Plate XIII. fig. 4. 5.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna. FAMILY: Hesperiidæ, _Stephens_.
GENUS. PAMPHILA, _Fabr._ Hesperia (urbicolæ), _Fabr. Latr. et God._
Papilio (Pleb. urb.) _Drury, Linn._
PAMPHILA PHYLÆUS. Alis rufo-fulvis, anticis supra fasciâ obliquâ
interruptâ (mas.) maculâve arcuatâ (foemina) limboque postico fuscis,
posticis ibidem extùs fusco marginatis. (Expans. Alar. 1½ unc.).
SYN. Papilio (Hesp. urb.) Phylæus, _Drury, Latr. et God. Enc. Méth._ ix.
_p._ 767. _No._ 112. (Hesperia Ph.)
Hesperia (urb.) Vitellius, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ III. 1. _p._ 327. _No._.
240
Pamphila Vitellius, _Steph. Illust. Brit. Ent. H._ 1. _p._ 103. _Haworth,
in Trans. Ent. Soc. Vol._ 1. _p._ 334. _Abbot and Smith, Ins. Georgia,
tab._ 17.
HABITAT: Antigua, St. Christopher's, Nevis, &c. (_Drury_). Antilles and
Brazil (_Enc. Méth._).
_Upper Side._ Thorax and abdomen of a yellowish olive. Superior wings of
a tawny yellow, having a dark brown (almost a black) indented margin,
running along the external margin, from the tips to the lower corners.
Near the middle of each wing are two dark-brown spots, one oblong, the
other of a longish square form, the former being the largest. Inferior
wings tawny yellow, and angulated, having a dark brown indented margin.
_Under Side._ Wings tawny yellow, but rather paler than on the upper
side. The anterior with several dark brown angular spots, placed along
the external edges, and in the middle of the wings, with a large one near
the shoulders. Posterior wings also spotted with many small dark brown
spots, some being scarcely visible.
A specimen of this species is stated to have been captured by the late Dr.
Abbot in Bedfordshire. It is most probable, however, now that the Pamphila
Bucephalus has been proved to be an indigenous species, that the specimen
the capture of which is recorded by Mr. Haworth, belonged to that species.
The caterpillar of this skipper-butterfly feeds upon a species of panic
grass (Panicum Crus-Galli) and on the buffalo grass.
{26}PLATE XIV.
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