92 Mr. R. Trimen on 



discal band scarcely darker than ground-colour, bordered 

 with whitish. Fore-iving : macular band broad and curved ; 

 outer white edging of spot at end of cell prolonged to- 

 wards inner margin ; a similar spot in cell; hind-marginal 

 lunules acute, indistinct, Hind-toing : macular discal 

 band curved and irregular ; a similar band before middle ; 

 a small, black, steely-dotted spot, inwardly edged by a 

 faint-orange lunule, between 2nd and 3rd median ner- 

 vules; a similar very minute spot at anal angle. 



$ . Grayish-hrowu ; the violaceous duller, and, in each 

 wing, only extending over median nervure and part of cell 

 and median nervules. Hind-iuing : two distinct bluish 

 lunules inwardly edging hind-marginal blackish spots 

 near anal angle. Underside, — All the markings more 

 distinct than in $ , especially the hind-marginal whitish 

 lunules. 



The •wings of this very distinct-looking Lyccena are 

 rather more elongate than usual. I know of no species 

 having close affinity with it. 



Mr. Muskett forwarded to me, in 1864, specimens of 

 this butterfly, taken near Murray sburg. In the following 

 year he also kindly sent me some examples ; and, in 1866, 

 Mr, David Arnot, of Colesberg, presented me with a $ 

 specimen captured in the Trans- Vaal territory,* 



In the Collections of the South-African Museum and 

 R. Trimen. 



Family HESPERIID.E. 



Genus Pyrgus, Hiibn. 

 Pyrgus Sandaster, (PL V, fig. 9). 



Exp. 11 liii. 



$ . Shining-blacMsh, with minute white spots ; cilia 

 hlacldsh, interrupted with ivhite. Fore-iving : five minute 

 white dots on costa, at ends of nervules ; a narrow elon- 

 gate white mark across cell, near extremity ; an irregular 

 discal row of five spots, strongly angulated inwardly, 

 extending from costa to 3rd median nervule. Hind- 

 wing : a spot in cell, near extremity ; a row of three spots 

 on disk, between discoidal and 3rd median nervules. 

 Underside, — Fore-iving : base whitish, especially on costa; 

 a square white spot on costa before middle ; a faint white 

 streak marking end of cell; some whitish scaling at 

 apex, Hind-iving : ground-colour iiTorated with whitish, 

 densely so along inner margin ; base whitish ; two sharp- 



* The late Eev. J. Fredoux also forwarded to Cape Town a ? of this 

 species, takeu at Motito, iu Bechuaua Laud. 



