CHAPTER X


 FAMILY HESPERIDZE
 SUB-FAMILY Pyrrhopyginse
Genus:
1. PYRRHOPYGE ZENODORUS (G. and S.).
 I found this Hesperid at San Pedro on the
Sarstoon River.
2. PYRRHOPYGE SCYLLA (Men).
 This insect also I found at San Pedro Sarstoon.
3. PYRRHOPYGE CHARYBDIS (Doub).
 This I captured in the Western District.
 All these Hesperids are extremely rapid on the
wing and difficult to capture, and when captured
they flutter and beat themselves about so franti-
cally in the net that unless they are killed without
delay they become so damaged as to be worthless
as specimens.

 SUB-FAMILY Hesperiine
4. PHOCIDES PIGMALION (Cram).
 This is a very robust and powerful Hesperid.
Its flight is exceedingly rapid and it has the same
habit of beating itself about in the net as I have