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LEPIDOPTERA. 



THECLA PHORBAS. 



Plate XLI. fig. 5. 



Species. Thecla Phorbas : alis caudatis, fuscis, disco albo ; subtus albis, cinereo strigosis, 

 punctis duobus anguli ani atris. Expans. alar. una If. 

 Thecla : with the wings tailed, brown, with a white disc ; beneath white with ash- 

 coloured streaks, and with two small black eyes at the anal angle. Expanse 

 of the wings, If inch. 



Syx. Hesperia (R.) Phorbas, Fab. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 277. Enc. Meth. 9. 646, (Polyom- 

 niatus P.) 



Habitat. " In India," (Fabricius). 



THECLA ^OLUS. s 



Plate XLII. fig. 1. 



Species. Thecla jEolus : alis caudatis, cyaneis, nitidis, margine fusco, macula nigra ; subtus 

 fuscis, fascia coniuiuni alba nigroque striata. Expans. alar, una If. 

 Thecla : with the wings tailed, above blue in the disc, shining with a brown 

 margin and a black central spot ; beneath brown with a common white band, 

 and with black streaks. Expanse of the wings, If inch. 

 Syk. Hesperia -lEoIus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. I. p. 284. Enc. MM 9. 628, (Polyommatus 

 M.) 

 Papilio Thallus, Cramer Pap. pi. 259,/ C, D. 

 ? Hesperia Pelion, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 213. Cramer, pi. 6,/ E,F. 



Habitat. " In Indiis," (Fabricius). Guiana, (Enc. Meth.) 



THECLA STREPHON. 



Plate XLII. fig. 2. 



Species. Thecla Strephon : alis caudatis, fuscis ; disco cserulescentibus ; subtus cinereis 

 fascia alba, anguloqne ani ocello gemino rufo pupilla nigra. Expans. alar, 

 unc. 1J. 

 Thecla : with the wings tailed, brown ; the disc bluish ; beneath cinereous with a 

 white fascia, and with a double red ocellus, having a black pupil, at the anal 

 angle. Expanse of the wings, 1-^ inch. 

 Syn. Hesperia, (R.) Strephon, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 281. Enc. Meth. 9. 632 ? (Poly- 

 ommatus S.) 

 Papilio Cyllarus, Cramer Pap. pi. 27, fig. C, D. 

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



