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LEPIDOPTERA. 



Hesperia : with tlie anterior wings above black, spotted with yellow ; beneath 

 similarly coloured, but with a reddish costa ; posterior pair yellow with the 

 margin (interrupted behind) black, beneath variegated. Expanse of the wings, 

 11 inch. 



Stn. Hesperia (IT.) Tibullus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 326. Enc. Meth. 9. 754. 



Habitat. " In Indiis," (Fabricius). 



HESPERIA AITGIAS. 



Plate XLVIII. fig. 1. 



Species. Hesperia Augias : alis fulvis ; supra anticis linea obliqua, limboque postico 

 nigris ; posticis nigris, puncto subcentrali fasciaque postica utrinque dentatis 

 rufo-flavis. Expans. alar. unc. lj. 

 Hesperia : with fulvous wings ; above the anterior are marked by an oblique 

 line, and the posterior edge of black ; the posterior are black, with a central 

 spot and a posterior bar, toothed on each side, of reddish yellow. Expanse of 

 the wings, 1^ inch. 



Stk. Papilio (Pleb. Urb.) Augias, Linn. Amain. Acad. t. 4, p. 410. Syst. Nat. 2. 794. 

 Fabr. Ent. Syst. HI. 1. p. 327. Enc. Meth. 9. 767, (Hesperia A.) 



Habitat. Java, (Linnwus Enc. Meth.) India, (Fabricius). 



The specimen here figured appears to be less strongly marked with black than 

 ordinary, the posterior margin of the wings being spotted with that colour, instead 

 of being entirely black. 



HESPEETA ORIGINES. 



Plate XLVIII. fig. 2. 



Species. Hesperia Origines : alis fuscis ; striga punctorum alborum ; anticis basi oblique 

 testaceis. Expans. alar. unc. 1^. 

 Hesperia : with the wings brown, with a row of white dots ; the anterior with a 

 large oblique testaceous patch at the base. Expanse of the wings, \\ inch. 

 Stn. Hesperia (U.) Origines, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 328, (Hesperia Thaumas). Enc. 



Meth. 9.7661 

 Habitat. "In Indiis," (Fabricius.) North America, (Enc. Meth.) 



As there appears to be some doubt of the precise identity of this insect with 

 the Hesperia Thaumus of Fabricius, as well as of its sex, and as the accompanying 

 figure agrees with the Fabrician description of H. Origines, I have thought it best 

 to retain the latter name. 



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