ENTOMOLOGY. 



FIGURE II. 



HESPERIA GABRIELIS 

 GABRIEL BUTTERFLY. 



Papilio Pleb. rurales. Linn. 



* Hesperia rurales. Fabr, 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 

 AND 

 SYNONYMS. 



Wings somewhat three-tailed, glossy blue green : lower ones 

 beneath brown, with white bands before the tip. 



Hesperia Gabrielis : alis subtricaudatis caeruleis nitidissimus ; 



posticis subtus fuscis ante apicem albo fasciatis. 

 Fabr, Ent Sijst. T. 3. p. 1.^. 262. 14. 



The insect, destined by entomologists to commemorate the name 

 of Gabriel, is one of very unusual splendour ; it might be indeed 

 difficult for the imagination to conceive an object of surpassing 

 beauty. The upper surface is of a rich blue green, changeable to 

 green and golden ; the posterior margin of the wing has three short 

 and slender filament-like tails, and the anal angle is marked with 

 a deep crimson spot. The under surface is very different from the 



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