H)4 



POLYOMMATUS ACH^US. 



PLATE XXVII. Figs. 3, 4. 



Hisperia R. Achaeus, Fabr Pap. Achaeus, Cramer, PI. 352, 



fig. G, H.—Herbst. Pap. PI. 297, figs. 3, 4. 



Nearly the same size as P. Venus, and also a 

 native of Surinam. Upper side dark brown, the 

 superior wings with two oval yellow spots on the 

 disk of each, and two transverse curved streaks of 

 the same colour on the inferior, the anal angle with 

 a ferruginous spot. Under side yellow, with numer- 

 ous ferruginous patches, each of which is ornament- 

 ed with several small spots of golden-yellow, the 

 outer border with a continuous ferruginous band 

 bearing a series of golden-yellow elongated spots. 

 Body brown above and yellowish beneath. 



