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 LEPIDOPTEBA. 



HESPERIA THRAX. 



Plate XLIX. fig. 2. 



Species. Hesperia Thrax : alis eoaudatis, fasois, maculis tribus fenestratis, exteriore 

 miuore. Expans. alar. unc. 2}-. 

 Hesperia: without tails, with brown wings, the anterior having three fenestrated 

 spots, of which the outer one is smallest. Expanse of the wings, 2J inches. 



Syn. Papilio (PL Urb.) Thrax, Linn. Si/st. Nat. 2. 794. Enc. M'eth. 9. 748, (Hesperia T.) 

 Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 337? 



Habitat. Java, (Linnceus, Enc. M'eth.) 



Donovan expressly states that his specimen of this insect corresponded with that 

 in the Linncean cabinet. It also agrees with the description of a Javanese butterfly 

 described in the Encyclopedie Methodique as the true Thrax. This circumstance 

 renders doubtful the references to Fabricius, Clerk, and Cramer, who has figured 

 three species, regarded as varieties of Thrax, under the names of Papilio Salus, 

 Sebaldus, and Ramasis. 



HESPERIA (EANTIS) MITHRIDATES. 



Plate XLIX. fig. 3. 



Subgenus. Eantis, Boisduval. 



Species. Hesperia (Eantis) Mithridates : alis atris, purpureo-maculatis, fasciaque sub- 



marginali purpurea lunulis albidis ; subtus nigris, fasciis duabus macularibus 



purpureis. Expans. alar. unc. 2. 

 Hesperia (Eantis) : with the wings black, spotted with purple, and with a purple 



submarginal fascia, in which are whitish lunules ; beneath black, with two rows 



of purple spots. Expanse of the wings, 2 inches. 

 Syn. Hesperia (U.) Mithridates, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 336. Enc. Mith. 9. 792, 



(Hesperia M.) 

 Habitat. " In Indiis," (Fabricius). Brazil ? (Enc. Meth.) 



