4 

 posterior wings, above this line, are of a deep pea-green ; but below it soften into a flesh colour, which 

 continues along the external edge, from the upper to the anal corner ; whence rises a jagged, indented, 

 chocolate line, that runs across the wing, parallel with the silver line, whereon are several dark blue 

 spots, shining like polished steel. 



Nearly allied to the common British species, Thecla Rubi. 



POLYOMMATUS THERO. 



Plate II. fig. 1. 



Okdeu : Lepidoptera. Section : Diiirna. Family : Lycienidae, Leach. 



Genus. Polyo.mmatcs, Latreille et Godart. Lyesena, Fair. (Syst. Gloss. Syiiops. in Illig. Mag.) Papilio 

 (Nymph. Phalerat.) Drury. (Pleb. rural.) Linn. 



PoLTO.MMATDS Theko. Aljs dentatis, supra nigricanti-fuscis, fiilvo maculatis, posticis subtiis nebuloso-cinereis 

 maculis linearibus nitenti-albis, macula disci majori, apicibus uneinata. (Expans. Alar. lin. 1 unc. 9 lin.) 



Syn. Papilio (Pleb. rur.) There, Linn. Syst. Nat. 2. p. 787. No. 219. Fabr. Ent. Syst. 111. 1. ju. 274. No. 57. 

 (Hesperia rural.). God. et Latr. Enc. Meth. 9. 0G2. No. 154. 

 Hesperia Erosine, Fair. Ent. Syst. 1 1 1 . 1 . j:;. 2G6. No. 28. 

 Papilio Salmoneus, Cramer, Ins. t. 1. pi. 2./. 1. 

 Papilio Rumina, Drury, (exclus. syn. Linn.) 



Habitat : Cape of Good Hope. 



Upper Side. The wings are dentated, and of a fine dark brown colour. The anterior having seven 

 square discoidal red spots, of different sizes. Tlie posterior ones are furnished with four short tails, two 

 on each ; above which are three small red spots. 



Under Side. The anterior wings are red at the base; but along the external and interior edges 

 are of a rusty grey brown, with several .dark marks or clouds thereon. Near the anterior edge, towards 

 the base, are three black spots, with three small white ones in their centres. The posterior wings are of 

 a rusty grey bro'wn, darkest in the middle, with a margin of a paler colour, running along the external 

 and part of the upper edges. Several spots, of a silver white, are dispersed on different parts of the 

 wings ; some being round, long, triangular, &c. About the middle of each wing is a long silvery mark, 

 running in a direction from the base to the external edge ; being about half the length of the wing. 



Drury confounded this species with the European Papilio Rumina, Linn, belonging 

 to a distant genus (Thais), whilst Fabricius described it twice under the specific names 

 cited above. 



ERYCINA LYSIPPUS. 



Plate II. fig. 2. 



Order : Lepidoptera. Section : Diurna. Family : Lyca,'nidae ? 



Genus. Erycina, Latr. Hesperia (rurales), Fab. Papilio (Pleb. rur.) Linn. Drury. 



Erycina Lysippus. Alls fusco-nigris, singularum utrinque fasciA tenui aurautiaea ; posticis angulatis, subtiis 

 ad basin griseo maculatis. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 6 lin.) 



Syn. Papilio (Pleb. rur.) Lysippus, Linn. Sy.-!t. Nat. 2. p. 793. No. 250. Cramer, pi. 380. /. A. Fabricius 

 Ent. Syst. 111. 1./... 321. No. 218. (Hesperia rur. L.). Latr. et Godart, Encycl. Method. Lx. /). 506. iVo. 11. 

 (Erycina L.) 



Habitat : Jamaica (Drury). Guiana and Brazil {Latr. et God.). 



