1896.] BUTIEBFLIES OF THE FAMILY HBSPEEIID^. 95. 



315. P. CAPKONNiBM, Ploetz. 



Hesperia capronnieri, Ploetz, S. E. Z. vol. xl. p. 353 (1879), 

 vol. xliii. p. 326 (1882). 



Proteides capronnieri, M.ab. Amu. 8oc. Eiit. France, (6) vol. x.' 

 p. 33, pi. iii. %. 3 (1890). 



Hah. Abiiri {Ploetz), Cameroons {Mahille). 



This is a very distinct species. The female lacks the broad 

 white anterior margin on the upperside of the costal area of the 

 secondaries wliich is so conspicuous a feature iu the male. 



316. P. WBiGLBi, Ploetz. 



Hesperia weiglel, Ploet/,, S. E. Z. vol. xlvii. p. 90 (1886); 

 Moesehler, Abhandl. Senck. naturf . Ges., Bd. xv. p. 65, pi. i. fig. 18 

 (1887). 



Pampliila weiglei, Karsch, Berl. Ent. Zeit. vol. ixxviii. p. 253 

 (1893). 



Hab. Tropical West Africa. 



I am strongly inclined to think that this species is only a form 

 of P, cerymica, Hew. 



317. P. NOBiLioB, sp. nov. (Plate V. fig. 2.) 



2 . The antennae are marked with white on the lower side of 

 the club. The body above and below and the wings upon the 

 upperside are tawny fuscous. The primaries are marked by four 

 waxen yellow translucent spots in the cell near its end, and by two 

 similar discal spots, one on either side of vein 3 near its origin. 

 Of the two spots iu the cell the upper one is very small and the 

 lower is much larger, oval, produced. The two di?cal spots are 

 sub(juadrate, and the lower one is thrice the size of the upper one. 

 The cilia are paler thau the body of the wing, and the costa is also 

 paler to«ard the base. On the underside both wings are rich 

 dark maroon, growing paler towards the outer margin. The^ 

 nervules are more or less white and stand out distinctly upon the 

 darker ground, especially at their extremities on the primaries, and 

 in the case of veins 6, 7, and 8 on the secondaries. The triangular 

 space on the secondaries between veins 6 and 7 is perceptibly paler 

 than the rest of the wing. The translucent spots appear upon the 

 lower surface of the primaries as upon the upperside, and in 

 addition the inner margin of the primaries is pale testaceous. The 

 secondaries have a minute white spot in the cell near its end, and 

 two similar white spots, one on either side of vein 2 about mid- 

 way between its origin and the outer margin. 



Expanse 48 mm. 



Hab. Lambarene, French Congo (Mocquerys). 



The type is iu the collection of Dr. Staudinger. 



AcALLOPisxES, gen. nov. 

 Antennffi slender, more than half as long as the costa of the 

 primaries ; club about one fourth the length of the entire antennse, 

 suddenly enlarging and then gradually tapering to the tip, gently 



