HESPERID^. HESPERIA. 



HESPERIA TIACELLIA. 27. 



Upperside. Dark rufous-brown. 



Underside, grey-brown. Anterior wing dark brown at the base, with a lilac 

 spot below the middle. Posterior wing with the base and the inner inargin blue- 

 brown ; the apex (which is broad) and the outer margin (which is narrow) lirown : 

 the costal margin orange -. the centre of the wing green-white. 



Exp. 2-/0 inch. Hab. Aru. (Wallace.) 



In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 



HESPERIA LAUFELLA, 28, 29, 30. 



Upperside. Male, lUac-blue, dark brown towards the base. 



Underside, grey-white, with a rufous tint. Anterior wing with the basal half 

 (except the inner margin, which is rufous) dark brown, glossed with lilac. Posterior 

 wing with the cell and the inner margin from the median nervure of a pearly tint, 

 traversed by a longitudinal band of blue. 



Female, brown, the nervures dark brown. Anterior wing crossed at the middle 

 by a broad band of glistening green. Posterior wing with an indistinct band of the 

 same coloui-. Underside as in the male, except that there is less of the pearly tint of 

 the posterior wing. 



Exp. * 2t^ ? 2t% inch. Hab. Old Calabar. 



In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 



The specimens here figured are in bad condition, and faded in colour. 



