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XVIII. Descri2)tions of some ne7o Hes-peviidre from Central 

 and South America. By Hamilton H. Druce, 

 F.L.S., etc. 



[Read June 3rd, 1908.] 



Plate XXI. 



The present paper contains descriptions of some new 

 forms of conspicuous genera and the types are con- 

 tained in our own collection. Through the kindness of 

 Colonel C. Swinhoe I have been able to carefully examine 

 Plotz's volumes of MS. drawings and thereby identify 

 many of his species described in the volumes of the Stettin 

 Ent. Zeit. Dr. Godman's paper on the American species 

 described by this author (Anns. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, v. 

 XX, 1907) has practically cleared up all difficulties in 

 connection with those on which his paper treats. 



On a recent visit to Paris I have shown all the species 

 described herein to M. Mabille, who agrees that they are 

 new, excepting the form I propose to call Croniades 

 auraria. And my best thanks are due to him for his 

 kindness in showing me his collection and many of his types. 



M. Mabille is responsible for Fasc. XVII, Fam. HES- 

 PERID^ of Genera Insectorum published by M. P. 

 Wytsman in Brussels in 1904, which, although useful to 

 students of this family, is unfortunately very incomplete. 

 I propose now to deal only with the sub-family Pyrrliopy- 

 gmm and the first few genera of Hesperiinge as arranged 

 by him, and give here a list of species which he has 

 entirely omitted, but at the same time I am not prepared 

 to say these are all. 



In the genus Pyrrhopyge he does not mention — 



P. anina, Plotz, Stett. Ent. Zeit. p. 533 (1879). MS. 



drawings, pi. 1274 = C. sti/x, Mosch. fide Plotz. 

 P. rnfinucha, G. & S., P.Z.S. 1879, p. 151. A distinct 



species with a red collar. 

 P. hogotana, Rkt. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1868, p. 89. 



A synonym of P. hygicia, Feld. (misspelt hyyixa, p. 3, 



No. 33). 

 P. creona, Druce, Cist. Ent., p. 290 (1874), of which M. 



Mabille's P. aurora (Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 1891, Nov. 



Lep., pi. xiv, f. 3) is a synonym also omitted. 



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