308 RHOPALOCERA AFRICA AUSTRALIS. 



colouring and marking, L. btcolor seen.s l.o be very similar to Hesperta 

 Lepenula, Wallgr., but the latter wants the central fascia and basal spot 

 of forewing, and its desrriber mentions no black bordering except that of 

 hind-margin, and notes, beside other differences, that the legs of Lepenula 

 are yellow as well as the cilia, both of which are black in Bicolor. 



A single specimen of this handsome and conspicuous " Skipper " was in 

 the collection of Lepidoptera sent to the South African Museum by Mr. 

 Bowker. It was taken in January, on the edge of a forest. 



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

 Mus. 



Genus CAPRONA. 



Caprona, Wallgr. 



IMAGO. Antenncz short, with an abrupt, thick, cylindrical, 

 obtuse, strongly re-curved club ; palpi thick, moderately 

 long, densely pilose, the last joint very short, blunt and 

 naked. Thorax thick, as long as abdomen (in $ rather 

 longer). Fore-wings somewhat elbowed on first median 

 nervule, the hind-margin being slightly concave below third 

 median, so that anal angle is well marked : costa nearly 

 straight, but little curved at base ; apex acute ; inner-margin 

 concave. Hind-wings angulated between first and second 

 sub-costal, and more prominently between first tnd second 

 median, nervules ; anal angle prominently lobed ; discoidai 

 nervule wanting, Discoidai cells of both wings closed. 

 Hind femora, and fore coxas with long hairs. Abdomen not 

 so long as hind-wings ; thick and blunt in $ . 



Like Leucochitonea, this Genus of Wallengren's creation 

 is founded on a single species, to which I am able to add the 

 allied, but very distinct, C. Canopus, mihi. The ground- 

 colour of Canopus is white, while that of Pillaana is 

 brownish-grey ; both insects being marked with transparent 

 spots. The angulated hind-wings at once distinguish the 

 Caproni from all known South African Hesperidce. 



202. Caprona Pillaana. 



Caprona Pillaana, Wallgr., Lep. Rhop. Caffr., p. 51. 



Exp. 1 in. 6 lin. 



$. Brownish -grey, with lighter hind-margins: some 

 vitreous markings in fore-wing. Fore-wing : darker in basal 

 region ; a central vitreous fascia, from costa (commencing 

 with a sub-vitreous spot) to sub-median nervure, thinly 

 black-edged on both sides, very irregular in shape, broadest 

 and clearest just beneath median nervure, and interrupted 

 on third median nervure, below which is only a small 



