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 LEPIDOPTERA. 



HESPERIA ZELEUCUS. 



Plate LI. fig. 3. 



Species. Hespeeia Zeleucus : atra, capite anoque sanguineis ; alis concoloribus atris ; 

 posticis margine tenuissimo albo. Expans. alar. tine. 2-}. 

 Hesperia : black, with the head and anus sanguineous ; wings coloured alike on 

 both sides, black ; the posterior with a very slender white margin. Expanse of 

 the wings, 2 5 inches. 

 Syn. Hesperia (IT.) Zeleucus, Fair. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 346. Enc. Meth. 9. 733. ■ 



Papilio Thasus, Cramer, pi. 380, / M, N. 

 Habitat. " In Indiis," (Eabricius). Surinam, and Brazil, (Enc. Meth.) 



The three preceding species are represented on a sprig of the Lagerstroemeria Indica. 



HESPERIA ORCUS. 



Plate LII. fig. 1. 



Species. Hesperia Orcus : alis subtus fuscis, anticis punctis maculaque lunata vitreo- 

 flavis ; posticis fasciis obsoletis ca?ruleis ; subtus cserulescentibus, margine nigro. 

 Expans. alar. unc. lj. 

 Hesperia : with the wings above brown, the anterior with several spots, and a 

 lunate mark of glassy yellow, the posterior with obsolete blue bars ; beneath 

 blue with a black edge. Expanse of the wings, 1 J inch. 

 Syn. Hesperia (U.) Orcus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 341. Enc. Meth. 9. 7S9. 



Papilio Cerialis, Cramer Pap. pi. 392, fig. N. 0. Stoll Suppl. Cramer, pi. 10, fig. 1. 



Habitat. " In Indiis," (Fabricius). Guiana, (Enc. Meth. Stoll.) 



The caterpillar, according to Stoll, (who observed the transformations of this 

 species in Guiana,) is dirty green, with the head brown, a spot on each side of the 

 segments of the body, and two ventral lines of white. It remains in the chrysalis 

 state only about seven days. 



