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F. ; spots of discal sciies in both wings, and spots in basal area of 

 hiud-wiug, irregularly placed but separate and sub-quadrato. 

 L. Thcs})is (Linn.) [tailed], Bowkeri, Trim, [tailed]. 



164. (4G.) LycaGna Thespis, (Linna)us). 

 Plate VIII. ff. 2 ( ^^ ), 2a ( ? ). 



S Pajyilio Thespis, Linn., Mus. Liul. Uh-., p. 31S, n. 136 (1764); -"^iiJ 



Syst. Nat., i. 2, p. 791, n. 236 (1767). 

 $ Papilio Pitho, Linn., oj;/). cit., p. 337, n. 255 ; p. 795, n. 266. 

 c^ ? Pulyommatus "Thespis, Godt., Enc. Metli., ix. p. 682, n. 207 (1S19). 

 ^ ? Lyccma Thespis, Trim., Rhop. Afr. Aust., ii. p. 246, n. 147 (1866). 



Ex}). al., (^) II — I if lin. ; ($) i in. — i in. i lin, 

 $ Bright sliining-Uue, loitli a narroio, Uachish, hind-marginal line ; 

 cilia h'oad, ■white, sharply and regularly interseeted with black at ends of 

 ncrvulcs. Fore-vnng : a faint line closing cell. Hind-iving : two faint- 

 blackish hind-marginal spots, one on either side of first median nervule. 

 Under side. — Whitish, much interseeted and chequered ivith quadrate, 

 Uacldsh-grcy or oehrey-grey spots. Fore-vnng : costa and hind-margin 

 more or less tinted with ochrey-grey ; a transverse blackish-grey spot 

 in cell, another (surmounted by two smaller spots) closing it ; a very 

 irregular, interrupted transverse row of spots beyond middle, only 

 separated in parts by white spots from a regular row of spots (parallel 

 to hind-margin) beyond it ; a row of minute white lunules edging the 

 latter combined with the ochrey tint to form a pale hind-marginal 

 border, marked with a row of very indistinct dark dots ; inner margin 

 dull-grey ; from base a narrow blackish streak, inferiorly bounding 

 subcostal nervure, terminating abruptly a little before spot in cell. 

 Hind-wing : three irregular transverse rows of ochrey-grey quadrate 

 spots, more or less confluent on inner margin ; hind-marginal border 

 as in fore-wing, but more tinted with ochreous superiorly ; two lowest 

 hind-marginal spots faintly silvery-centred, the rest of the series less 

 distinct. 



$ BlacJcish, shot with hlue from bases over discs. Fore-wing : inner 

 transvei'se roiu of under side distinct, black, separated from hind-marginal 

 blackish by conspicuous pure-white spots ; terminal disco-cellular spot 

 large, with a whitish dot on each side ; a row of minute indistinct 

 bluish dots near hind-margin. Hind-ioing : two submarginal rows of 

 bluish lunules, the inner row more or less confused with discal blue, 

 the outer forming three incomplete rings near anal angle ; black spots 

 barely distinguishable from hind-marginal blackish edging. Under 

 SIDE. — As in ^ ; but white ground much brighter and clearer, 

 especially on hind-margins, Hind-unng : transverse rows separately 

 traceable to inner-margin ; metallic centres of two lowest hind-mar- 

 ginal spots more brilliant. 



