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248. Hesperia ruralis. 



SyricMus ruralis, Boisd., Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., 1852, 

 p. 811. 

 Range. California. 



Crowfoot has given this species, but from its range it 

 looks as if some mistake had arisen in the identification. 



249. Heliopetes arsalte. 



Papilio arsalte, Linn., Mus. Uh., p. 245 (17C4). 

 Range. Amazons ; Venezuela ; Honduras. 

 Frequent, but not abundant. 



250. Staphylus ascalaphus. 



Helias ascala2)hus, Stgr., Verb. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien., 

 XXV, p. 116, n. 31 (1876). 

 Range. Venezuela; Nicaragua; Panama. 

 June 1898 {W. J. Kayc). 



251. Staphylus sinepunctis, n. sp. 



Fore-wing without any apical spots, brown with the markings 

 black-brown. Across the centre of the wing is a broad V-shaped 

 mark the basal half of which is the broadest and the marginal half 

 is duplicated for half its length, from costa, the double bands uniting 

 at near vein 3 ; beyond the V is a siniiated dark line on a paler 

 ground-colour reaching down to about vein 4 and then merging into 

 the outward half of the V-mark. Tornus with a large round patch 

 of a somewhat dull golden colour but very inconspicuous. Hind- 

 wing with a broad dark central fascia much curved and followed by 

 a lighter edging. Under-side of fore-wing almost uncolorous shining 

 very dark brown slightly lighter at tornus. Under-side of hind- 

 wing with a large dull fawn-coloured patch at anal angle extending 

 over about half the wing area. 



Exp. 28 mm. 



Taken at end of June 1901 at St. Ann's Valley {W. J. 

 Kayc). 



252. Staphylus aurocapilla. 



Staphylus aiirocapilla, Stand., Verb. Zool. Bot. Ges. 

 Wien., XXV. 



Range. Mexico to Buenos Ayres. 



Probably taken in the Botanical Gardens (Lady Broome). 



