392 Mr. Butler on a collection of 



primaries witli the costal border at base sulphur-yellow ; basal 

 two-thirds of discoidal area bright orange ; secondaries with 

 yellow costal margin, becoming bright orange towards the base ; 

 body -white. Expanse o£ wings 2 inches 5 lines. 

 Allied to B. tliysa. 



Tcvdcolus nmnthe, Boisd. 

 Quite like African examples. 



Proteides raiiianateh, Boisd. 



This barbarously named species has been referred erroneously 

 to the genus Ismene {Hesperia, Fabr.), it, however, agrees both 

 in structure and general pattern with Proteides. 



Tagiades ophion, Boisd, 

 This lielongs to the African group of the genus. 



Hesperia margarita, n. sp. 



Allied to H. forestan, with which it has been confounded, but 

 readily distinguishable by the emerald green patch at the base 

 of the pi'imaries, and the coloration of the secondaries, in which 

 the whole of the ochraceous area, excepting the anal border 

 and fringe (Avhich, however, are rather orange than ochreous) 

 replaced by white, tinted with green. Expanse of wings 2 

 inches 3 lines. 



Hesperia pansa, Jlewits (== ernesti, Grand.). 



This is a beautiful species, allied, though not very closely, to 

 the preceding. 



Hetkrocera. 



Macroglossfi mihvs, Boisd. 



Either the figure of this species is incorrect or the examples 

 which I have seen are referable to a distinct species ; Dr. Bois- 

 duval represents his species as having the secondaries orange, 

 with a broad ferruginous border and four of the abdominal 

 segments orange at the sides ; the common Macroglossa of 

 Madagascar has the outer Inirder of secondaries dark brown, 



