H E S P E R I D .E. 



HESPERIA. I. 



HESPERIA ADELA. 1, ;!, 3. 



Upperside. Male, dark rufous-browii ; the fringe brown and white alternately. 

 Anterior wing with four central transparent spots, and the grey linear spot of the 

 sex. 



Underside. Anterior wing as above, except that there is a yellow spot on the 

 middle of the costal margin (touching one of the transparent spots), and some grey 

 spots near the apex. Posterior wing rufous-brown, darkest near the middle, clouded 

 with grev. 



Female like the male, except that the base is thickly covered with rufous hair, 



that there is a small yellow spot at the middle of the costal margin, and an additional 



transparent spot attached to one of the others. 



Exp. $ 1-1% 2 ~ u) iiic'i' Hab. Ptio de Janeiro, 

 lu the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 



HESPERIA NANEA. 4, 5. 



Upperside. Male, with the body and wings dark purple-brown ; the body and 

 base of the wings (when the insect is placed with its head from the light) glittering 

 with blue and green. Anterior wing with three central transparent spots. 



Underside cai-mine-brown. Anterior wing green near the base and black in 

 the middle ; the inner margin grey-brown. Posterior wing black near the anal 

 angle. 



Exp. ^Yo iiich. Hab. Moutes Aureos, jSIaranham. 



Ill the Collectiou of Mr. Belt. 



This species is the most beautiful of the genus Hesperia which I have yet seen, and is scarcely 

 surpassed by the species of Pyrrhopyga. I am indebted to its owner, Mr. Belt, for the pleasure of 

 seeing and figuring it. 



