] 62 MESSES. H. J. EWES AND JAMES EDWARDS : 



! Hespeeia bieti. 



SyricMhus bieti, Oberthiir, Etud. d'Ent. xi. p. 26, pi. vi. fig. 50 (1886). 

 Hesperia bieti, Leech, Butt. China &c. p. 578 (1894). 



Hab. Western China [fide Leech) ; N.E. Tibet (fide Alpheraky). 



Hespeeia obeethuei. 



SyricMhus oberthuri, Leech, Entomologist, xxiv. Suppl. p. 59 (June 1891). 

 Syrichthus delavayi, Oberthiir, Etud. d'Ent. xv. p. 20, pi. iii. fig. 31, $ (July 1891). 

 Hesperia oberthuri, Leech, Butt. China &c. p. 579, pi. xli. fig. 5, $ . 



Hal. Western China (fide Leech) ; Yunnan (fide Oberthiir). 



We rely on Mr. Leech's identification of H. delavayi with H. oberthuri, not having 

 seen the former. 



! Hespeeia zona. 



Scelothrix zona, Mabille, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr, 1875, p. ccxiv. 



Scelothrix (Pyrgus) alhistriga, Mabille, t. c. 1876, p. xxvii. 



Pyrgus sinicus, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xix. p. 96 (1877). 



Syrichthus sinicus, Pryer, Rhop. Nihon. p. 35, pi. x. fig. 22 (1889). 



Hesperia zona, Leech, Butt. China &c. p. 577, pi. xli. figs. 1, 3 (1893-4). 



Hab. Japan, Shanghai (Pryer) ; Central China (Pratt) ; Korea (Leech). 



We rely on Mr. Leech's identification of H. sinicus with H. zona, which is, we 

 believe, correct. We do not feel equal confidence in the constancy of the characters 

 by which he separates it from H. maculatus, especially as the differences in their 

 genitalia are of degree only. 



! Hespeeia maculatus. 



Syrichthus maculatus, Bremer & Grey, Schmett. N. China's, p. 11, pi. iii. fig. 6 (1853) ; Pryer, 



Rhop. Nihon. p. 35, pi. x. fig. 21 (1889). 

 Pyrgus maculatus, Menetries, Cat. Mus. Petr. pi. v. fig. 5 (1855). 

 Hesperia maculata, Leech, Butt. China, &c. p. 576, pi. xli. fig. 2, J 1 (1893-4). 



Hab. Amurland (Graeser) ; Askold, Shanghai (Pryer). 



! Hespeeia thibetanus. 



Syrichthus maculatus, var. thibetanus, Oberthiir, EHud. d'Ent. xv. p. 20, pi. iii. fig. 27 (1891). 

 Hesperia thibetana, Leech, Butt. China &c. p. 578 (1894). 



Hab. Western China (fide Leech). 



We follow Mr. Leech in treating this as a distinct species, as our material is insufficient 

 to decide the question ; the differences noted are not, however, very striking. 



! Hespeeia sid,e. 

 Papilio sides, Esper, Schmett. i. 2, pi. xc. fig. 3 (1784) ; Hiibner, Eur. Schmett. i. fig. 468 

 (1798-1803). 

 Hab. Alassio, N. Italy (Mrs. Mcholl) ; S.E. Europe ; Asia Minor to Turkestan. 



