H E S P E R I A Haw orthiana . 

 Hawortlis Hesperia, 



Generic Character. 



Antennizmediocres vel elongata, rectus, graciles; clava suhtermirtali, brevl, cras- 

 sata, cylindraceu ; unco abrupto, brevi, acuminato. Falpi infroiite coin- 

 pressi, incm-vati, laterlbus convexis tel angulutis, articulo ultimo erecto, 

 vertlculi, Ahe (scdentes) erecta:. 



Division Es. 

 I. Palpi lati, infronte compressissi?ni, jintennts breves, clava crassissinui, 

 II. Palpi pene quadrati, crassissimi. Antenna elongata. 

 III. Palpi articulo ultimo longiore, gracile. Antennx mediocres, 

 Typus Genericus Hesperia Comma Auctorum. 



Antenna? moderate or elongated, straight, slender, the club nearly termi- 

 nal, short, thick, cylindric, ending in an abrupt, short and pointed 

 hook. Palpi com.pressed, incurved in front of the head, the sides 

 convex or angular; the last joint erect, pointing vertically. Wings 



when at rest erect. 



Divisions. 



I, Palpi broad, very compressed in front. Antennae short, the club very 



thick. 

 II. Palpi nearly square, very thick. Antennae elongated, 

 III. Palpi with the last joint lengthened, slender. Antenn£e moderate. 

 Generic Type Hesperia Comma of Authors. 



Specisic Character. 



Hesp. (Div 2.) atis supra nigrescente-fuscis, basi nitido-coerulcis, anticis fascia 

 mediali hyalina, posticis subtus fuscis, lincis duabus longiiudiimlibus vi- 

 ridi'jiavis ; pedibus fusco-aurantiis. 



Hesperia (Div. 2.). Wings above blackish-brown, the base shining blue; 

 anterior with a medial hyaline band; posterior beneath brown, with 

 two longitudinal yellow-green lines. Legs brownish-orange. 



1 H E celfcbrated Latreille, the father of modern Entomology, has 

 well observed, that the immense number of insects crowded to- 

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