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HESPERIA. VII. 



HESPERIA ARTONA. 07, OS. 



Hesper'ui Arioua, Hcwifson, Descriptions of Hesperida, page 27. 



Upperside dark brown. Anterior wing with six transparent spots ; one in the 

 cell, two below it between the median nervnlos, antl three before the apex : a spot of 

 opaqne white near the inner margin. Posterior wing with a band of three separate 

 wiiite spots, one of which is sometimes bifid. 



Underside. Anterior wing as above, except that tlio apex is lilac-grey. 

 Posterior wing lilac-grey, with the nervurcs and a transverse band of five spots, 

 white. 



Exp. li inch. Hab. Rio de Janeiro. 



In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 



HESPERIA ^CAS. G9, 70. 



P. JEcas, Cramer, Plate 343, J. B. 



Hesperia Amana, Hewitson, Trans. Entom. Soc., Ser. III. Vol. II. p. 499. 



Upperside dark brown. Anterior wing with five transparent spots ; two in the 

 cell, three forming an oblique band, and one before the apex : an opaque white spot 

 near the inner margin. Posterior wing paler in the centre. 



Underside. Anterior wing as above, except that the costal margin and 

 apex are glossed with lilac-blue, in which the nervures are white. Posterior \\ing 

 lilac-bhie, the nervures Avhite, the centre clouded with brown and crossed below the 

 middle by a series of indistinct pale spots. 



Exp. li inch. Hab. Amazon (Para). 



Ill the Collection of W. C. Hewitson ; from Jlr. Bates. 



HESPERIA RONA. 71, 7:2. 

 Hesperia Pona, Hewitson, Trans. Ento)n. Soe., Ser. HI. Vol. II. p. 499. 



Upperside rufous-brown. Anterior wing with four transparent spots and one 

 opaque ; two in the cell and three forming an oblique band. 



Underside. Anterior wing as above, except that the outer margin and a spot 

 near the apex ai-e blue. Posterior wing blue-green ; the nervures, two transverse bands 

 and the outer maro;in rufous-brown. 



Exp. \\ inch. Hab. Amazon (Para). 



In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 

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