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LEPIDOPTERA. 



HESPERIUS GALENUS. 



Plate L. fig. 3. 



Species. Hesperia Galenus : alis fuscis punctis maculisque flavis ; anticis fascia maculari 

 transversa media ; postiois macula magna oblonga e medio ad marginem extensa. 

 Expans. alar. unc. 1J. 

 Hesperia : with the wings brown with yellow dots and spots ; the anterior with a 

 central transverse row of spots forming a bar, and the latter with a large oblong 

 spot reaching from the middle to the tips. Expanse of the wings, \\ inch. 



Syn. Hesperia (TJ.) Galenus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1, p. 350. Enc. Meth. 9. 773. 



Habitat. " In Indiis," (Fabricius). 



HESPERIA CATULLUS. 



Plate L. fig. 4. 



Species. Hesperia Catullus : alis atris, striga communi submarginali punctorum alborum ; 



anticis etiam punctis nonnullis albis, subtus paucioribus. Expans. alar. unc. 1-J-. 



Hesperia : with the wings black, with a row of submarginal white dots on all the 



wings ; the anterior pair have also a few white dots scattered over the surface, 



being fewer beneath. Expanse of the wings, 1£ inch. 



Syn. Hesperia (U.) Catullus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1, p. 348. Abbot and Smith Lep. 

 Georgia, 1. t. 24. Enc. Meth. 9. 777. 



Habitat. " In Indiis," (Fabricius). North America, (Abbot and Smith). 



According to the Encyclopedie Methodique, this North American insect is liable 

 to considerable variation in the number of the white dots on the upper surfaces of the 

 wings. The caterpillar, according to Abbot and Smith, feeds upon the Monarda 

 punctata. It is of a dark green colour, with two black spots on the first segment ; 

 the head is black, with two white dots at the sides. 



HESPERIA SPIO. 



Plate L. fig. 5. 



Species. Hesperia Spio : alis reversis, nigris maculis albis plurimis difformibus undique 

 dispersis, subtus simillimis at fuscis. " Similis P. Tages at dimidio minor et 

 brevis. " — Linn. 

 Hesperia : with the wings reversed, black, with many irregular shaped white spots 



