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[December 
The Type of Hesperia horus Edwards (Lepidoptera: 
Hesperidae) . — Recently H. A. Freeman (1948, Ent. 
News, 59:203) placed horus in the synonomy of Hesperia 
metea licinus Edwards. He did not, however, have access 
to the holotype of horus which is a unique female in the 
collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Since 
Freeman based his synonomy of horus upon its facies, 
which are very unsatisfactory for a proper diagnosis, I felt 
that further investigation of the matter was warranted. I 
have now compared the genitalia of horus with those of 
metea and am convinced that Freeman was quite correct 
in placing horus as a synonym of metea licinus. 
The figure given is a camera lucida reproduction of the 
genitalia of the holotype of horus. — Nicholas W. Gill- 
ham, Harvard University, Cambridge. 
Ventral view of tlie genitalia of the holotype female of He.^pcria horus 
Edwards (Type 8975; M. C. Z.; Genitalic Preparation 323, X. Gillham). 
