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 LEPIDOPTEEA. 



THECLA XENOPHON. 



Plate XLI. fig. 3. 



Species. Thecla Xenophon : alis bicaudatis fuscis, disco flavo ; subtus cinereo, striga 

 media alba fusco strigaque innata ; posticarum marginali fusca. Expans. alar, 

 unc. lg-. 

 Thecla : with two tails, wings brown, with a yellow disc, beneath cinereous, 

 with a central white and brown streak ; the posterior also with a brown sub- 

 marginal line. Expanse of the wings, 1\ inch. 

 Syn. Hesperia (R.) Xenophon, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 272. Enc. Meth. 9. 640. (Poly- 

 ommatus X.) Horsfield Lep. Jav. p. 93, pi. 4, / 2, 2a, (larva et pupa). 

 Papilio Melampus, Cramer, pi. 362, f. 67, H. 

 Habitat. " In India," (Fabricius). Java, (Horsfield). 



Dr. Horsfielcl has traced the metamorphoses of this species, and pointed out the 

 distinction between it and Jarbas, plate XL. fig. 3. The caterpillar is more elongate 

 than the ordinary onisciform larvge, with short stumps of fascicles. It varies in 

 colour from yellow, with a greenish cast, to a dark ferruginous brown, with lateral 

 bauds. It feeds upon Schnheclelia racemosa, and was found in considerable abundance 

 by Dr. Horsfielcl in Java. 



THECLA ACFLEITS. 



Plate XLI. fig. 4. 



.Species. Thecla Ach^us : alis subbicaudatis fuscis ; maculis flavis ; subtus flavis maculis 

 aureis, numerosis, quibusdam fusco-cinctis. Expans. alar. unc. If. 

 Thecla : with two short tails, wings brown, above with yellow spots ; beneath 

 pale yellow, with numerous golden spots, some of which are edged with purplish 

 brown. Expanse of the wings, If inch. 



Syn. Hesperia (R.) Achasus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 273. Cramer Pap. pi. 352,/ G, H. 



Enc. Meth. 9. G44, (Polyommatus A.) 

 Habitat. " In India," (Fabricius). Surinam, (Enc. Meth.) 



