i8i 



differ. A male specimen from Texas, from the late Mr. Belfrage, 

 serves as a connecting link. 



Pamphila Otho, Sm.-Abb. 3 c?. Collette River. 



Pamphila Osceola, Lintn. i S . 



This species is placed as a synonym of Vcstris, Boisd. , in Mr. Ed- 

 wards' recent Catalogue. It is now known by a few examples from 

 Florida, Colorado, Texas, and California. 



Pamphila Panoquin, Scud. 2 $. 



Pamphila Ethlius, Cram. 3^,19. 



Pamphila loxAra, Scud. i 9 . 



This species has long been catalogued as P. l'ite//i?(s, Sm.-Abb., 

 erroneously as we believe. Smith and Abbott (Vol. i, p. 33) speak as 

 follows of this species: " Having no mode of determining this l^y but 

 by the description of Fabricius.nor any figure to refer to, we have 

 thought it best to affix a mark of doubt, though the characters agree 

 well with Mr. Abbott's drawings; but in so intricate a tribe even the 

 best descriptions, such as those of Fabricius reallv are, will not always 

 be sufficient." 



Fabricius' description, in ten words, would indicate any one of a 

 dozen of our American Hesperids; fortunately Hilbner has given us 

 an excellent figure of Fabricius' Vitclliiis, and this figure shows it to be 

 nothing else than Dclazvare, Edwards. This being the case / Itcllius, 

 Sm.-Abb., should be abandoned, and lozva, the name proposed by Mr. 

 Scudder take its place. 

 - Pamphila Eufala, Edw. Not common. 



Pamphila Fusca, Gr.-Rob. Common. 



Pamphila Corpus, Edw. Moderately common. 



Pamphila Eos, Edw. 3 examples. 



This and the'preceding species are very closely related; at first sight, 

 unless the specimens are in very perfect condition, thev are likely to be 

 mistaken tor the same species. Though different specifically they 

 should be placed one after the other in a Catalogue, and not separated 

 generically, with such widely separated species as P. Hianna and P. 

 Viator intervening, as is done by Mr. Edwards in his latest Catalogue. 



Pamphila Nysa, Edw. Common. 



Pyrgus Tessellata, Scud. Very common. 



Though this species has been known to students iVtjm the time of 

 F'abricius, and has doubtless been described under at least six names, 

 there has never been an accurate figure of it published. It seems to 

 be impossible to bring order out of the chaos created by the brief and 

 insufficient descriptions by Fabricius and others; therefore there is no 

 recourse but to retain the name proposed by Mr. Scudder, nearly one 

 hundred years after Fabricius' description of Syridus. 



Pyrgus Locutia, Hew., Exot. But. vol. 5, pi. 2 of Leiicochitonea, 

 figs. 19, 20, 1875. 



