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LEPIDOPTERA. 



Species. Thecla Isocrates : alis supra fuscis, ( <J camileo-micantibus, ? macula fulva) ; 

 postiois ( J ) macula submarginali ; subtus cinereis, litura gemina strigaque 

 duplici nigricantibus, anguloque ani ocellis duobus. Expans. alar, una If. 

 Thecla : with the wings above brown, in the male shining blue, in the female with 

 a fulvous patch ; the posterior in the female with a submarginal eyelet ; beneath 

 cinereous, with a double mark and double streak of blackish, the anal angle with 

 two eyelets. Expanse of the wings, If inch. 

 Syn. Papilio (H. R.) Isocrates, Fab,: Ent. Syst. III. 1. ;;. 266. Enc. Meth. 9. 633. 



Papilio (H. R.) Pann, Fair. Ent. Syst. III. I. p. 276. Donovan, 1st edit, (nee Thecla 

 Pan,) Drury, 2. pi. 23, fig. 3, 4. 

 Habitat. India, (Fabricius). Bengal, (Enc. Meth. 9.) 



THECLA PINDAMTS. 



Plate XXXVIII. fig. 2. 



Species. Thecla Pindarus : alis subtricaudatis, supra cffiruleis, limbo atro ; subtus fuscis 

 argenteo fulvoque maculatis. Expans. alar. unc. H. 

 Thecla : with three short tails ; wings above blue with a black border, beneath 

 varied with silvery and fulvous bai's. Expanse of the wings, 1^ inch. 

 Stn. Hesperia (P.) Pindarus, Fair. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 262. 

 Polyommatus Vulcanus (var. J 1 ) Enc. Meth. 9. 644. 



Donovan observes that " Fabricius describes this beautiful insect as a native of 

 India, and for its figure refers only to the original drawings of W. Jones, Esq. We 

 Lave ascertained the species from those drawings, collated with the manuscript in the 

 hand-writing of Fabricius, and on this authority give it a place in our selection of 

 Indian insects." 



I have hesitated in adopting the opinion of the editors of the Encyclopedie 

 Methodique, that this is an extraordinary variety of Thecla Vulcanus. 



THECLA VULCANUS. 



Plate XXXVIII. fig. 3. 



Subgenus. Ajiblypodia, Horsfield. 



Species. Thecla (A.) Vulcanus : alis bicaudatis, supra fuscis ; anticis fasciis quatuor, 

 posticis margine fulvis, subtus strigis fulvis argenteisque variegatis. Expans. 

 alar. unc. \\. 

 Thecla (A.) : with the wings with two tails, above brown ; the anterior with four 

 short unequal transverse waved bars, and the posterior with the margin fulvous, 

 beneath varied with fulvous and silvery bars. Expanse of the wings, \\ inch. 

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