HESPERIA. 1 1 



Var. H. taras. 



Papilio taras, Bergstrasser, Nomencl. iv. pi. 91, figs. 5, 6 (1780). 

 Papilio malvft, Esper, Schmett. i. (2) p. 149, pi. 51, fig. 2 



(1780). 

 Papilio fritillum, Fabricius, Mant. Ins. ii. p. 91, no. 624 (1787); 



Lewin, /. e. pi. 45, figs. 4, 5 (1795). 

 Papilio lavaterce, Haworth (nee Esper ; an Fabricius ?), Lepid. 



Brit. p. 52, no. 72 (1803). 

 Papilio alveolus, Hiibner, Eur. Schmett. i. figs. 847, 848 



(1818?). 



Hesperia lavatercz, Newman, Brit. Butterflies, p. 170 (1881). 

 Syrichthus malva, var. taras, Lang, Butterflies Eur. p. 345 



pi. 8 1, fig. 2 (1884). 



This is a conspicuous little Butterfly, measuring about an 

 inch across the wings, which are dark brown above, with the 

 fringes spotted with white, a sub-marginal row of small white 

 spots, and two irregular rows of larger ones on the fore-wings ; 

 on the hind-wings is a large white spot at the apex, and another 

 obliquely below it. The fore-wings are blacker beneath, with 



Var. H. taras. ^ 



the white markings more extended ; it is greenish grey between 

 the black and white markings and the spotted fringes. The 

 hind-wings are irregularly banded with white, and greenish-grey 

 below. In the variety H. taras, which is not very uncommon, 

 the white spots on the upper side are larger and confluent, 

 covering the centre of the fore-wings, 



