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grey, under wings yellowish grey at base, otherwise veiy similarly marked, the outer 

 part of the orange band having two longitudinal whitish lines on it ; antennae at hase 

 fringed with white ; club brown. Body above silky yellowish brown ; borders of seg- 

 ments lighter ; beneath, greyish white.'' — ii. 474. 



This insect is certainly not an Hesperia, and I think not even be- 

 longing to the Rhopalocerous Lepidoptera. Mr. White should have 

 given it a generic name. 



41. Hecatesia thyridion, Feisthamel, Lepidopt. Voy. Favorite, Sup. 

 PI. 5. fig. 1, <?. 



42. Cossodes Lyonetii. 



" Wings black, with violet, purple and green reflections ; upper with a longitudinal 

 line, broken by the black of the wing near the base, the other part extending to the tip 

 of the wing, situated anteriorly, and elbowed posteriorly ; near the posterior margin 

 are two irregular white spots, the upper sub-triangular, the under squareish ; on the 

 apical margin are seven whitish spots, the first very minute, the second largest, the 

 others gradually diminishing towards the long white line where they terminate — the 

 fringe is black, slightly greyish on the edge ; the underside of the wing is greyish at 

 the base, and on the inner edge, then violet, the apical portion being of a silky yellow- 

 ish brown ; the lower wings are purplish violet, the outer margin at the base is whitish, 

 the fringe is black at the base, at the end white — the white forming a broader line 

 than the black ; beneath it is violet black, and black with a greenish tinge. The tho- 

 rax and body in the specimen described is rubbed ; the latter seems to be blackish 

 green, banded with white. I have seen a species closely resembling the above in Dr. 

 Boisduval's immense collection." — ii. 477. 



43. Odonestis Elizahetha. 



" Antennae, with the pectinations rusty brown, lighter at the tips, the stem densely 

 covered with white scales, palpi and head in front deep ferruginous. Thorax thickly 

 clothed with fawn-covered hairs ; body above, shining ochrey inclined to orange ; short 

 tuft at the end of the body ; under side lateritious ; upper surface of first pair of wings 

 fawn, with a reddish hue, densely covered with hair-like scales, with shorter and some- 

 what square scales beneath, the scales over the nervures being reddish ; an indistinct 

 line of seven obscure spots still more indistinctly connected by a zigzag reddish line, 

 runs across the wing nearly parallel to its apical margin, and nearer the tip of the 

 wing than the middle. (In one of the two specimens this band of spots is obsolete, or 

 nearly so, as are the reddish-coloured nervures). Second pair of wings of a blush red, 

 the fringe fawn-coloured ; under side of both wings, more of a brick colour than the 

 upper surface of second pair ; the fringes fawn-coloured ; the second pair with a very 

 indistinct band, nearly parallel to the posterior margin ; the nerves on the first pair of 

 wings are lighter than the general ground, on the second pair darker ; space be- 

 tween the first pair of legs densely clothed with long ferruginous hair ; two hind pair 

 of legs with two strong spurs, one rather shorter than the other ; the tibis have each a 

 tuft of yellowish white hairs, the legs themselves are covered with short ferruginous 

 scales or hair, those on the soles of the tarsus being somewhat ochrey in colour.'' — ii. 

 478. 



