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Upper Side. Head and thorax of a deep brown orange. Anterior wings of a dark orange, the 

 anterior and external naargins bordered with black ; near the latter are eight white spots on the wings 

 of the female. Above these, in the female, are five, and in the male six, round black spots ; those of 

 the latter being smallest. Several black waves and streaks are dispersed on other parts of the wings. 

 Posterior wings of a fine dark blue, almost black, and slightly dentated ; the anterior ones being entire. 

 Near the external margin is a row of seven cream-coloured spots, which in the male are red. Above 

 these, is another row of the same number of cream-coloured spots, situated near the middle of the wings. 

 The base of these wings is covered with brown orange-coloured hairs. 



Under Side. Head, breast, and feet dark blue, nearly black. Anterior wings dark orange, with 

 some triangular silver spots placed along the external edges, whose upper points are edged with black, 

 and are generally more distinct in the female than in the male. The several black waves and streaks seen 

 on the upper side, are here more faint, some being scarcely visible. Posterior wings of a dark olive 

 brown, with twenty-six different shaped silver spots on each ; one of which, in the centre of the wing, is 

 di\ided by a short black line. 



PAMPHILA PHYL^US. 



Plate XIII. fig. 4. 5. 



Order : Lepidoptera. Section : Diurna. Family : Hesperiidse, Stephens. 



GENns. Pamphil.4., Fafo-. Hesperia (urbicolae), Fdic. ia<»-. e< C?orf. Papilio (Pleb. urb.) Drury, Linn. 



Pamphila PhyljEUS. Alisrufo-fulvis, anticis supra fascia obliqua interrupta (mas.) maculave arcuata (foemina) 

 liraboque postico fiiscis, posticis ibidem cxtiis fusco marginatis. (Expaiis. Alar. 1^ unc). 



Syn. Papilio (Hesp. urb.) PhylEcus, Di-ury, Latr. et God. Enc. Mith. ix. p. 767. No. 112. (Hcsperia Ph.) 

 Hesperia (urb.) Vitellius, Fubr. Ent. Syst. lU.l.p. 327. No. 240. 



Pamphila Vitellius, Steph. lUust. Brit. Ent. H. 1. p. 103. Haworth, in Trans. Ent. Soc. Vol. 1. p. 334. 

 Abbot and Smith, Ins. Georgia, tab. 17. 



Habitat; Autigua, St. Christopher's, Nevis, ice. (Drury). Antilles and Brazil {Enc. Mith.). 



Upper Side. Thorax and abdomen of a yellowish olive. Superior wings of a tawny yellow, having 

 a dai'k brown (almost a black) indented margin, running along the external margin, from the tips to the 

 lower corners. Near the middle of each wing are two dark-brown spots, one oblong, the other of a 

 longish square fonn, the former being the largest. Inferior wings tawny yellow, and angulated, having 

 a dark brown indented margin. 



Under Side. Wings tawny yellow, but rather paler than on the upper side. The anterior with 

 several dark brown angular spots, placed along the external edges, and in the middle of the wings, with 

 a large one near the shoulders. Posterior wings also spotted with many small dark brown spots, 

 some being scarcely visible. 



A specimen of this species is stated to have been captured by the late Dr. Abbot in 

 Bedfordshire. It is most probable, however, now that the Pamphila Bucephalus has been 

 proved to be an indigenous species, that the specimen the capture of which is recorded 

 by Mr. Haworth, belonged to that species. The caterpillar of this skipper-butterfly feeds 

 upon a species of panic grass (Panicum Crus-Galli) and on the buffalo gi*ass. 



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