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LEPIDOPTERA. 
HESPERIUS GALENUS. 
Plate L. fig. 3. 
Species. Hesperia Galenus : alis fuscis punctis maculisque flavis ; anticis fascia maculari 
transversa media ; posticis macula magna oblonga e medio ad marginem extensa. 
Expans. alar. unc. 1^. 
Hesperia : with the wings brown with yellow dots and spots ; the anterior with a 
central transverse row of spots forming a bar, and the latter with a large oblong 
spot reaching from the middle to the tips. Expanse of the wings, 1^ inch. 
Syn. Hesperia (U.) Galenus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1, p. 350. Enc. Meth. 9. 773. 
Habitat. “ In Indiis,” ( Fabricius ). 
HESPERIA CATULLUS. 
Plate L. fig. 4. 
Species. Hesperia Catullus : alis atris, striga communi submarginali punctorum alborum ; 
anticis etiam punctis nonnullis albis, subtus paucioribus. Expans. alar. unc. 1-k 
Hesperia : with the wings black, with a row of submarginal white dots on all the 
wings ; the anterior pair have also a few white dots scattered over the surface, 
being fewer beneath. Expanse of the wings, inch. 
Syn. Hesperia (U.) Catullus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1, p. 348. Abbot and Smith Lep. 
Georgia, 1. t. 24. Enc. Meth. 9. 777. 
Habitat. “ In Indiis,” ( Fabricius ). North America, ( Abbot and Smith). 
According to the Encyclopedic Methodique, this North American insect is liable 
to considerable variation in the number of the white dots on the upper surfaces of the 
wings. The caterpillar, according to Abbot and Smith, feeds upon the Monarda 
punctata. It is of a dark green colour, with two black spots on the first segment ; the 
head is black, with two white dots at the sides. 
HESPERIA SPIO. 
Plate L. fig. 5. 
Species. Hesperia Spio: alis reversis, nigris, maculis albis plurimis difformibus undique 
dispersis, subtus simillimis at fuscis. “ Similis P. Tages at dimidio minor et 
brevis.” — Linn. 
Hesperia : with the wings reversed, black, with many irregular shaped white spots 
