498 Mr. A. G. Butler's Descriptions 



band, chrome-yellow ; hind-wings chrome-yellow, with 

 external and internal margins brown; body yellow, ^vith 

 black dorsal stripe. Wings below, as above ; body yellow. 



Expanse of wings, 1 inch, 11 lines. 



Eah.— ?. Coll. Kaden in Coll. Druce. 



Genus Hesperia, Fabricius. 

 1. Hesperia Onara, n. sp. 



Front-wings above, olive-brown, paler at the base, a 

 hyaline spot at end of the cell, and two placed obliquely 

 between median branches ; hind-wings bi'ight chrome- 

 yellow, the base clothed ^vitll a pale brown pile, apical 

 and costal areas broadly black-brown. Front- wings below, 

 with a yellow nebulous patch at centre of costa, other- 

 wise as above ; hind-wings yellow, whitish towards costa, 

 with base and apex broadly dark brown. Body brown 

 above, below with yellowish abdomen. 



Expanse of wings, 1 inch, 9^ lines. 



^a6.— East Indies (?) . Coll. Kaden in Coll. Druco. 



2. Hesperia Hurama, n. sp. 



Wings above, pitchy brown; front- wings pale brown at 

 base ; hind-wings with pale brown internal area ; body 

 pale brown. Front- wings below, brown, the central area 

 darker, and bounded near the outer margin by a straight 

 pale line, apical and costal areas shot Avith purple ; 

 hind-wings dark brown, shot with purple, the anal angle 

 black, a broad white belt from costa to anal angle ; body 

 gray brown ; the palpi with whitish lateral stripe ; the 

 abdomen with three or four pale rings. 



Expanse of wings, 2 inches, 1 line. 



Ilah. — Cape York ; Coll. Druce. Champion Bay and 

 Aru Islands ; B. M. 



The most beautiful species of the Alexis group, more 

 nearly allied to II. discolor than to any other described 

 form. 



3. Ilcspei'ia vitta, n. sp. 



Wings above, as in the preceding species, but paler. 

 Front- wings below, olive-brown, with a whitish blue spot at 



