Butterflies collected in Chili. 475 
“ Ohrysalis.—Brownish grey, rarely dull green. The 
covering of the head is produced into a point on each 
side; the thorax has a high peak on the back and a 
smaller one on each side; the abdomen has a double 
row of points on the back ; wing-coverings prominent. 
Imagines emerge erratically, some in December, some in 
January, February, March, April, and June, and some 
in the October following. Valparaiso.” —T’. LE. 
HESPERIIDA. 
GEGENES, Hiibner. 
58. Gegenes fusca. 
Hesperia fusca, Reed, Monogr. Marip. Chil., p. 81 
(1877). 
Chili. 
One specimen (without abdomen), answering well to 
Reed’s description ; also the type from Santiago. 
Pyreus, Hiibner. 
54, Pyrgus americanus. 
3, Syrichthus americanus, Blanchard, in Gay’s ‘ Fauna 
Chilena,’ vii., p. 44; pl. 8, fig. 10 (1852). 
928. notatus, Blanchard, l. c., p. 45 (1852). 
Hesperia notata (part), Reed, Monogr. Marip. Chil., 
p- 80 (1877). 
2 Near Santiago, Reed’s collection. 
The number was placed in the box a little below the 
whole series of Pyrgus, but too far from them to satisfy 
me that it belonged to them, so that I am doubtful 
respecting the exact locality of the three first species in 
this genus. (See Notes). 
Reed has evidently confounded several species under 
this butterfly and its female. 
55. Pyrgus fulvovittatus, n. 8. 
@. Upper surface like P. malve, female, of Europe, 
excepting that the central band on the secondaries is as 
perfect (though more sordid) as in P. americanus ; under 
surface also much like P. malve, but the primaries with 
the inner series of white spots complete, and the 
