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HESPERID.E. 
9. Hesperia Marpesia. v ; • - 
Alis fuscis: anticis maculis octo vitreis maeulaque alba : posticis 
fascia tripartita alba: his infra dimidio basali einereo, fascia ma- 
eulari alba, venis nigris. 
Upperside dark brown. Anterior wing with eight trans¬ 
parent white spots : two within the cell, three below these in 
a line towards the apex, and three before the apex: a white 
opaque spot near the middle of the costal margin. Posterior 
wing with a central trifid transparent white band. 
Underside. Anterior wing as above, except that it is 
grey-brown towards the outer margin. Posterior wing with 
the basal half grey : an undefined band of white beyond the 
middle : the outer margin broadly brown : the nerwures 
black. 
Exp. lAg- inch. Hab. Amazon. 
In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 
Near to H. Phyllus of Cramer. 
10. Hesperia Himella. v u v y fr- * 
Alis fuscis, fimbria albo maculata: anticis maculis septem, posticis 
maculis tribus vitreis : anticis infra macula apicali albo margi- 
nata: posticis in medio albis nigro notatis. 
Upperside dark brown, the fringe broad, alternately 
black and white. Anterior wing with six transparent white 
spots: one in the cell, three below it in a line towards the 
apex, and three before the apex : an opaque white spot and 
a spot of ochreous hair near the inner margin. Posterior 
wing with a short central band of three transparent spots. 
Underside. Anterior wing as above, except that there 
is a large black spot at the apex, bordered outwardly with 
white. Posterior wing with a large central irregular space of 
white, deeply sinuated and marked by some minute black 
spots : some small spots near the base and two on the inner 
margin also white : the apex rufous-grey. 
Exp. 1 i inch. Hab. Rio de Janeiro. 
