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Genus TARUCUS. 



Forewing triangular ; costa veiy slightly arched at base, apex slightly acute, 

 exterior margin oblique and slightly convex, posterior margin straight ; costal vein 

 short, not extending to half length of the margin; first subcostal branch short, 

 emitted at one-half before end of the cell, anastomosed to costal near its end, second 

 at one-third, and third at one-sixth before end of the cell, fourth at one-half from third 

 and terminating at apex, fifth from end of cell : discocellulars slightly waved, radial 

 from their middle ; cell long, broad ; middle median branch emitted at one-fifth before 

 end of the cell, lower at more than half before the end ; submedian straight : hindwing 

 bluntly oval ; exterior margin convex, anal angle acute ; with a slender tail from end 

 of lower median vein ; costal vein much arched at the base, extending to apex ; first 

 subcostal emitted at one-half before end of the cell; discocellulars inwardly oblique, 

 radial from their middle ; cell short, broad ; middle median branch emitted immediately 

 before end of the cell, lower at one-half before the end ; submedian straight, internal 

 recurved. Body slender ; palpi pori'ect, second joint projecting about one-third 

 beyond the head, clothed with long lax scales, third joint slender, naked ; legs 

 slender ; antenna with a very long slender grooved club. 



Ty-^e, T. Theophrastus. 



TARTJCUS THEOPHRASTUS (Plate 36, Fig. 3). 



Hesperia Theophrastus, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. p. 281 (1793). 



Lampides Theophrastus, Butler, Catal. Fabrician Lep. Brit. Mus. p. 164. 



Lycaena Theophrastus, Horsf. Catal. Lep. Mus. E. I. C. p. 73; Trimen, Lep. Afr. Austr. ii. p. 241. 



Male. Upperside lavender-blue, costal edge and exterior margins narrowly lined 

 with black : forewing with an indistinct black discocellular spot, and hindwing with 

 a less distinct subanal spot ; tail black, tipped with white. Cilia white, with inner 

 black border. Female, with blue basal and white discal areas, the discal areas black 

 spotted, the outer borders black and traversed by a more or less distinct row of 

 slender white lunular marks which are single on the forewing and double and 

 broadest on the hindwing. Underside greyish-white : forewing with a black straight 

 streak below the costal vein, an oblique subbasal streak, two transverse discal 

 streaks, three subapical spots, and two marginal rows of quadrate spots : hindwing 

 with a transverse basal and subbasal black streak, irregularly disposed discal spots, 

 a submarginal broken row of lunular spots, and a marginal row of slightly larger 

 rounded spots, the outer series speckled with metallic green scales. 



Expanse 1 inch. 



Note. — The markings on the underside of this species are wider and more 



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