406 Species of Butterflies from Kaffraria. 



spot at extremity of cell larger, more conspicuous ; in cell, a more 

 or less distinct, small, yellow spot. 



$ . Similar, universally paler. 



I have provisionally placed this handsome " skipper" under the 

 cenus Hesperia ; but have little doubt that it will eventually be 

 considered as the type of a new genus, combining as it does the 

 characters of several Hesperideous genera. The palpi are por- 

 rect, rather obtuse at extremity, densely scaled, moderately hairy : 

 the antennae terminated by an angulated (not recurved) club. 

 The fore-wings have the costa moderately arched at base, but 

 slightly convex : the apex slightly acuminate ; the hind-margin 

 rather convex in middle, entire ; the anal angle well indicated, 

 though rounded ; the inner-margin almost straight. The hind- 

 wings present much the same characters, but the hind-margin is 

 moderately dentate, and rather markedly prominent in its central 

 portion. The legs are rather long and stout: the middle and 

 hind tibiae densely hairy, armed at extremity with a pair of con- 

 spicuous spurs ; the fore-tibiae very short, thickened at ex- 

 tremity. 



"Forest on Hangman's Bush Hill, above Frankfort, March 28th, 

 1861 ; abundant." — D'Urban, in litt. 



Mr. J. H. Bowker, who has recently forwarded the $ of this 

 species from the Bashee River, Kaffraria, describes it as " solitary 

 and rare ; flies swiftly, often lighting with the wings open on the 

 underside of the leaves of weeds and plants near the water." 



Mr. D'Urban informs me that the $ Ama'ponda is in the Col- 

 lection of the British Museum. 



