IIESPERID;^!. 



INVOLUTiE. 



Chrysalides auo filisque transversis alligatae , sub tela tenui intcr folia 

 quiescentes. 



X. TRIBUS HESPERIDJL (1). 



Larvs tortriciformcs, inter folia alligata vcl contorta degentcs. Chry- 

 salides vix sub-angulosae. — Caput magnum , crassum cum oculis tho- 

 race saepe latius. Pedcs sex completi. Areola alarum posticarum 

 aperta. 



1. G£NUS STEROPES, Boisd. 

 Hesperia, Latr., Ochs. 



Caput thoracis latitudine. Antennae haud uncinatK, clava sub-ovata. 

 Palpi rcmoti, hirsuti, articulo ultimo graciliori, distincto. Ala omucs 

 pcr quictcm erectK, comiiventes. Abdomcn alis posticis longius. Sta- 

 tura debUior. 



(Aracywthos.F., G., Latr., B., D. . . P f^""!'- 



279 j IJulii. 



IStcropes, H., O. 



„ (Paniscos, F., Illig., H.,0., G., B. . P. ..... . Maii. 



•'°° IVar. ^j/wuj, H.,0., G Circa Prunswick. 



2. GENUS HESPERIA, Boisd. 

 Jieiperitc, Auct. 



Chrysalides anticc mucronatse , abdomine vagina libera instructa;. — 

 Caput crassum, cura ocuHs thorace latius. Antcnnx rigldar, clava 

 ovata, sxpius mucronulo cxtus arcuato prajdita. Palpi valdc hbsnti, 

 articulo ultimo gi'acili , acuto. Alas anticse per quietem semi-erectse , 

 posticx patulae , horizontales. Statnra robustior. 



(1) Cr. Stephcns (Sjrilematic Catal. o/ Brilishiniccts) Ires Hespcrin» America! sop- 

 tcnlrionalis {Oileut, Lin.— Bucephalus, Stcpli. — Vilellius, Kab.), ul liospiles aaglioiis 

 at; scd pro ccrto nunquam occurrunt , ncc in Aoglia ncc in Europa australiori. 



