NISONIADES. 



519 



45. P. FLOcciFEBA Zellev in Isis, 1847, p. 286. (an var. 1". Malva? 



W. V. ?). 

 Sicily. 



46. P. Marrubii lianibur, Faune Aiulalu.sii', pi. I'i. f. 3, 4. (Syrichtus 



B.); H. Schilffer, Suppl. Iliibn. tab. 3. f. 14, 15.; 



Freyer, N. Beitr. tab. 397. f..2, 3. 

 S. Boetica Rumbnr, MS. 

 An var. P. Malvse W. V. ? 

 Spain. 



Genus VOL NISONIADES. 



NisONiAUES Hub)ier. 

 Thanaos Boisduval. 



General characters of Pyrgus, but with the head as wide as the thorax, and the abdomen more elongated. 



Antennce with the club somewhat fusiform, elongate, curved, and with the tip gradually acuminated, that of the 



male being; lon2;er and more slender than that of the female. 

 Labial Palpi very hirsute, with the terminal joint very slender and distinct. 

 Fore Wings divaricating, and horizontally extended when at rest, with the costal margin often recurved, in the 



males, from the base to about the middle. Apical margin entire ; fringe not spotted. Veins as in Pyrgus. 

 tFmd Wings broadly triangular, with the outer and anal angles rounded ; the fringe not scalloped nor spotted. 

 Uind Legs with the middle spurs distinct. 



The males of the types of tliis geuus have the fore margin of the anterior pair of wings reflexed, as in the last genus, the inside of 

 the fold being furnished with fine downy hairs. The general colour of the wings is brown, with ashy coloured undulating bars, and 

 with a few small semipeliucld spots. The species are of small size, and are widely dispersed. I have ailded various species, which, 

 although destitute of the cinereous wavy marks, appear to be closely allied to the types. H. Mithridates, Phalicnoides, &e., although 

 evidently closely related to H. Tages, &c., appear to belong rather to the group typified by H. Sebaldus Fnh. 



NISONIADES. 



1. Nis. Taoes Liiuiaus, S;/st. Nut. i. ii. p. 795. (Papilio T.) ; Wien. 



V. p. 159. ; Fahricius, Muitt. Ins. n. p. 92. ; Lewin, 

 Brit. Butt. t. 45. f. 3, 4. ; Hiibner, Pap. f. 456, 457- ; 

 Esper, tab. 23. f. 3. ; Godart, Lip. France, i. pi. 12. 

 bis f. 4. ; Meigen, Eur. Schm. pi. 55. f. 4. ; Westw. 

 tV Hiimphr. Brit. Butt. pi. 38. f. 9—13. 

 Var. Hesperia unicolor Freyer, N. Beitr. pi. 595 f. 1. 

 (Turkey). 

 Europe, England. 



2. Nis. Cervantes Graslin, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, v. pi. 17. B. f. 1, 2. 



p. 558. (Tanaos C); Freyer, N. Beitr. pi. 417- f- 3. 

 (an var. P. Tages, Boisd. Ind. M. p. 37. ?). 

 Spain. 



3. Nis. Marloyi Boinduvul, leones, \i\. 47. f. 6, 7. (Tanaos M.). 



Hesperia sericea H. Scliiiffer, Suppl. Hiibn. Ilesper. pi. 5. 

 f. 29, 30. ; Freyer, N. Beitr. pi. 265. f. 4. 

 Turkey. 



4. Nis. Juvenams Fahricius, Ent. Si/st. iii. pt. 1. p. 335. (Hesperia 



I.); Abbott ^- Smith, Lep. Georgia, i. t. 21.; iMtr. 

 Enc. M. IX. p. 789. ; Boisduval et Leconte Up. Amer. 

 Septentr. pi. 65. f. 1 — 5. 

 United States. 



Augu.it 1. 1852. 



5. Nis. oostalis Westw, MS. (Nisoniadts c.) ; Doubl. Westm. S; Hewits. 



Gen. D. Lrp. pi. 79. f. 3. 

 ? Mus. Boisduval. 



6. -Nis. Catullus Fahricius, Ent. Syst. iii. pt. 1. p. 348. (Hesperia 



C.) ; Donovan, Ins. India, pi. 50. f. 4. ; Abbott cV Smith, 

 Lep. Georgia, i. pi. 14. ; Latr. Enc. M. ix. p. 777. 

 North America. 



7. Nis. Lepelexierii Latr. Enc. M. ix. p. 777. (Hesperia L.). 



Cape of Good Hope. 



8. Nis. IIehmimeri Latr. Enc. M. ix. p. 777- (Hesperia H.). 



Carolina. 



9. Nis. Hottk.ntota Latr. Enc. M. ix. p. 777. (Hesperia H.). 



Cape of Good Hope. 



10. Nis. Bro5Iius StoU, Suppl. Cram. pi. 8. f. 1. (Papilio B.). 



Th. Enobius lioisd. 

 Surinam. 



11. Nis. Mpitvs II aimer, Zutr. f. 659, 660. (Thracides M.). 



Java. 



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