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! Hesperia malv^. (Plate XXIII. figs. 28, 28 a.) 



Papilio vialva, Linnseusj Faun. Suec. p. 385. n. 1081 (1761) ; id. Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 795. n. 267 



(1767) ; Esper, Schmett. i. 1, pi. xxxvi. fig. 5 (1778). 

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

 Hesperia taras, Meigen, Eur. Schmett. ii. p. 61, pi. Iv. figs. 3 a, b (1830). 



Hah. Europe to Amurland. 



! Hesperia melotis. (Plate XXIII. fig. 29.) 



Hesperia melotis, Duponcliel, Lep. Er., Suppl. i. pi. xlii. figs. 1, 2 (1832). 



Pyrgus hypoleucos, Lederer, Verli. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. Wien, 1855, p. 193, pi. i. fig. 8. 



Hah. Beirut, Syria (Zach). 



! Hesperia andromed^. 



Syrichthus andromeda, Wallengren, Vet.-Ak. Forh. 1853, p. 25 ; id. Lep. Scand., Rhop. p. 272 

 11857). 



Eab. Alps, 6000 ft. {FAwes) ; Norway {Schoyen). 



! Hesperia cacali^. 



Herperia cacalice, Rambur, Faun. And. pi. viii. figs. 6, 7 (1839) ; Herrich-Scliafi'er, Schmett 

 Eur. i., Hesp. figs. 23-25 (1846). 



Eab. Alps, 6000 feet {Elwes). 



! Hesperia onopordi. (Plate XXIII. fig. 25 h.) 



Hesperia onopordi, Rambur, Faun. And. pi. viii. fig. 13 (1839). 

 Scelothrix onopordi, Rambur, Cat. Lep. And. vol. i. p. 72 (1858). 



Eab. S. Spain {Staudinger) ; Batna, Algeria {Elwes). 



This difiicult species may be distinguished from E. alveus, of which it has been 

 doubtfully treated as a synonym, by the pattern of the hind wing below, which in 

 E. onojJOi'di has the white spot in cells 4-5 projecting into the discoidal cell next the 

 subcostal, whilst in E. alveus the spot in question has no such projection, and also 

 by the difference in the form of the male genitalia. 



! Hesperia cENTAt7RB.E. 



Hesperia centaurece, Rambur, Faun. And. pi. viii. fig. 10 (1839) ; Herrich-Schaffer, Schmett. 

 Eur. i., Hesp. figs. 1-3 (1815). 



Eab. Norway, 2000-6000 ft. (Mwes, Schoyen) ; Finland {ScMlde) ; Labrador 

 {Moeschler) ; Laggan, Alberta Terr., British N. America, 5000 ft. {Elwes). 



