156 HESPERIA. 



221. HE8PERIA EVANIDUS, BUTLER. 



Pyrgus evanidits, Butler, Ann. and Mag. of Nat, Hist., ser. v, vol. v, 

 p. 223, n. 14 (1880). 



"Above extremely like P. galba, Fabricius (P. superna, Moore), but 

 distinctly greyer in colour, the ground-colour being black instead of brown ; 

 below greyer and paler, the secondaries being very faintly tinted with 

 yellowish, the central white belt broken up into three spots, of which 

 the two lower ones are contiguous, instead of forming one continuous band 

 across the wings ; other markings similar. 



Expanse of wings, 1 1 lines. 



Habitat : Sao, Hubb River, Biluchistan, November." (Butler, I. c.) 



Recorded from Karachi (Swinhoe)', Campbellpore, N.-W. India (Butler). 

 I found it not uncommon at Quetta. 



In collection Indian Museum. 



222. HESPERIA ZEBRA, BUTLER. 



Pyrgus zebra, Butler, Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist., ser. vi, vol. i, p. 207, 

 n. 104 (1888). 



Hesperia hellas, de Niceville, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc., vol. iv, 

 p. 177, n. 16, pi. B, fig. 9, </ (1889). 



" Nearest to P. sataspes of South Africa ; above black-brown ; a 

 spot in the cell, a smaller spot obliquely below it ; a subtriangular 

 spot across the end of the cell, two smaller spots obliquely below it, 

 and a dot outside, forming a triangle with the disco-cellular and second 

 spot ; three small spots placed transversely between the subcostal branches 

 halfway between the cell and apex ; a curved series of five -or six crescentic 

 dots near to outer margin, a marginal series of dots at base of fringe, 

 and a series of larger spots on the fringe white : secondaries with a sub- 

 trigonate spot at the end of the cell, a smaller oblong spot between the 

 latter and the abdominal margin on the first median interspace, four or 

 five dots near outer margin, a marginal series of spots, and the fringe 

 white ; palpi, edges of collar, and tegulae greyish. Costal border of pri- 

 maries below white ; five black marginal dashes from the middle, the 

 last dash being short and apical ; a whitish patch at base of cell, a second 

 at about centre of interno-median area, and a third at apex ; the ordinary 

 white spots larger than above ; the fringe whitish, barred with blackish : 

 secondaries greyish-brown ; the base, an abbreviated, narrow, slightly 

 zigzag, subbasal band, a broad, nearly regular band from costal to anal 

 angle, and a narrow, slightly interrupted, stripe from apex to anal fourth of 

 outer margin white ; apical three-fourths of outer border grey ; abdominal 

 border white ; fringe dull white, traversed by a greyish stripe : palpi 

 excepting the tips, basal half of antennae below, pectus, and legs white ; 

 venter white, the sides blackish with white edges to the segments, 

 Expanse : 26 millimetres, 



