1896.] BUTTERFLIES OF THE FAMILY HESPERIID®. 99 
pl. ii. figs. 6, 6@ (larva and chrysalis) (1889); (larva described) 
Matthew, Ent. Mo. Mag. xxv. p. 429. 
Rhopalocampta forestan, Watson, P. Z. 8. 1893. 
The species is widely distributed in all the warm portions of the 
continent south of the Sahara. 
330. R. arBogastres, Guen. 
Ismene arbogastes, Guen., Maill. Réunion, Ann. G, p. 19 (1833). 
Thymele florestan, Boisd. Faune Entom. Mader. p. 61 (1833). 
Ismene margarita, Butl. Cist. Entom. vol. ii. p. 359 (1879). 
Ismene arbogastes, Mab., Grand. Madgr. vol. xviii. p. 323, pl. li. 
figs. 5, 5 a (1887). 
Rhopalocampta arbogastes, Watson, P. Z. 8. 1893, p. 129. 
Ismene arbagastes, Kirby, Syn. Cat., Suppl. p. 819 (1877). 
Hab. Madagascar, Reunion. 
Mr. Kirby in his Supplement to his Synonymic Catalogue cites 
Senegal as the habitat of this species. Thisisanerror. The form 
is very closely allied to 2. forestan, and Mons. Mabille regards it 
as probably merely an insular form of that species. 
331. R. pistsrratus, Fabr. 
Hesperia pisistratus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 1, p. 345, no. 311 
(1793); Trim. 8. Afr. Butt. vol. iii. p. 371, pl. xii. fig. 10 (1889). 
Rhopalocampta valmaran, Wallgr. K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 
1857, Lep. Rhop. Caffr. p. 48. 
Ismene florestan?, Trim. Rhop. Afr. Austr. vol. ii. p. 319 (1866). 
Ismene pisistratus, Westw. (part.), Oates’ Matabele Land, App. 
p. 352 (1881). 
Ismene pisistratus, Staudgr. Exot. Schmett. vol. i. pl. 98 (1888). 
Rhopalocampta pisistratus, Watson, P. Z. S. 1893, p. 129. 
Hab. South and West Africa. 
This species is very closely allied to R. forestan, from which it 
may be distinguished by the different shape of the white band on 
the underside of the secondaries, and the three black spots at the 
inferior termination of this band. 
332. R. FERVIDA, Butl. 
Hesperia fervida, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) vol. v. 
p- 339 (1880). 
Ismene fervida, Mab., Grand. Madgr. vol. xviii. p. 324, pl. li. 
figs. 4, 4 a (1887). 
Rhopalocampta fervida, Watson, P.Z.S. 1893, p. 129. 
Hab. Madagascar: 
- 833, R. Kerratoa, Waller. 
Rhopalocampta keithloa, Wallgr. K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 1857, 
Lep. Rhop. Caffr. p. 48. 
Ismene stella, Trim. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 3rd ser. vol. i. p. 287 
(1862). a 
