298 NORTHERN ZOOLOGY. 



(416) 2. * Hipparchia discoidalis. Discoidal Hipparchia. 



H. ( discoidalis J fusca, alis integerrimis, primoribus vitta discoidali fulva ,■ secundariis subtus albido marmoratis et nebulosis. 

 Discoidal Hipparchia, brown with very entire wings ; the primaries with a discoidal tawny stripe ; the secondaries under- 

 neath marbled and clouded with white. 



PLATE III, FIG. 2, 3. 



Expansion of the wings 1 J — 2 inches. 



Several specimens taken at Cumberland-house^ Lat. 54°. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Body brown. Antenna; annulated with white : wings very entire, brown ; costa spotted with gray; 

 a triangular obscure reddish-tawny discoidal stripe extends from the base to the posterior margin of 

 the primaries, and is discoverable also on the under side where the wing is faintly clouded with gray 

 at the tip : the secondaries underneath are indistinctly marbled and clouded with gray or whitish 

 scales ; fringe whitish and brown alternately. 



Family LYC^NID^. Lyccenidans. 



CLXXXIV. Genus THECLA. Fab. 



(417) 1. * Thecla Augustus. Augustus Thecla. 



T. (Augustus) alis integerrimis, basi nigris, disco ferrugineis ; secundariis subtus basi nigris, apice cinereis ; serie transversa 



punctorum nigrorum. 

 Augustus Thecla, wings very entire, black at the base, ferruginous in the disk ; secondaries underneath black at the base 



cinereous at the apex, with a transverse series of black spots. 



PLATE III, FIG. 4, 5. 

 Expansion of the wings 1 inch. 



Taken in Lat. 54°. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Antenna; annulated with white ; knob elongated : wings dusky black, with a dull ferruginous 

 disk; fringe alternately black and white: secondaries underneath black at the base; at the apex 

 dusky ash-coloured, with a transverse series of about eight black spots ; rudiments of which appear 

 on the same surface of the primaries. 



Named after the Esquimaux Augustus. 



