14 LEPIDOPTEEA HETEROCERA. 



This and the following genus have some resemblance to 

 Hesperia and to Agarista. 



1. Hespagarista interlecta. 



Mas. Nigra, nigro-hirta ; thorax luteo-hirtus ; alee anticce guttis 

 basalibus fasciis duabus interruptis maculaque albido-flavis 

 strigisque transversis cyaneis ; posticce fasciis duabus interrup- 

 tis albido-flavis. 



? Angas, Kaffirs Illustrated, pi. 30, f. 10. 



Male. Black, clothed with black hairs. Proboscis tawny. 

 Thorax thickly clothed with luteous hairs. Abdomen with a black 

 apical tuft. Fore wings with whitish yellow spots which form some 

 dots at the base, two interrupted bands, and an intermediate spot in 

 front; the firsthand is composed of two spots ; the second of three ; 

 between these are some transverse blue streaks. Hind wings with 

 two interrupted whitish yellow bands. Length of the body 9 lines ; 

 of the wings 24 lines. 



a. South Africa. Presented by G. F. An gas, Esq. 



b. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



Genus 4. DAMIAS. 



Caput mediocre. Oculi sat magni. Lingua longa. Palpi 

 erecti, caput paullo superantes ; articulus lus hirtus squamosus ; 

 2us nudus, gracilis, lo paullo brevior; 3us brevissimus. Antennae 

 graciles, corpore paullo breviores, apices versus subincrassatae, apice 

 acuminata?. Thorax crassus. Abdomen sat longum, subattenuatum. 

 Alas anticae subtrigonae, posticis multo longiores paullo angustiores ; 

 postica? margine postico rotundato. Pedes longi ; tibiae posteriores 

 calcaribus duobus apicalibus longis, posticae calcaribus duobus in- 

 termediis longis. 



Damias, Boisd. Voy. de I Astrolabe, Pt. 1, Lep. 259. 



1. Damtas elegans. 



Alee nigrce, micantes, fascia discali alba communi; anticce fascia 

 arcuata rubro-ferruginea apicali ; anus floccosus. 



Damias elegans, Boisd. Vog. de V Astrolabe, Pt. 1, Lep. 259, 1. 

 New Guinea. 



