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spots, those next the upper corners reaching to the edge; a black line also crosses these wings, beginning 

 just below the body, and running almost across to the upper corner. 



Under Side. Palpi and thorax red-brown. Abdomen yellowish. Anterior wings yellowish clay- 

 coloured, with three black lines crossing them transversely, the middle one being the broadest. Posterior 

 wings orange-brown, with a small white spot placed near the centre. Margins of the wings plain. 



HESPERIA OPHION. 



Plate XVII. fig. 1, 2. 



Order: Lepidoptera. Section; Diurna. Family : Hesperiidae, Steph. 



Genus. H-esve&xk, Fabr. Latr. Erinnys p. ScAr. Papilio (Pleb. Urb.), iJritrj/. 



Hesperia Ophion. Alls fuseantibus, anticis utrinque punctis quinque discoidalibus alterisque tribus sub- 

 apicalibus albis ; posticis subtiis albis margine antico nigro 3-maculato serieque punctorum submargi- 

 nalium. (Expans. Alar. 1 uuc. 10 lin.) 



Syn. Papilio (Pleb. Urb.) Ophion, Drury, App. ml. 3. StoU Suppl. Cram.pl. 26./. 4. 



Habitat ; Sierra Leone. 



Upper Side. Antennae black. Head with five small white spots. Thorax, abdomen, and wings 

 dark greyish brown ; anterior wings having a cluster of five small oval transparent white spots placed 

 near the middle of the wings, and three very small round spots of the same kind nearer the tips. Several 

 faint dark spots are also dispersed on these and the inferior wings. 



Under Side. Palpi above brown, beneath white. Breast, legs, and abdomen white. Anterior wings 

 coloured as on the upper side. Posterior white, but along the anterior edges brown, where are three 

 black spots placed on each wing. A row of brown spots is also placed along the external edges, and 

 another row of very small ones above them. Margins of the wings entire. 



The African species of Hesperiidae (according to Mr. Smeathman), including those 

 represented in these and the two following figures, sport in the sun, and are remarkable for 

 their very sudden and rapid short flights from bush to bush. 



HESPERIA (EUDAMUS) ORION. 



Plate XVII. fig. 3, 4. 



Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family; Hesperiidije. 



Genus. Hesperia, Latr. Fabr. Thymele p. Fabr. (Syst. Gl.) Heteropterus, Dumeril. Subgenus: 

 Eudamus, Swains. Boisd. 



Hesperia (En DAMUs) Obion. Alls nigro fuscis, anticis fascia tenui maculari subbifid^ punctisque subapica- 



libus ; posticarum limbo externo caudisque albis. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc.) 

 Syn. Papilio Orion, Fabr. Mant. Im. 2. p. 85. No. 774. Cramer, pi. 155. /. A. B. Drury, App. vol. 3. 



Papilio (Pleb. Urb. ) Proteus, var. /3. Linn. Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 333. Enc. MHh. ix. p. 729. No. 4. (Hesp. O.) 



Eudamus Doryssus, Sicains. Zool. lllustr. N. Ser. pi. 48. 



Habitat: Sierra Leone (Drwry, correctly ?). Brazil, Surinam ('Fair. Etic.Mith. Sge.). 



Upper Side. Antennae black. Thorax, abdomen, and wings dark olive brown. Anterior wings 

 having a small narrow transparent white line crossing them from the anterior edges to the lower corners, 



