1883.] L. de Niceville — On neic and Uttle-hnoion Rhopalocera. 89 



I took two female specimens at Budrawah, Kashmir, on the 8th June, 

 1879, one of which is figured. 



37. Hesperia ? NAGA, H. sp. (Plate X, fig. 2, 9.) 



Hab. Sibsagar, Upper Assam. 



Expanse : ?, 1'6 inches. 



Description : Female. Upperside brown, the cilia cinereous, dark 

 brown at the end of the nervules. Forewing with a spot at the end of the 

 cell ; two smaller spots beyond, the lower one twice the size of the upper ; 

 an elongated spot near the middle of the second median interspace, and 

 another (the largest of all) near the base of the first median interspace ; all 

 these spots semi-transj^arent ochreous-white. A subcostal narrow yellow 

 streak extending from the base to beyond one-third of the length of the 

 wing, a similar one touching and placed above the submedian nervure 

 extending from the base to beyond half the length of the inner margin of 

 the wing. Ilindwing with an elongated streak of ochreous hairs in the 

 cell, and a series of short ochreous streaks between the nervules placed 

 outside it; a similar streak extending from the base to near the margin 

 and touching the inner side of the submedian nervure. Cilia alternately 

 cinereous and dark brown. Underside lighter brown, the cilia white, 

 brown at the end of the nervules. Foreioing with the spots as above but 

 whiter and edged with pure white ; a subcostal streak extending from the 

 base to nearly half the length of the wing, broadest at its end ; beyond 

 which are some streaks between the subcostal branches, two similar streaks 

 in the discoidal interspaces, and a marginal series ending at the first median 

 nervule, the two middle spots small ; a wide streak extending to beyond 

 the middle of the wing from the base placed in the submedian inter- 

 space : — all pure silvery white. Hindwing marked with about eighteen 

 silvery white spots and streaks disposed equally over the whole surface of 

 the wing. Body brown, the thorax thickly clothed with long ochreous 

 hairs, the abdominal segments ringed with ochreous, paler below, 



A single specimen has been obtained by Mr. S. E. Peal. 



38. Hesperia? swerga, n. sp. (Plate X, fig. 12, $ .) 

 Had. Sikkim. 

 Expanse: <? , 1-^5 to IG ; ?, 1*6 inches. 



Description : Male. Upperside dark brown. Forewing with a 

 spot at the end of the cell, a larger one below it, and a third (sometimes 

 absent) much smaller placed outwardly between them at the base of the 

 second median interspace ; three increasing conjugated subapical spots 

 (sometimes absent), all these spots semitransparent lustrous white ; a pale 

 ochreous spot placed against and above the middle of the submedian 

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