1878.] MR. F. MOORE ON NEW HESPERID^E. 68i) 



series of seven spots, the four upper and the seventh smallest, the 

 upper three heing contiguous and obliquely before the apex, the 

 sixth below end of the cell and the largest. Underside greyer- 

 brown in the female : fore wing marked as in male, except that the 

 lowest spot is more diffused : hind wing without spots. 



Expanse, tf 1^, tf If inch. 



Hab. Calcutta (Farr) ; Cherra Punji {Atkinson). In coll. F. 

 Moore and Dr. Stauclinger. 



Hesperia toona, n. sp. 



Allied to H. eltola, Hewits. Exot. Butt. Hesp. pi. 4. f. 40. 

 _ Male. Differs in the fore wings being slightly more elongate, the 

 hind wing more convex exteriorly, and the anal angle less lobed ; 

 markings above similar, those on the fore wing narrower, the spot 

 between the. median branches elongated and extending to their basal 

 angle ; those on the hind wing very small, the outer spot crossed by 

 a vein. Underside browuish-ochreous ; base of fore wing slightly 

 dusky-ochreous ; markings as above. 



Expanse 1 T ^ inch. 



Hab. N.E. Bengal {A. Grote). ^tn coll. F. Moore. 



Hesperia stjbgrisea, n. sp. (Plate XLV. fig. 5.) 



Allied to H. gremius, Fabr. (Butler, Catal. Fabr. Lep. B. M. 

 p. 271, pi. 3. f. 7). 



Male. Differs above in having the three oblique discal spots 

 smaller, the lowest appearing only as a few greenish-grey scales, the 

 upper subapical series of two and a single spot at upper end of the 

 cell very minute. Underside less grey in colour, the fore wing 

 marked as above ; hind wing with an indistinct black cell-spot and 

 a discal series of spots. 



Expanse 1-| inch. 



Hab. Ceylon. In coll. F. M. Mackwood and F. Moore. 



PlTHAURIA, U. g. 



Fore wing elongated, narrow ; apex pointed ; exterior margin very 

 oblique ; hind margin short ; hind wing convex externally, lobular at 

 anal angle. Head and thorax very broad, robust ; abdomen not so 

 long as hind wing. Antennae with a slender club and very long 

 whip-like tip. Venation similar to Pamphila. 



Pithauria murdava. (Plate XLV. fig. 13.) 



Hesperia murdava, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 784. 



Hab. Darjiling. 



Halpe, n. g. 



Allied to Pamphila (P. sylvanus) . Antennae with a more slender 

 club and longer hook at tip. Fore wing shorter ; exterior margin 

 more convex; the discal oblique series of raised scales in male 

 shorter and broader. Head and thorax smaller ; abdomen slender. 

 Veins similar, the lower median branch being nearer end of the cell. 



