160 MESSES. H. J. ELWES AND JAMES EDWARDS : 



! Hespeeia cashmirensis. 

 Pyrgus cashmirensis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 274, pi. xliii. fig. 7. 



Hab. Kulu, N.W. Himalaya 12,000 ft. (Young), to Kashmir (Leech). 



! Hesperia alpina. 

 Hesperia alveus, var. alpina, Erschoff, Lep. Turk. p. 24, pi. ii. fig. 18 (1874). 



Hab. Turkestan (Haherhauer , &c). 



! Hesperia carthami. 



Papilio carthami, Hiibner, Eur. Schmett. vol. i. figs. 720, 723 (1803-18). 

 Hesperia carthami, Rambur, Faun. And. pi. viii. fig. 8 (1839). 



Hab. Central and South Europe, Alps and Pyrenees to 5000 ft. (Elives). 



! Hesperia serratulj5. (Plate XXIII. fig. 24.) 



Hesperia serratulm, Rambur, Faun. And. pi. viii. fig. 9 (1839) ; Herrich-Schaffer, Schmett. Eur. 

 vol. i., Hesp. figs. 18-20 (1846). 



Hab. Alps to 6000 feet, Central and South Europe to Caucasus, Amasia (Fucks). 



! Hesperia speteri. (Plate XXIII. fig. 26.) 

 Scelothrix speyeri, Staudinger, Rom. Mem. sur Lep. iii. p. 153, pi. viii. figs. 5 a, b. 



Hab. Amurland (Lorries). 



! Hesperia alveus. (Plate XXI II. figs. 25, 25 a.) 

 Papilio alveus, Hiibner, Eur. Schmett. i. figs. 461-463 (1798-1803). 



Hab. Alps to 6000 feet, Central Europe to Amurland, Syria (Lelagrange). 



! Hesperia malvoides, n. sp. (Plate XXIII. figs. 27, 27 a.) 



We propose this name for an insect, of which we have three specimens from 

 Biarritz, taken by Elwes on July 25, 1887, and a single male from Granada (Ribbe), 

 which has all the facies of H. mahce but very distinct male genitalia. The differences 

 in this respect will be apparent from the figures. The proportion of black hair-scales 

 in the clothing of the second joint of the palpi appears to be considerably greater in 

 H. malvw than in //. malvoides. 



We should not have ventured to separate this on genitalic characters alone but for 

 the fact that the genitalia in six specimens of H. mahce from Denmark, Kreusnach, 

 Pennes, Brittany, Stettin, and Brussa are all absolutely similar inter se, as are the three 

 specimens above mentioned. Probably it will be found that H. malvoides has a wider 

 range and other distinctive characters. 



