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Show 1896.] BUTTERFLIES OF THE FAMILY HESPERIID.E. 91 300. C. ILERDA, Moeschler. Hesperia ilerda, Moeschler, Abhandl. Senckenb. naturf. Ges. Bd. xv. p. 65, pi. i. fig. 16 (1887). Pamphila ilerda, Karsch, Berl. Ent. Zeit. vol. xxxviii. p. 251 (1893). Hab. Tropical West Africa. I have specimens of what are undoubtedly C. cylinda, Hew., which agree absolutely with the figure of ilerda given by Moeschler. Unfortunately Moeschler does not give a representation of the underside of his specimen, and I am therefore left in doubt as to whether the two species are identical. 301. C. LACIDA, Hew. (Plate I. fig. 14.) Hesperia lacida, Hew. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) vol. xviii. p. 453 (1876). Hab. Gaboon (Hewitson). The type of Hewitson is a female. 302. C. ZAREMBA, Ploetz. (Plate V. fig. 5.) Telesto zaremba, Ploetz, S. E. Z. vol. xlv. p. 376 (1884). Hab. Old Calabar (Ploetz) ; French Congo (Mocquerys). There are two somewhat damaged specimens in the collection of Dr. Staudinger. The reference to this genus seems proper, though, in the rubbed condition of the upperside of the secondaries of both examples, I am unable to make sure of the presence of the tuft of long hairs upon the cell which is characteristic of most of the species of the genus. 303. C. BALENGE, Holl. (Plate I. fig. 3.) Proteides balenge, Holl. Ent. News, vol. ii. p. 4 (1891). Hab. Valley of the Ogove. The type is a female, and remains so far unique in my collection. A fine male is contained in the collection of Dr. Staudinger. These are, so far as I know, the only examples extant in the museums of the world of this fine species, which is one of the largest of the African Hesperiidte. The female and the male do not differ materially, except in size and the form of the wings, as is usual. 304. C. SEXTILIS, Ploetz. Hesperia sextilis, Ploetz, S. E. Z. vol. xlvii. p. 89 (1886); Moeschler, Abhandl. Senck. naturf. Ges. Bd. xv. p. 64 (1887). Hab. Aburi (Ploetz). This species is stated by Moeschler to belong to the same group as C. calpis, Ploetz, by which sign it might be located in the genus Hidari, were it not for the fact that in some way or other some German authors have come to traditionally regard the insect named cylinda by Hewitson as being the one designated as calpis by Ploetz. Moeschler is one of the authors who held this view, |