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exserted superiorly, running in opposite the dentation of the t. a. 

 line. S. t. space narrow, white, with a black costal shade and 

 some cuneiform marks at the middle. Terminal space, and fringes 

 leaden gray; terminal line a succession of white streaks. Hind 

 wings fuscous, paler within a narrow median white band. Be- 

 neath, with markings reflected. Expanse 27 mil. 



Washington Ten Coll. Mr. Hy. Edwards and Mr. B. Neu- 

 moegen. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW HESPERIAN FROM FLORIDA. 

 By W. H. Edwards. 



Pamphila STRATON. 



Male. — Expands 1.5 inch. 



Upper side dark brown, marked and spotted with reddish 

 fulvous ; three small spots in subcostal interspaces of primaries, 

 two others opposite cell and towards hind margin ; and in line 

 with these an oblique row crossing the median interspaces, the 

 lower spots merged in the fulvous of disk which extends to base 

 and anteriorly to costa ; the stigma in two sections, the anterior 

 one completely crossing the lower median interspace ; a narrow 

 smooth black slightly bent ridge ; the lower one in sub-median 

 interspace, parallel to the line of the other; short, not reaching 

 either nervule ; behind the stigma is a narrow blackish rough 

 patch. Secondaries have the disk obscure fulvous, with an im- 

 perfectly defined series of spots on the anterior half of the wing ; 

 fringes of primaries fuscous next the margin, whitish outside; of 

 secondaries fuscous next margin, then fulvous, and outside 

 whitish. 



Underside of secondaries bright ferruginous of one shade and 

 immaculate ; apex of primaries bright ferruginous ; the hind mar- 

 gin a little obscured, the spots indistinctly repeated, next base 

 and against stigma black. 



Body above black, covered with fulvous hairs, thorax below 

 yellowish, abdomen same with a fulvous tint; legs fulvous, palpi 

 light yellow with fulvous tint ; antenna; black above, yellowish 

 below ; club black on both upper and under surface, on the sides 

 fulvous. 



Female. — Expand 1.6 inch. Color dark brown; primaries 

 have spots placed as in the male, distinctly defined throughout, 

 the basal area being brown, instead of fulvous as in male. Second- 

 aries as in male. Under side as in male, but on the disk of 

 secondaries is an indistinct bent row of small paler spots corres- 

 ponding to the spots of upper side. 



From 3^1? received from Indian River. The male is very 

 like Leonardiis on upper side, with the stigma of same peculiar 

 character, and in this respect these two stand alone among 



