THE TRIBE HESPKRIDI. 1373 



Table of tribes, based on t/ie caterpillar at birth. 



Last abdominal segment furnished with simple', outward or posteriorly directed bristles, only 



a little longer than the others Hesperldl. 



Last sei^iueut furnished apically with some exceptionally long, recurved bristles. .PaniphUldi. 



Table of tribes, based on the mature caterpillar. 



Upper half of head as seen from in front rounded or quadrangular ; highest points of the two 

 hemispheres more distant than the base of the frontal triangle. Body comparatively stout 

 and plump Hesperldl. 



Upper half of head as seen from in front rapidly narrowing and subconical above, with the 

 breadth of the base giving the wliole head a triangular or pyramidal aspect; highest points 

 of the two hemispheres no farther apart than the base of the frontal triangle. Body very 

 elongated Pamphilldl. 



Table of tribes, based on the chrysalis. 



Tongue case not extending beyond the tip of the wing-cases Hesperldl. 



Tongue case free at tip, extending beyond, generally much beyond, sometimes far beyond, the 

 tip of the wing-cases Pamphilldl. 



Table of tribes, based on the imago. • 



Distal recurved part of antennal club as long or nearly as long as the proximal part, the club 

 being bent where thiclcest; abdomen generally shorter than the hind wings. Males generally 

 (in our species always) with a recurved fold of the fore wings containing androconia; extrem- 

 ity of the alimentary canal in males extended and protected beneath by a corneous sheath. 

 Colors generally black or dark brown with white or vitreous, angular spots Hesperldl* 



Distal recurved part of antennal club either (occasionally) wholly wanting, or brief as com- 

 pared to proximal part, the club being bent beyond where thickest; abdomen as long as or 

 surpassing the hind wings. Males often (in our species usually) with a black, velvety patch 

 across the disk of the fore wings containing androconia; extremity of alimentary canal in 

 males not extended. Colors generally tawny and dark brown, sometimes with minute, vitreous 

 spots Pamphilldl. 



TRIBE HESPERIDI. 



Hesperidcs (pars) Latreille. Pyrgidae (pars) -|- Achlyodidae 4-ThymeIidae 



Celebres+Fortes + Formales 4-Veteres-(-Vul- (pars) Burmeister. 



gares-l-CautiHiibner. Eudamini+ Antigonini Mabille. 



Ich moehte gern mich frei bewahren, 

 Verbergen vor der ganzen Welt, 

 Auf stlUen Fliissen mocht' ich fahren, 

 Bedeckt von schatt'gen "Wolkenzelt. 

 Von Sommervogeln ubergaukelt, 

 Der ird'scbfii Sdivvere mich entziehn, 

 Vom reiiicii Element geschaukelt. 

 Die schuldbelleckten Menscheu fliehn. 



Platen. 



Imago. Generally of medium size, relatively stout. Antennae with the club usually 

 long and slender, bent in the middle, the apical portion usually long drawn out, or 

 with a sinuous lateral curve. Costal margin of fore wings generally more arcuate than 

 in Pamphilidi, almost always furnished in the male with a reflexed fold, containing 

 androconia concealed within, never with any discal patch of peculiar scales. Scales 

 contained in this costal fold consisting of a very great variety, and differing: on the 

 costal vein, where they are usually more or less scaphiform ; in the area next below 

 it, where they are similar, but very much smaller and less dense ; followed by a field, 

 generally a narrower one, next the tip of the opening of the fold, where they are 

 very slender and elongate, often enlarged at one or the other extremity, sometimes 



