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65. Hespeeia Massasoit nov. sp. ^ Above very dark- 

 brown with a mulberry lustre, having no markings ex- 

 cept occasionally a faint small yellowish spot or two on 

 middle of secondaries, fringe slightly paler, yellowish 

 around the inner angle of secondaries. 



Beneath : Primarips hardly so dark as above, with red- 

 dish-yellow scales scattered along the costal border, and 

 on the outer border, especially toward the apex ; two very 

 small spots of same color, about midway between extrem- 

 ity of cell and apex of wing, with two large ones at the 

 middle of the wing, the inner a little lower than the outer: 

 Secondaries dark-brown with profusely scattered reddish- 

 yellow scales, especially toward the inner angle ; the cen- 

 tral portion of the wing is entirely taken up by a large 

 ;sulphur-yellow spot of irregular shape, formed of a straight 

 broad band, extending between the subcostal and median, 

 nervures, nearly to the hind border, cut across by an in- 

 curved line of reddish-yellow scales just below the divari- 

 cation of the subcostal, and crossed by a transverse broad 

 band, just beyond the middle of the wing, extending from 

 -costal to submedian nervures, cut across by the reddish- 

 yellow scales following the nervules, and bent somewhat 

 upon either side of the first band. 



9 Differs from $ only in having the markings of the 

 under surface of the primaries repeated above, and a 

 faint transverse band of distant reddish-yellow spots 

 across the middle of secondaries. Expanse of wings 1.1 — 

 1.4 in. Very rare ; I have seen it only from Carver, 

 Mass., Mr. Shurtleff, Conn., Mr. Edwards, and New- 

 England, Museum of Comp. Zoology. 



QQ. Hesperia Hobomok Harr. Open field ; quite com- 

 mon ; June and early in July. 



67. Hesperia Pocahontas nov. sp. Above dark blackish- 

 brown with yellowish-white markings on primaries dis- 

 posed as those in H. Metea, but considerably larger ; 

 secondaries with the markings of the under surface faintly 

 repeated. 



Beneath : Primaries with a large basal black spot ; beyond 

 it a little past the middle a very broad whitish ochraceous 

 band from the sub-costal nervure to inner border ; above 

 it and along costal border ochraceous mixed with reddish- 



