HESPERIA. II 



Var. //. taras. 



PapHio faras, Eergstrasser, Nomencl. iv. pi. 91, figs. 5, 6 (1780). 

 Papilio 7nalv(e^ Esper, Schmctt. i. (2) p. 149, pi. 51, ^v^. 2 



(1780). 

 Papilio fritillum, Fabriciiis, Mant. Ins. ii. p. 91, no. 624 (1787); 



Lewin, /. c. pi. 45, figs. 4, 5 (1795). 

 Papilio lavatercE^ Haworth (nee Esper; an Fal>ricius ?), Lepid. 



Brit. p. 52, no. 72 (1803). 

 Papilio alveolus^ Hiibner, Eur. Schmctt, i. figs. 847, 848 



(1818?). 

 Hesperia lavaterce^ Newman, Brit. Butterflies, p. 170 (1881). 

 Syrichthus vialvcE, var. laras, Lang, Butterflies Eur. p. 345 



pi. 81, fig. 2 (1884). 



This is a conspicuous little Butterfly, measuring about an 

 inch across the wings, which are dark brown above, with the 

 fringes spotted with white, a sub-marginal row of small white 

 spots, and two irregular rows of larger ones on the fore-wings; 

 on the hind-wings is a large white spot at the apex, and another 

 obliquely below it. The fore-wings are blacker beneath, with 



Var. //. taias. 



the white markings more extended ; it is greenish grey between 

 the black and white markings and the si)otlcd fringes. The 

 hind-wings are irregularly banded with white, and greenish-grey 

 below. In the variety //. laras^wWwh is nut very uncommon, 

 the white spots on the upper side are larger and confluent, 

 covering the centre of the fure wings. 



