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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM. 
  vol.44. 
  

  

  at 
  tornus. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  with 
  the 
  ground 
  whitish, 
  tinged 
  with 
  rufous; 
  

   base 
  variegated 
  with 
  brown 
  and 
  rufous 
  Unes; 
  a 
  narrow 
  mesial 
  black 
  

   line 
  across 
  the 
  wing 
  in 
  irregular 
  course, 
  separating 
  the 
  basal 
  varie- 
  

   gated 
  area 
  from 
  the 
  outer 
  one; 
  a 
  submarginal 
  row 
  of 
  broad 
  crescents, 
  

   edged 
  within 
  by 
  black 
  and 
  followed 
  by 
  the 
  brown 
  termen, 
  obscured 
  

   by 
  a 
  black 
  cloud 
  between 
  veins 
  5 
  and 
  6; 
  an 
  outer 
  mesial 
  row 
  of 
  black 
  

   spots, 
  faintly 
  surrounded 
  by 
  rufous; 
  a 
  black 
  cloud 
  on 
  costa 
  in 
  the 
  

   mesial 
  area. 
  Expanse, 
  39 
  mm. 
  

  

  Type.— 
  Female, 
  No. 
  14487, 
  U.S.N.M., 
  Rascon, 
  San 
  Luis 
  Potosi, 
  

   Mexico, 
  August, 
  1911 
  (R. 
  MuUer). 
  

  

  Family 
  HESPERIID^. 
  

  

  Genus 
  THESPIEUS 
  Godman 
  and 
  Salvin. 
  

  

  THESPIEUS 
  DALMANI 
  GUERRERONIS, 
  new 
  subspecies. 
  

  

  Differs 
  from 
  Thespieus 
  ddlmani 
  Latreille 
  principally 
  in 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  

   the 
  brown 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  hind 
  wings 
  below, 
  which 
  is 
  large, 
  triangular, 
  

   its 
  lower 
  angle 
  reaching 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  white 
  spot. 
  

  

  Cotypes.—'Thiee 
  males. 
  No. 
  14488, 
  U.S.N.M., 
  Baleas, 
  Gurrero, 
  1,500 
  

   feet, 
  August, 
  1906; 
  Iguala, 
  Guerrero, 
  2,400 
  feet, 
  June, 
  1906; 
  Naranjo, 
  

   Guerrero, 
  Mexico, 
  3,000 
  feet, 
  August, 
  1906 
  (W. 
  Schaus). 
  

  

  THESPIEUS 
  CACAJO, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Bronzy 
  black 
  above, 
  yellowish 
  shaded 
  at 
  the 
  bases 
  of 
  the 
  wings; 
  

   spots 
  yellowish 
  hyaline; 
  discal 
  spot 
  square, 
  constricted 
  centrally; 
  

   three 
  small 
  wedge-shaped 
  spots 
  below 
  the 
  costa 
  at 
  outer 
  fourth; 
  

   three 
  oblique 
  spots 
  below, 
  the 
  upper 
  two 
  quadrate, 
  middle 
  one 
  large, 
  

   lower 
  one 
  wedge-shaped; 
  male 
  with 
  a 
  long 
  narrow 
  brand, 
  cut 
  into 
  

   two 
  segments 
  by 
  vein 
  2. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  with 
  three 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  disk, 
  

   divided 
  only 
  by 
  the 
  veins, 
  narrowing 
  toward 
  apex 
  and 
  without 
  any 
  

   following 
  yellow 
  shades. 
  Beneath 
  the 
  spots 
  are 
  repeated; 
  fore 
  

   wing 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  ferruginous 
  yellow 
  stain 
  beyond 
  the 
  subapical 
  

   spots, 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  purplish 
  line; 
  hind 
  wing 
  with 
  mottled 
  purplish 
  

   shading 
  across 
  the 
  disk 
  within 
  the 
  middle; 
  a 
  large 
  brown 
  triangular 
  

   spot 
  below 
  the 
  hyaline 
  spots, 
  edged 
  narrowly 
  with 
  purphsh; 
  three 
  

   ferruginous-red 
  spots 
  beyond 
  the 
  hyalme 
  spots, 
  separated 
  by 
  the 
  

   veins. 
  Expanse, 
  36-40 
  mm. 
  

  

  Cotypes. 
  — 
  Two 
  males, 
  one 
  female, 
  No. 
  14489, 
  U.S.N.M., 
  Naranjo, 
  

   Guerrero, 
  Mexico, 
  3,000 
  feet, 
  August, 
  1906 
  (W. 
  Schaus); 
  Cuemavaca, 
  

   Mexico, 
  August, 
  1906 
  (W. 
  Schaus). 
  

  

  THESPIEUS 
  ZAOVINIA, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Black, 
  the 
  wings 
  a 
  little 
  bronzy, 
  especially 
  toward 
  base; 
  spots 
  

   whitish 
  hyaUne; 
  discal 
  spot 
  large, 
  strongly 
  constricted; 
  three 
  small 
  

   subapical 
  elongate 
  quadrate 
  spots, 
  the 
  middle 
  one 
  moved 
  inward 
  

  

  