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atris ; anticis maculis tribus fenestratis ; posticis cferuleo fasciatis : 

 habitat in India." P. Yulcanus, Cramer, P(ip> Exot. iii. pi. 245. 

 figs. C, D (1782). 



Fabricius, Sp. Ins. p. 135. n. 624 (1781) ; Mant. Ins. p. 89. 

 n. 803 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. iii. p. 342. n. 302 (1793). 



Not in the collection of the British Museum. 



A nearly allied species has hitherto represented P. Gnetus in the 

 collection of the British Museum ; the type is in the Banksian 

 Cabinet, and differs from Cramer's figure in having a strong mar- 

 ginal projection at the termination of the third median nervule. 



Genus 4. HESPERIA *, Fabricius, 

 Ent. Syst. iii. Gloss. 1. p. 325 (1793). 



1. Hesperia Exclamationis. PL III. fig. 2. 



Papilio(P. U.) Exclamationis, Fabricius, "alisintegris, divaricatis, 

 fuscis ; anticis lineola punctoque flavescentibus : habitat in India." 

 Var. P. Ladon, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii. pi. 284. fig. G (1782). 



Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 530. n. 373 (1775) ; Sp. Ins. p. 131. 

 n. 595 (1781) ; Mant. Ins. p. 84. n. 760 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. 

 iii. p. 325. n. 232 (1793). 



East Indies. (Presented 1849, by E. Doubleday, Esq.) B.M. 



This species is figured, in such a position as to show the note of 

 exclamation, in Jones's 'Icones;' no name, however, is inscribed 

 upon the plate : in the ' Genera ' it is referred to the genus Pamphila. 



2. Hesperia Pisistratus. 



Hesperia (U.) Pisistratus, Fabricius, " alis integerrimis, fuscis ; 

 posticis supra disco flavo ; subtus fascia nivea, nigro punctata : ha- 

 bitat in America." 



Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. p. 345. n. 311 (1793). 



West Africa. (Presented 1849, by E. Doubleday, Esq.) B.M. 



3. Hesperia Alexis. PL III. fig. 1. 



Papilio (P. U.) Alexis, Fabricius, " alis ecaudatis, nigricantibus ; 

 posticis subtus fascia ca3rulescentc : habitat in India." 



Fabricius, St/st. Ent. p. 533. n. 387 (1775); Sp. Ins. p. 134. 

 n. 619 (1781) ; Mant. Ins.]). 87. n. 792 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. 

 iii. p. 336. n. 277 (1793). 



Coimbatoor, South India. (Presented 1861, by M. J. Walhouse, 



Esq., Madras Civil Service) B.M. 



This species is evidently allied to P. Chromus, Cramer (Ooniloba 

 * The description applies best to tho Hespcrice Urbicolte of Fabricius. 



