Mr. W. C. Hewitson on new Species o/* Hesperidae. 451 



punctis duobus sub apicem albis : posticis infra punctis quinque 

 albis. 



Upperside dark Lrowii. Antenna.' rinf,'ed with yellow near 

 the point. Anterior wing crossed at the mitldle by a pale 

 yellow, tritid, transparent band ; two minute white spots near 

 the aj)ex. 



Underside as above, except that there is a bifid pale spot at 

 the middle of the costal margin of the anteriorwing, and a third 

 spot near the apex, and that the posterior wing is marked by 

 five minute white spots — two before the middle, and three after 

 triangularly placed. 



Exp. 2^\-; inches. 



Hah. Angola {Borers). Most nearly allied to //. Thrax. 



Hesperia Syhirita. 



Alis supra rufo-fuscis : anticis maculis sex hyalinis : anticis infra 

 macula subapicali lilacina : posticis ad basin lilacinis, maculis atris 

 notatis. 



Upperside dark brown. Anterior wing with three separate 

 central large spots and three at the apex transparent ; the 

 fringe narrow, rufous. 



Underside rufous-brown. Anterior wing as above, except 

 that there is a large subapical lilac spot. Posterior wing tinted 

 with lilac near the base, and marked by two dark brown 

 spots, followed at the middle by a transverse series of brown 

 spots. 



Exp. 2-f^ inches. 



Hah. Singapore (TFa/^rtce). 



Like H. Thrax on the upperside. 



Hesperia Dacela. 



Alis utrinque fuscis : anticis punctis sex hyalinis, uno in cellnla bi- 

 partite : alis anticis infra macula subapicali lilacina : posticis 

 margine postico sub apicem lilacino. 



Upperside dark brown. Anterior wing with three sepa- 

 rate spots in the middle (one in the cell bifid) and three 

 at the apex all transparent : a linear mark indicating the 

 male. 



Underside as above, except that the anterior wing has the 

 inner margin rufous and a subapical lilac spot, and that the 

 posterior wing is lilac on the outer margin near the apex. 



Exp. 1 [",7 inch. 



Hah. Fernando Po {Rogers). 



