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HESPERIBjE. 
nervure not distant from the second. Posterior wing with 
the third branch of the median nervure leaving it at an 
angle from which the cell is closed in a straight line. 
The hind legs with four spurs. Type P. ornata, Leach. 
The insects of this genus have all the characteristics of 
Hesperia except the antennae. 
1. Hesperilla Halyzia. 
Alis fuscis, eiliis albis: anticis maculis tribus discalibus vitreis: 
anticis infra margine costali apiceque, posticis omnino cinerareis, 
his maculis fuscis parum visis. 
Upperside dark brown : the fringe white, spotted with 
brown on the anterior wing. Anterior wing with three 
central transparent spots: the base of the costal margin 
grey. , ’ I 
Underside cinereous, except the lower half of the 
anterior wing, which is dark brown. Posterior wing crossed 
by some very indistinct brown spots beyond the middle. 
Exp. 1 T ^ inch. Hab. Australia (Port Denison). 
In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 
This species is without the mark peculiar to the male. 
2. Hesperilla Dirphia. 
Alis fuscis : anticis maculis septem separatim dispositis : posticis 
infra macula alba maculisque tribus nonnunquam fuscis non¬ 
nun quam albo maculatis. 
Upperside. Female dark brown. Anterior wing with 
seven opaque white spots : two near the middle widely apart, 
two together outside of these, and three before the apex. 
Posterior wing with the basal half thickly clothed with hair. 
Underside rufous. Anterior wing as above, except 
that it is -without the apical spots. Posterior wing with a 
central spot of white above the middle, bordered with brown, 
and below the middle a band of three spots, sometimes 
