PRENES. 509 



b. Primaries of the male without a brand. 

 a'. Secondaries with an interrupted angulated white fascia beneath. 



2. Prenes pauper. (Tab. xcvi. figg. l, 2, 3, s .) 



Proteides pauper, Mab. Petites Nouv. Ent. ii. p. 201 (1878) \ 



Alis fuscis, triente basali et corpore supra squamis et pilis ochraceis vestitis, macula parva in cellula, altera 

 sagittiforme inter ramos medianos primum et secundum, tertia ultra earn parva, quarta elongata in vena 

 submediana punctisque tribus (interdum duobus) in linea transversa subapicalibus, omnibus albo-hyalinis : 

 subtus dilutioribus, anticis macula in vena submediana majore et albida; posticis vitta sinuata ultra cellulam 

 vena divisa angulum analem versus, macula costali apicem versus, albis ; alis ambabus externe chalybeo- 

 griseo tinctis ; palpis griseis ; abdomine subtus et ciliis ad angulum analem posticarum albis. 



$ mari similis. 



Hah. Mexico, Atoyac (H. H. Smith), Jalapa, Paso de San Juan in Vera Cruz (coll. 

 Schaus) ; Guatemala, Cahabon (Champion) ; Hondueas ( Wittkugel, in mus. Staudinger). 

 — Colombia l . 



We have seen ten specimens of this species from within our limits, agreeing with 

 the Colombian type. P. pauper resembles P. evadnes (Cram.), but differs from it 

 chiefly in having the band on the underside of the secondaries white, not silvery, and 

 reduced to spots at its two extremities ; the hyaline spot in the cell of the primaries 

 is small, and the brand is absent. The sinuous interrupted band on the underside of 

 the secondaries distinguishes it from P. new, of which it is also a close ally. For the 

 genitalia of the male, see Tab. XCVI. fig. 3. 



V. Secondaries usually with a distinct transverse white fascia beneath. 



3. Prenes nero. (Tab. XCVI. figg. 4, s ; 5, 6, $ ; 7, var. corrupta, 6 .) 



Hesperia nero, Fabr. Ent. Syst., Suppl. p. 433 '. 



Epargyreus nero, Butl. Cat. Fabr. Diurn. Lep. p. 275, t. 2. f. 13 2 . 



Calpodes nero, Wats. P. Z. S. 1893, p. 105 3 . 



Hesperia nyctelius, Latr. Enc. Meth. ix. p. 746 4 . 



Goniloba corrupta, Herr.-Sch'aff. Corresp.-Blatt. Regensb. xix. p. 54 (1865) 5 ; Prodr. Syst. Lep. 



iii. p. 73 8 . 

 Goniloba sylvicola, Herr.-Schaff. Corresp.-Blatt. Regensb. xix. p. 55 (1865) 7 . 

 Prenes sylvicola, Scudd. Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci. iv. p. 81 (1872) 8 . 

 Hesperia fusina, Hew. Descr. n. sp. Hesperidae, p. 30 (1867) 9 . 

 Hesperia fufidia, Hew. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) xix. p. 81 (1877) 10 . 



Alis obscure fuscis, anticis macula parva in cellula, quatuor in serie obliqua, una elongata in vena submediana, 

 secunda majore et sagittiforme inter ramos medianos primum et secundum, tertia ultra earn, quarta 

 (interdum absente) minuta apicem propiore punctisque duobus (interdum uno) in linea transversa 

 subapicalibus, omnibus flavo-hyalinis : subtus ut supra, sed dilutioribus, litura submediana albida; posticis 

 fascia maculari a margine costali apicem versus ultra cellulae finem extendente albida ; palpis griseis ; 

 abdomine subtus albo. 



5 mari similis. 



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