516 



HESPEPJD^. 



upper side, nearly the whole of the disc being orancre coloured, witli a narrow blue-black border along the outer portion of the margin. 

 The beautiful species represented in our Plate LXXX. f. 4., under the name of Pithonides Loxus, although differing in the form of 

 the wino-s and style of their colouring, agrees with the types of Phareas in the structure of the antennas, palpi, and veining of the 



wings. 



PHAREAS. 



1. Ph. Eumelus Fabricius, Mant. Ins. ii. p. 89. (Papilio E.) ; Cramer, 



Pnp. pi. 156. f. E.; Latr. Enc. M. ix. p. 758. 

 Guiana, Brazil. 



2. Ph. Dumerilii Latr. Enc. M. ix. p. 757- (Hesperia D.). 



3. Pb. TALAUsi!nn««s, Stjst. Nat. i. pt.2.p. 792. (Papilio T.); Fabricius, 



Ent. Syst. in. pt. 1. p. SiQ. ; Cramer, Pap. pi. 393. f. C. ; 

 Clerck, Icon. t. 45. f. I.; Seba, Mus. t. 4. pi. 57. p. 18.; 

 Hiihner, Exot. Hamml. Band ii. pi. — (Paramimus T.). 

 Guiana. Brazil. 



4. Ph. Busiris Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. pt. 1. p. 345. (Hesperia B.) ; Jones, 



Icones, VI. t. 23. f. 1.; Donovan, Ins. India, pi. 52. 

 f. 2. j Latr. Enc. M. ix. p. 758. (not of Cramer). 

 India. 



5. Ph. Peleus Linnceus Syst. Nat. i. pt. 2. p. 792. (Papilio P.) ; Cramer, 

 Pap. pi. 284. f. F. ; Cterck, Icon. t. 45. f. 5. ; Latr. 

 Enc. M. IX. p. 758. n. 85. 

 Brazil, Surinam. 



6. Ph. Gentius Fabricius, Mant. Ins. ii. 90. p. (Papilio G.) ; Cramer, 

 Pap. pi. 1 79. f. C. ; Latr. Enc. M. ix. p. 759. ; Sicainson, 

 Zoo/. III. 2nd series, pi. 75. (Peleus G.). 

 Brazil, Guiana. 



7. Ph. Procas Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. pt. 1. p. 308.; Jones, Icon. 



VI. 55. f. 1.; Cramer, Pap. pi. 179- f- D- (Papilio P.); 

 Godart, Enc. M. ix. p. 586. (Erycina P.); Latreille, 

 Enc. M. IX. p. 759- (Hesperia P.); (Liranas P.) ante, 

 p. 460. 

 Surinam. 



8. Ph. Pertinax Cramer, Pap. pi. 364. f. F. G. (Papilio P.); Latr. 



Enc. M. IX. p. 755. (not of StoU). 

 Var. ? Papilio .35cas Cramer, Pap. pi. 343. f. A. B. ; Swain- 

 son, Zool. III. 2d series, pi. 75. (Peleus M.") not Eacus, 

 Latr. 

 Brazil, Surinam. 



9 Ph. C(Eleste Westw. MS. (Phareas C); DouU. Westw. S; Hewits. 

 Gen. D. Lep. pi. 78. f. 4. 

 Para. B. M. &c. 



10. Ph. Loxus Westw. MS. (Pithonides L.); Doubl. Westw. S^ Hewits. 



Gen. D. Lep. pi. SO. f. 4. 

 ? Mus. Hewitson. 



11. Ph. Tertullianus Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. pt. 1. p. 341. (Hesperia 



T.) ; Jones, Icones, vi. t. 81. f. 1. ; Donovan's Drawings 

 in Bibl. Hope, O.rford. 

 " In Indiis," Fabricius. 



12. Ph.? Julettus Stall. Suppl. Cramer, pi. 9- f- !• 



Suriuam. 



Genus VII. PYRGUS. 



Pyegus, Ephykiades, Brontiades, Tagiades, Caecharodus Hiibner. 



Syrichtus Boisduval. 



Thymele p. Stephens, but not of Fabricius. 



Symmachia Sodoffski/. 



Spilothi-rus Diiponchel. 



Head and thorax broad. Abdomen elongated, narrow, with the lip bearded in the males. 



Labial Palpi very hairy ; the length, from the insertion of the antenna? to the extremity of the hairs of the 

 second joint, being about equal to that between the antenna? and hind margin of the head ; lateral hairs of the 

 middle joint arranged to form an angle on each side, and united in the middle. Terminal joint small, slender, 

 porrected to a short distance beyond the hairs of the second joint. 

 Antenna; short, ringed with white, terminated by robust curved club, obtuse at the tip and not hooked. 

 Wings deflexed when the insect is at rest. 



Fore Win(j.s moderate-sized, slightly arched in front. Apical margin convex. Costa recurved, in tlie male, 

 from near the base to the middle. Veins arranged as in Pamphila. Fringe spotted with black. 



