Bu(terjlie8 from Borneo and Africa, 501 



Hesperiidae. 

 Pedestes hononoide.ty sp. n. 



(S . Uppersido uniform dull brown, shading to bronze- 

 brown towards base of fore wing, which bears a discal series 

 of eight semihyaliiie yoUowish-white spots, varying in size, 

 the largest bein<,^ in cell 2, the two spots placed towards the 

 end of the discoidal cell being about equal to the two sub- 

 apical spots : cilia of both wings inclining to ochreous. 

 llind wing without markings. Underside dull reddish brown, 

 fore wing with the spots as above and the dorsum rather 

 broadly greyish brown. Hind wing with several basal and 

 a discal semicircular row of very indistinct spots darker than 

 the ground-colour. Antennw black; club ochreous below, 

 with a black tip. Palpi ochreous, sprinkled with dark brown 

 hairs. Abdomen brown above, pale ochreous below. 



? . Similar to male, but larger, and in the specimens 

 before me the semicircular row of spots on the hind wings 

 below is more clearly defined. 



Expanse, (^ o3, ? 35 mm. 



IJab. jMatang Koad, Sarawak, British N. Borneo [Moidton] ; 

 taken in March and Jul}'. Types Mus. Druce. 



Arrangement of spots on fore wing much as in Isma idi/alis^ 

 de Nic^v. J. A. S. B. vol. Ixvi. p. 572, pi. iv. fig. 26 (1897), 

 but the upper spot in the cell is placed beyond the lower, 

 and there are no spots on the hind wings. There are no 

 secondary sexual characters. 



Scohura matanga, sp. n. 



(J . Allied to /S. inarime, de Nicdv.*, with the serai- 

 transparent spots clear yellow instead of white, the spot on 

 the fore wing between veins 2 and 3 being much more elon- 

 gate and without the dots in the cell of the hind wing above 

 and in cell 7 of the hind wing below. On the underside the 

 hind wing, instead of being golden yellow, is a dark russet- 

 brown, which colour is also spread over the costa and termen 

 of the fore wing:. Abdomen brown, the base of each segment 

 paler below. Palpi ochreous, interspersed with brown hairs. 

 Antennae black above, yellow-spotted below ; underside of 

 club ochreous, excepting the tip, which is black. Fore legs 

 brown, distinctly ochreous below, with brown hairs. Cilia on 

 both surfaces brown, slightly ochreous towards anal angle of 

 hind wing above. 



Expanse 37 mm. 



• Inma inariine, de Nicev. J. B. N. H. S. 1891, p, 391, pi. G, %. 38. d". 



