1894] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 89 



nally diverging carinae; with exception of the space between these carinse 

 and the metapleurae, the metathorax is coarsely rugose; the niesopleura; 

 on lower portion with coarse, longitudinal striations; a:bdomen with the 

 last segment reddish. Length 7 mm. 



District of Columbia. Easily distinguished by the striated 

 niesopleurae. 



7. Alyson triangoliferns Prov. 



A. iriangulifer Prov., 1. c. p. 272, (^. 



$. — Black; first and second abdominal segments red; mandibles, ex- 

 cept tips, clypeus, orbits as far as middle of front, scape, first two or three 

 joints of flage'lum beneath and tubercles, yellow; legs entirely fulvous, 

 the anterior pertaining to yellowish; front finely and evenly punctured, 

 vertex likewise; first joint of flagellum, if anything, a little longer than 

 the second ; prothorax and dorsulum with • fine and close, but distinct 

 punctures, the prothorax on sides indistinctly striated; scutellum not im- 

 pressed, the suture which separates it from the dorsulum strongly foveo- 

 lated ; enclosure on metanotum almost exactly triangular, within with 

 somewhat irregular ridges, posterior face of metathorax rugose; wings 

 subhyaline, iridescent, with a fuscous cloud in the vicinity of the marginal 

 and submarginal cells; the abdomen, especially beneath, is clothed with 

 long, sparse, dark hairs. Length 7-8 mm. 



Massachusetts, Virginia, Illinois. Resembles the 9 of opposi- 

 iiis, but the shape of metanotal enclosure will distinguish it as 

 well as the color of legs. 



SOME NEW AND LITTLE-KNOWN AFRICAN HESPERIID/E. 



By W. J. Holland, Ph.D., D. D., F. Z. S., etc. 



The species described and figured in the following paper are 

 represented in my own collection by the types, or by authenti- 

 cally determined specimens. The figure of Tagiades dannatti 

 Ehrmann, recently described in the pages of the Entomological 

 News, is represented by a drawing which I have carefully made 

 from the type. I am inclined to think that this species is iden- 

 tical with T. lacteus Mab., described in the Bulletin of the Ento- 

 mological Society of France, ser. 5, vol. vii, p. xxxix. The 

 description given by Mons. Mabille tallies well with the insect 

 figured, save in one or two minor particulars. CalcBnorhhms 

 atratus Mab., C. illustris Mab., and C. interniplaga Mab., 

 which were described a couple of years ago by Mons. Mabille in 

 the "Comptes Rendus," of the Belgian Entomological Society, 

 .being there referred to the genus Pardaleodes, are known to me 



