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HESPERIDM. 
OTHEE SPECIES OP HESPERTDM INCLUDED IN STAUDINGEK’S 
CATALOGUE AS BELONGING TO THE EUEOPEAN FAUNA. 
Genus SYPJCHTHUS. 
S. Gigas, Brem. Lep. 0. S. p. 96, T. viii. 3. — Very close to 
Tessellvm in colour and markings, but is larger ; probably a variety 
of that species. Habitat, Eastern Amur. 
S. Tesselliun var. Nomas, Led. z. b. V. 1855, p. 193, T. 1, 7.— 
Has the hind wings uniformly white beneath. Habitat, Syria. 
S. Poggei, Led. Wein. Mts. 1858, p. 141. — The size of S. Proto, 
but more resembles Phlomidis in its markings, &c., as far as I can 
judge from Lederer’s description. I have not seen a specimen. 
Habitat, Syria (Damascus). 
S. Maculatus, Brem. & Grey, p. 11 ; Brem. Lep. 0. S. p. 31. 
— Expands 1-50 in. Wings above blackish grey; the fore wings 
with two interrupted white bands and a white central lunule ; the 
hind wings with a double row of white dots. Under side : Fore 
wings the same as above, but with the apex brown. Hind wings 
banded with white and brown. Habitat, Amur. 
S. Inachus, Men. Schrk. p. 46, T. iv. 2. — Expands *90 in. 
Wings purplish brown, glossy. Fore wings with an angu- 
larly bent stripe and two small spots of white. Hind wings 
with two obscure white lines. Under side similarly marked, but 
the ground colour is green mixed with red. Habitat, Amur. 
Genus NISONIADES. 
N. Montanus, Brem. Lep. 0. S. p. 31, T, ii. 4. — Expands from 
1*02 to I'lO in. Fore wings olive-grey, with a darker olive basal 
spot, two oblique bands, and marginal lunules of the same colour ; 
on the anterior margin are three white dots. Hind wings blackish, 
with a whitish median lunule or stripe and marginal rows of yellow 
spots. Under side : Fore wings brownish black, with three rows 
of yellow spots. Hind wings the same as the upper side. Habitat, 
Amur. 
N. Popovianus, Nord. Bull. Mosc. 1851, iv. p. 443, T. 12, 3, 4. 
— Size of 'Pages. Wings entire, the fringes not spotted. Fore 
wings with a white dot, and the costa and a marginal row of white 
