yir. W. (j. Ilcwitson on new Species q/" IlespcridaB. 79 



Uesperia Meza. 



Alis iitrinquc fuscis : anticis punctis novcm hyalinis: posticis puncto 

 hyalino punctisquc diiobus ochruccis : his infra fasciis duabua cinc- 

 raceis. 



Uppcrsidc (lark brown. Anterior wing witli nine trans- 

 parent spots — two in the cell, four in a central lon;:ritudinal 

 band, and three (touching) near the apex. Posterior wing 

 with a transparent spot before the middle and two ochreous spots 

 below it. 



Underside as above, except that the anterior wing has a 

 spot of grey near tlie inner margin and one at tlie apex, utuI 

 that tlic posterior wing has a ])ale yellow line bounding the 

 abdominal fold, and is crossed at the middle and near the 

 outer margin by bands of grey. 



Exp. l-,'o inch. 



Ilah. Angola {Rogers). 



In the collection of W. C. Ilewitson. 



Hesperia Galesa. 



Alis utrinque fuscis : anticis punctis octo hyalinis : posticis punctis 

 quatuor, quorum duo solum sunt hyalina. 



Both sides dark broivn. Anterior wing with eight trans- 

 parent white spots — two in the cell, fom- in a longitudinal 

 band, and two near the apex. Posterior wing witli a trans- 

 verse series of three or four spots, two of which only are 

 distinct and transparent. Anus white. 



Exp. \>, inch. 



Uah. West Africa. 



In the collection of W. C. Hewitson. 



A very robust species and much like the last, probably its 

 male. 



Ilesperia Fihrena. 



Alis utrinque fuscis : anticis punctis undecim hyahnis : posticis 

 angulo anali albo : his infra albis, maculis fasciaque rufo-fuscis. 



Uppcrsidc dark brown. Anterior wing with eleven trans- 

 parent spots — one on tlie costal margin and two in the cell, 

 one below these in the form of an 1, three between this and 

 the apex, one above these, and three as usual near the apex. 

 Posterior wing with a tuft of rufous hair at the base : the anal 

 angle broadly Avhite, divided by a band of brown. 



Underside. Anterior wing as above, but paler. Posterior 

 wing white, with the costal margin, two spots below it near 



