26 DE. W. J. HOLLAND ON THE APEIOAN [Jan. 14, 



93. H. ALVEUS, Hiibn., var. onopobdi, Eamb. 



Syriehthus onopordi, Eamb. Faun. And. pi. viii. fig. 13 (1839). 

 For fuller synonymy cf. standard works on the Lepidoptera of 

 the palajaretic fiuinal region, 

 Ilah. North Africa. . 



94. II. (?) oiLEUS, Linn. 



Pa;piUo oileus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, pi 795, no. 269 (1767). 



Hesperia oileus, Kirby, Syn. Cat. p. 615 (1871). 



■Hnh. Algeria (Kirbi/). 



This is a doubtful species, and it does not appear that any one 

 has been able to discover exactly what Linnaeus intended to 

 designate by liis name and description. Noniinis umbra ! ! 



Caechaeodus, Hiibn. 

 ( Urhanus, Hiibn. ; Sjjilothyrus, Dup.) 



95. C. ALCEiE, Esp. 



PajAlio alcece, Eur. Schmett. i. 2, pi. li. fig. 3 (1780). 

 For further synonymy see standard works on the Lepidoptera 

 of the pala;arctic faunal region. 

 Uuh. North Africa. 



96. C. ELMA, Trim. 



Pyrgus elma. Trim. Trans. Eut. Soc. Lond. (3) vol. i. p. 288 

 (1862); Ehop. Afr. Austr. vol. ii. p. 291, pi. v. fig. 8 (1866); 

 S. Afr. Butt. vol. iii. p. 293. 



Qomalia elma, Watson, P. Z. S. 1893, p. 67. 



Pi/ryus elma, Karsch, Berl. Ent. Zeit. vol. xxxviii. p. 245, pi. vi.. 

 fig. 12. 



Hal). Southern Africa. 



I place this insect in the genus Carcliarodiis, Hiibn., rather than 

 in the genus Gomalia, Moore, to which it has been assigned by 

 Mr. Watson, because the differences of a structural character 

 which separate it from its near allies, 0. alcece and 0. lavaterce, are, 

 in my opinion, too slight to warrant the subdivision. In fact, I 

 call in question the propriety of retaining the name Qomalia as a 

 generic designation, it being founded upon differences which 

 appear to me to be rather specific than generic. I am quite 

 persuaded that Oomalia albofanciata, Moore, the type of his genus, 

 belongs to the older genus of Uiibner, and I think Oomalia should 

 be sunk as a synonym of Carcharodus. 



The figure given by Karsch is by no means characteristic. The 

 checkered character of the fringes is hot made to appear, and 

 were not the identification made by Karsch so positive, I should 

 think we «'ere dealing with some other species, belonging, perhaps, 

 to a different genus. 



