. 



188. Pamphila Macomo. 



Cyclopides Macomo, Trimen, Tr. Ent. Soc, 3rd Ser., I, 



[p. 405. 

 Exp. 1 in. 1 lin. — 1 in. 3 lin. 



$ . Brown ; with quadrate, ochreous-yellow spots. Fore- 

 wing : base yellow-scaled ; a transverse row of three spotjj 

 from extremity of cell to submedian uervure before middle ; 

 beyond middle, a row of six spots — three near ;ipex, on 

 subcostal nervules, — three larger, between first median nervuie 

 and submedian nervure. Hind-wing: a small, disco-cellular 

 spot; beyond middle, between first subcostal nervuie and 

 submedian nervure, an irregular row of five spots, of v^hich 

 the second is much the largest, and the last indistinct. 

 Under-side. — Creamy -yellow, tiiiged with greenish; ivith 

 black dots. Fore-wing : inner-marginal porti(Mi, from base, 

 blackish, contrasting strongly with lowermost spots of outer 

 transverse row ; a minute, disco-cellular, black dot ; a little 

 behind it, four similar dots marking inner extremities of 

 upper spots of outer transverse row ; a submarginal row of 

 four blackish dots, radiating to hind-margin. Hind-wing : 



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