45-4 ]Mr. W. C. Hewitson on new Species o/'HespericIae. 



Uesperia Sicania. 



Alia supra rufo-fuscis : anticis macula centrali tripartita punctoque 



sub apicem minuto hyaliuis, apicc albo : posticis puncto hyalino : 



alis infra rufis. 



Upperside dark brown. Anterior wing with a large central 

 trifid spot and a minute spot towards the apex transparent : 

 the apex white. Posterior wing with one nearly central trans- 

 parent spot. 



Underside as above, except that the costal margin and apex 

 of the anterior wing are rufous, and the posterior wing rufous 

 paler at the base. 



Exp. ly^ inch. 



Hah. Brazil. 



Uesperia Cydia. 



Alis utriuque fuscis : anticis punctis scptem hyalinis : posticis infra 



rufo-fuscis, fascia centrali maciilaque lineari sub angulum analem 



albis. 



Upperside dark brown. Anterior wing with seven trans- 

 parent spots — one in the cell bifid, three below it placed lon- 

 gitudinallj, and three near the apex. 



Underside as above, except that it is rufous brown, that 

 there is an ochreous spot on the middle of the costal margin 

 of the anterior wing, and that the posterior wing is crossed at 

 the middle, from the costal margin to near the anal angle, by 

 a band of white, and has an oblong spot of the same colour at 

 the anal angle. 



Exp. \h^ inch. 



Hah. Brazil. 



Nearly allied to H. Fusina, but not, I think, a variety of 

 that variable species. 



Hesperia Corduha. 

 Alis utrinque fuscis : anticis punctis octo minutis hyalinis. 



Upperside dark brown. Anterior wing with eight small 

 transparent spots — one in the cell bifid, four in a longitudinal 

 band, and three near the apex. 



Underside as above, except that the inner margin of the 

 anterior wing is rufous. 



Exp. Iyt) inch. 



Hah. Gaboon {Rogers). 



Hesperia Dimassa. 

 Alis utrinque fuscis : posticis infra punctis quatuor niveis. 

 Upperside dark brown. 

 Underside as above, except that there are two very indistinct 



