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184. Cyclopides Lepeletierii. 



Hesperia Lepeletierii, Godt., Enc. Meth., IX, p. 777. 

 Nisoniades Lepeletierii, Doubl., Westw., Hewits , Gen. D. 



[Lep. 

 Exp. 1 in. 2 lin. 1 in. 4 lin. 



Shining dark-brown, with a greyish tinge ; spotless, 

 unicolorous. Cilia grey on outer edge. UNDER-SIDE. 

 Hind-wing and costal and apical border of fore-wing reddish- 

 brown ; a thin white bounding line just before cilia. 

 Hind-wing : two longitudinal white streaks from base to 

 hind-margin one passing through cell and along discoidal 

 nervule, the other (more suffused) along fold between third 

 median nervule and submedian nervule ; inner-marginal region 

 below the latter streak fuscous-brown ; space between the 

 two streaks usually more or less irrorated with white. 



" Common in grassy spots." J. H. Bowker, in litt. 

 "Abundant in British Kaffraria." W. D'Urban, in litt. 



Swellendam, Breede River (L. Taats). King William's 

 Town (W. D'Urban). Coll. Tri.* 



Bashee River, Kaffraria (J. H. Bowker). Coll. S. A. Mus. 

 " Windvogelberg, Queen's Town." D'Urban. in litt. 



185. Cyclopides inornatus. 6~ //. 



Cyclopides inornatus, mihi. N. Sp. 

 Exp. 1 in. 1 in. 1 lin. 



Dull-fuscous, unicolorous. Fore-wing : beyond middle, 

 from costa, an oblique row of three indistinct, pale dots. 

 Cilia dull-grey. UNDER-SIDE. Costa and apical region of 

 fore-wing and whole of hind-wing reddish-brown ; a pale, 

 disco-cellular dot, succeeded by a transverse row of similar 

 more or less indistinct dots, in both wings, that of hind-wing 

 strongly curved and commencing between costal and subcostal 

 nervures. Cilia paler. 



Three specimens of this dull-coloured little species, which resembles in 

 size and colouring Pamphila lugens of Hopffer, were in Mr. Bowker's 

 collection. 



Bashee River, Kaffraria (J. H. Bowker). Coll. Tri. et 

 Coll. S. A. Mus. 



* I have since taken a few specimens of this insect at Vogel Vley, in the 

 month of October. It settles on stony ground and is easily captured. 



