352 Mr. Children's Abstract of the Characters of 



Genus 16. HESPERIA, Latr. 



Thymele, Pamphila, Fab. (Steph.) Battus, Scop. 



Erinnys, Schrank. Urbani, Hiibn. 



Legs six, perfect (formed for Walking.) 



Wings, anterior either short, broad, triangular, and rounded 

 posteriorly (Thymele, Steph.), or nearly triangular, 

 and slightly elongate (Pamphila, Stephens); posterior 

 broad, rounded, triangular, entire, or slightly denticu- 

 lated (Thymele, Steph.), or rather ovate-triangular, with 

 an obsolete emargination on the hinder margin, and some- 

 times a rudiment of a tail at the anal angle (Pamphila, 

 Steph.). 



Antenna short, a little elongate, with a curved, fusiform club, 

 not terminating in an acute hook (Thymele, Steph.), or 

 not very long, with an abrupt, fusiform club, varying 

 slightly in form, and terminated generally in a hook 

 (Pamphila, Steph.). 



Head large. 



Body short, thick. 



Larva, naked (Thymele, Steph.), or pubescent (Pamphila, 

 Steph.). 



Pupa, with the head-case notched (Thymele, Steph.), or 

 with the front acuminated (Pamphila, Steph.). 



Species. Icon. 



1. H. Malvarum, Hoff- 1 -^ . T m -%tt \tt c ™ 



'-. * > Ernst, I. PI. XL VI. f. 98. a— c. 

 mannsegg. U.* ,.»J ' 



2. — Lavatercc, Hubn. Ernst,I. Pl.LXXV. Suppl.XXI. 



f. 98. d. e. 



3. — Tessellum, Hubn. Hubn. Pap. Tab. 93. f. 469. 470. 



(mas.) 



4. — Sidcc, Fab Ernst, I. PI. VII. Suppl. III. 



f. 97. a. b. quart. 



5. — Carthami, Hiibn. Ernst, I. PI. VII. Suppl. III. 



f. 97. quint. 



6. — Alveus, Hubn. ... Hubn. Pap. Tab. 99. f. 506. (fcem.) 



7. — Fritillum, Hiibn. Hubn. Pap. Tab. 92. f.461. (mas.) 



462. 463. (fcem.) 



8. — Alveolus, Hubn.f Hubn. Pap. Tab. 92. f. 466. 467. 



(fcem.) 



9. — Proto, Ochs Esper,Schm.I.Th.Tab.CXXIII. 



Cont.78. f. 5. (mas.) f. 6. (fcem.) 

 10. — Sertorius, Illig. ... Hiibn. Pap. Tab. 95. f. 471. 472. 



(fcem.) 



* Pa. Malvce, Fab.— Thymele, Steph. f Thymele, Steph. 



11. H. Encrate, 



