Mr. W. C. Hewitson on new Species of Hesperide. B45 
fascia, media, fascia subapicali fasciaque anali fuscis : posticis basi 
apiceque fuscis, fasciisque duabus pallide brunneis. 
Upperside rufous-brown, marked by thirteen transparent 
white spots, all of which, with one exception, are very minute: 
five near the middle of the costal margin, three of which are 
in the cell, where two of them are upon a spot of brown; four 
below these between the branches of the median nervure and 
the submedian, one of which is square and larger than all the 
rest, one very minute, and one linear ; and four near the apex, 
all placed upon a transverse brown band; a band of brown 
near the apex and also near the anal angle. Posterior wing 
with the base and apex dark brown, a brown spot on the 
costal margin, and two transverse bands of paler brown. 
Underside as above, except that it is without the brown at 
the middle of the anterior wing, as well as that at the base of 
the posterior wing. 
Exp. 1,3; inch. 
Hab. Brazil. 
This and the last described are most nearly represented by 
P. éruncata. 
Hesperia Netopha. 
Alis fuscis: anticis maculis quinque hyalinis maculaque opaca alba: 
posticis macula media bipartita alba. Infra anticis radiis api- 
calibus flavis: posticis flavis maculis margineque posteriore nigris. 
Upperside dark brown. Anterior wing with six white 
spots, five of which are transparent : two in the cell; four in 
a longitudinal central band, the first near the inner margin, 
opaque, the last towards the apex, very minute. Posterior 
wing with a trifid pale yellow central spot. 
Underside. Anterior wing as above, except that the outer 
margin is ochreous and that there are rays of yellow at the 
apex. Posterior wing yellow, marked by several black spots: 
two at the base, two before the middle, followed by a trans- 
verse curved band of six; the outer margin and some of the 
nervures where they touch it dark brown; the fringe yellow. 
Exp. 1,4 inch. 
Hab. West Africa. 
Hesperia Nyasse. 
Alis fuscis : anticis maculis quatuor hyalinis maculaque opaca alba: 
posticis macula media bipartita flava. Infra anticis apice cine- 
raceo, fusco striato: posticis cineraceis, maculis nigris notatis. 
Upperside dark brown. Anterior wing with five white © 
spots: one in the cell bifid, four in a central longitudinal 
band, the first near the inner margin opaque, the last towards 
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