HESPERIA. 10*7 



5. H. sylvanus Boisd. Ann. Soc. Ent. 2me ser. X, 313. 



Upper side fulvous, with yellowish spots, of which one is situated 

 towards the base; the others forming behind the middle a trans- 

 verse and flexuous range. These spots are more apparent in the 

 female ; the male has on the primaries a black, wide, oblique 

 streak. 



Under side greenish fulvous, but more bright in the middle of 



the primaries and at the internal angle of the secondaries, with 



pale yellowish spots. Secondaries with five spots. Body above 



pale fulvous, below whitish. Antennge, annulate with whitish ; 



club, terminated with a black hook ; ferruginous below. 



California and Europe. 



Boisd. 



6. H. sylvanoides Boisd. Ann. Soc. Ent. 2me ser. X, 313. 



Size and form of H. sylvanus. Upper side of the male like H. 

 sylvanus, except that near the oblique black spot there is a black- 

 ish streak which appears to be a prolongation of it, and there are 

 not at the extremity near the border the three or four points a 

 little paler than the ground, which are found in H. sylvanus. 



Under side of the female has on the disk a black triangular spot, 

 followed by a small white transparent spot, the summit with three 

 yellow points. Secondaries a little sinuous, with the border deep, 

 the base widely blackish. Under side pale yellow, sometimes a 

 little grayish on the secondaries, and not of a bright yellowish- 

 green as in H. sylvanus. 



California. 



Boisd. 



7. H. nemorum Boisd. Ann. Soc. Ent. 2me ser. X, 314. 



Upper side of the male as in H. sylvanoides, the border a little 

 wider, the mark of the primaries also wider, prolonged by a streak 

 to the summit. 



Under side deep yellow ; that of the secondaries without spots ; 



that of the primaries paler in the middle, with the impression of the 



mark of the opposite surface. 



California. 



Boisd. 



