N. W. Gillham.
The Type of Hesperia horus Edwards (Lepidoptera: Hesperidae).
Psyche 61:162, 1954.

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162 Psyche [December
THE TYPE OF HESPERIA HORUS EDWARDS (LEPIDOPTERA : HESPERIDAE) .- Recently H. A. Freeman (1948, Ent. News, 59903) placed how in the synonomy of Hesperia metea licinus Edwards. He did not, however, have access to the holotype of floras which is a unique female in the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Since Freeman based his synonomy of horns 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 horns as a synonym of metea licimis. The figure given is a camera lucida reproduction of the genitalia of the holotype of how. - NICHOLAS W. GILL- HAM, Harvard University, Cambridge.
Ventral view of the genitalia of the holotype female of Hesperia horns Edwards (Type 8975; M. C. 2.; Genitalic Preparation 323. N. Gillham). Psit-he 61:162 I JIM), http //psyche enkliib ore/6I/6L- 162 him1



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