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irregulariter elongata inter venam submedianam et ramum medianum primum flavescente; anticis ad 

 apicem et posticis ad basin, fasciaque transversa ultra cellulam, griseis ; posticis macula subcostali basin 

 versus nigrescente ; ciliis (nisi ad apicem anticarum) sordide ochraceis. 

 2 mari similis. 



Hab. Mexico, Tierra Colorada and Rincon in Guerrero (H. H. Smith) ; Guatemala, 

 Chisoy Valley (F. D. G. & 0. S.) ; Nicaragua, Matagalpa (Richardson) ; Costa Rica 

 (Van Patten)-, Panama, Chiriqui (ex Staudinger). — South America to Brazil 1 ; 

 Antilles, Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Dominica, Grenada 4 , St. Vincent 4 . 



In the British Museum this species is named Hesperia ares, Feld., and we have 

 accepted this determination as correct, though the insect does not agree very well with 

 the description *. Dr. Staudinger has sent us examples of it under the name 

 Proteides coscinia, H.-S. 



Ten specimens have been seen from within our limits, agreeing with a long series 

 from various South-American and Antillean localities. P. ares appears to be a very 

 common insect in the islands of Grenada and St. Vincent. A male from Tierra 

 Colorada is figured. For the genitalia, see Tab. XCVI. fig. 12. 



6\ Prenes OCOla. (Tab. XCVI. figg. 13, 14, 15, 6 .) 

 Hesperia ocola, W. H. Edwards, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. ii. p. 20, t. 11. f. 4 (1863) l . 

 Prenes ocola, Scudd. Rep. Peabody Ac. Sci. iv. p. 8L 2 ; Butt. E. U. S. & Canada, hi. p. 1866 3 . 

 Calpodes ocola, Wats. P. Z. S. 1893, p. 105 4 . 

 Prenes hecebolus, Scudd. Rep. Peabody Ac. Sci. iv. p. 81 5 . 

 Pamphila ortygia, Moschl. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1882, p. 328 6 . 

 Pamphila parilis, Mab. Compt. rend. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxxv. p. clxxi (1891) 7 . 



Alis griseo-fuscis, anticis macula parva in cellula (interdum absente), tribus in linea obliqua. una elongata 

 submediana (interdum obsoleta), secunda sagittiforme inter ramos medianos primum et secundum, tertia 

 ultra earn, punctisque duobus (interdum uno) in linea transversa subapicalibus, omnibus hyaliuis : subtus 

 ut supra, sed dilutioribus, anticis macula submediana majore ; palpis et corpore subtus griseis. 



§ mari similis. 



Hab. North America, South-eastern States 1 2 3 . — Mexico, Rincon, Tierra Colorada, 

 Dos Arroyos, Rio Papagaio, and Omilteme in Guerrero, Atoyac, Teapa (H. H. Smith), 

 Coatepec (coll. Schaus), Tehuantepec (Scudder 5 ) ; Guatemala, Santa Maria (Richard- 

 son), San Ger 6 nimo (Champion); Honduras 7 (Dyson); Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt); 

 Panama, Chiriqui (mus. Staudinger 7 ). — South America to Peru. 



This is a very common American species, ranging from the Southern United States 

 to Brazil and Peru. It is a close ally of P. nero, but differs in being smaller and 

 paler, and it has fewer hyaline spots on the primaries ; there is at most the merest 

 indication of the band of white spots crossing the underside of the secondaries. 



Mr. Strecker has sent us specimens of H. ocola from Georgia, and we have seen 

 the types of P. hecebolus, Scudder, P. ortygia, Moschler (from Guiana), and P. parilis, 



* The type of Hesperia ares cannot be found in the Felder collection, now at the Tring Museum. 



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