594 HESPEEIID.E. 
Pamjjhila florinda, Butler, Cist. Eutom. ii. p. 285 (1878). 
Hesperia comma, Pryer, Rhop. Nihon. p. 34, pi. x. figs. 14 « $ , 14 6 cj (1889). 
" Expands from 1-20 to 1-40 in. About the size of H. st/Ivanus, but has tbe bind margins more 
inclined to concavity in outline, especially in tbe male. The male has the basal and discal 
portions of tbe fore wing fulvous ; the bind margin and apex are dark brown ; there are some 
square fulvous spots near the apex ; the black line is very distinct, and is straighter than in 
H. sylvanus. Hind wings dark brown, with a submarginal row of fulvous spots, and a ful- 
vous spot near tbe base. The female is larger than the male, and is somewhat variable as 
regards the ground-colour, which ranges from dull fulvous to dark greenish brown : tbe 
fulvous spots are more discrete than in the male, and the black streak is absent from tbe fore 
wings. Underside: fore wings as above, but greenish towards the apex. Hind wings 
greenish or yellowish grey, with a submarginal row of seven or eight pure white spots, rather 
square in shape, and often outlined with blackish ; near tbe base are two or three similar 
spots. Clubs of antenna3 terminating in a hook. 
"Larva. Olive-green. Head large and black. There are two white spots on each side of the 
tenth and eleventh segments. Feeds on Coronilla, Ornilhoptis, Lotus, and other Leguminosa^. 
in June and July." {Liuvj, 1. c.) 
Var. florinda, Butler, (riate XLI. fig. 17, 6-) "6 2 a^o^e like P. comma, but deeper in 
colour ; below altogether redder in tint, with scarcely a trace of pale spots, only two or three 
being indistinctly traceable in the secondaries ; the veins also not tipped with black. 
" Expanse of wings c? 1 inch 6 lines, $ 1 inch 5 lines. 
" There is the same difference between the sexes as in the European insect, the male being tawny 
with purplish-brown borders and grey-streaked oblique black brand, the female purplish 
brown with the usual straw-yellow or ochreous spots ; the position of the species will be 
between P. comma and the P. si/Ivanus of Japan." {Biitlei-, I.e.) 
Occurs in the central parts of Japan, and I believe also in Yesso. 
Herz records typical specimens of E. comma from Corea, but at Gensan I 
only met with y^x. florinda. 
E. comma seems to be a scarce insect in Amurland, and Staudiuger (Rom. 
surLep. p. 211) describes a form from that region under the name repugnans, 
Avhich he says differs principally from the type on the under surface of 
secondaries, Avhere the pale spots are very small, and almost entirely oblite- 
rated by the yeUow ground-colour. The males on the upper siu-face have 
much darker, almost black, outer margins ; the females are hardly darker 
than typical comma. 
Some specimens taken by Herz in tlie neighbourhood of Pekin are con- 
sidered by Dr. Staudinger to be near his var. repugnans, which I believe to be 
s^Tionymous with var. florinda, Butler, an insect which Dr. Staudinger 
erroneously identifies as a form of A. (P.) sijhanus. I also formerly considered 
florinda to be a form of A. syhanus, on account of its resemblance on the 
