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Chromus in ' Gen. Diurn. Lepid/), and to H. Lebadea of Hewitson. 

 A very distinct species, with a strongly marked white band on the 

 under surface of the hind wings, is figured as P. Alexis in Jones's 

 ' Icones.' 



4. Hesperia Helirius. 



Papilio (P. U.) Helirius, Cramer, " alls integerrimis, divaricatis, 

 fuscis, margine nigro ; anticis puncto centrali flavo : habitat Suri- 

 nam!." Pap. Eocot. i. pi. 60. fig. D (1779). 



Fabricius, Sp. Ins. p. 131. n. 600 (1781) ; Mant. Ins. p. 85. 

 n. 768 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. iii. p. 328. n. 243 (1793). 



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

 Esq., of the Madras Civil Service) B.M. 



5. Hesperia Iphis. 



Papilio (P. U.) Jupiter, Fabricius [P. Iphis, Drury], " alis ecau- 

 datis, atris, viridi nitentibus ; subtus viridibus, venis margin eque 

 nigris, capite anoque sanguineis : habitat in Sierra Leon, Africa?." 

 III. ii. pi. 15. figs. 3, 4 (1773). 



Fabricius, Mant. Ins. p. 87. n. 794 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. iii. 

 p. 336. n. 279 (1793). 



Sierra Leone. (Collected 1858, by Mr. James Foxcroft) B.M. 



6. Hesperia Bixae. 



Papilio (P. U.) Bixae, Linnceus, " alis rotundatis, fuscis, basi vire- 

 scentibus ; posticis subtus fascia lactea : habitat in America." Clerclc, 

 Icon. pi. 42. fig. 4 (1764) ; Donovan, Nat. Rep. v. pi. 165 (1827). 

 Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 534. n. 390 (1775); Sp. Ins. p. 135. 

 n. 626 (1781) ; Mant. Ins. p. 89. n. 807 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. 

 iii. p. 344. n. 307 (1793). 

 Ashanti. (Obtained 1844) B.M. 



7. Hesperia Scipio. 



Hesperia (U.) Scipio, Fabricius, " alis ecaudatis, anticis utrinquc 

 fascia hyalina alba, supra nigris, subtus viridibus : habitat in 

 Indiis." 



Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. p. 338. n. 284 (1793). 



Not in the collection of the British Museum. 



P. Scipio seems to belong to the P. Bixw group of Hesperia ; it 

 may, however, be a species of Teleyonus allied to Cramer's P. Apas- 

 tus and StolPs P. Narcosius : in the ' Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera ' 

 it is considered synonymous with the latter. 



