of new Hesperide. , . 487 
spots ; one at the base, minute ; the spot nearest the costal margin 
sometimes absent, and that nearest the apex sometimes very 
minute. 
Exp. 159—23%, inches. 
Hab. Rio Janeiro. 
In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 
Also near to H. Epitus of Cramer, but differs from it in the 
number and position of the silver spots. 
8. Hesperia Anchora. 
Alis fuscis; anticis maculis quatuor vitreis, tribus in triangu- 
lum dispositis ; posticis infra maculis duabus argenteis. 
Upperside dark brown; the bases of both wings ochreous. 
Anterior wing with four transparent spots in the form of a tri- 
angle; the middle spot within the said triangle. Posterior wing 
with one minute opaque yellow spot. 
Underside rufous-brown. Posterior wing with two central 
silver spots, one large and triangular, the other small. * 
Exp. 1,8, inch. 
Hab. Para. 
In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 
Also near to H. Epitus, from which it differs in the position 
of the silver spots. It is from the Collection of Mr. Bates. 
4, Hesperia argentea. 
Alis fuscis ; anticis maculis septem vitreis, quatuor in medio 
dispositis ; posticis infra fasciis duabus latis argenteis. 
Upperside rufous-brown. Anterior wing with seven trans- 
parent pale-yellow spots, four near the centre but placed widely 
apart, three together minute before the apex. Posterior wing 
with one opaque yellow spot. 
Underside rufous-brown. Anterior wing with the vitreous 
spots as above; the spot nearest the costal margin touches a spot 
of yellow on the margin; the spot nearest the apex is covered 
by a band of lilac; the spot near the inner margin is obscured 
by a white spot. ‘Posterior wing crossed obliquely by two broad 
silver bands connected in the middle, the outer margin touching 
the lower band, pale rufous. 
Exp. 1-9, inch. 
Hab. Guatemala. 
In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 
Allied to H. Epitus, from which it scarcely differs on the 
upperside. Below it differs remarkably from it and the species 
