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yellow; antennae black above, yellow below; club reddigh with the 
under side of the tip velvet-black. 
Female. Expands inch. Upper side, less tawny, often nearly 
blackish; besides the small costal and marginal spots, which are trans¬ 
parent, are two larger transparent spots in the disk; along the inner 
margin, a tawny dash, and a bar, more or less distinct, from the base 
across the cell; disk of secondaries obscure tawny, with three or four 
distinct large spots near the outer angle, and a faint tawny projection 
to the edge of the wing near the anal angle. 
Under side greyish-brown, reddish on costa of primaries next the 
base, with same spots as above; a dark brown band from the base to 
the first transparent spot; at the inner angle pale brown; across the 
disk of secondaries an indistinct belt of whitish spots and two near 
the base. 
Illinois; Georgia; Texas; Washington, D. C. 
Hesperia conspicua, nov. sp. 
Female. Expands ly^^ inch. Upper side dark glossy brown with 
greenish hairs at base of wings; primaries have a bent row of semi¬ 
transparent yellow spots, commencing on the costa one-third the dis¬ 
tance from the apex and terminating on the middle of the inner mar¬ 
gin; the first three and the fifth of these spots are narrow and of 
equal length, the fourth exterior and smallest, the sixth a little larger 
than the fifth, the seventh twice the size of the sixth and nearly rec¬ 
tangular, the eighth and last sometimes obsolete; secondaries have, in 
the disk towards the costa, four yellow spots, the second largest and 
oblong, the others small and of nearly equal size; fringe light brown. 
Under side chesnut-brown, with a smoky tinge on the disk and in¬ 
ner margin of primaries, and a slight yellow tinge on the whole sur¬ 
face of secondaries, most conspicuous along the hind margin. 
Body above covered with greenish hairs; abdomen yellow; palpi yel¬ 
low; antennae yellow with narrow brown rings interrupted on the under 
side; club velvet-black above, chestnut-red below. 
Male unknown. 
Lansing, Michigan, from Mr. Mfles. 
Hesperia Pontiac, nov. sp. 
Male. Expands ly^^ inch. Primaries tawny, obscure at the base. 
