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fusion in the Fabrician description, in which the wings are described— « swpra flavae 

 macula media anticarum, disco que omni nigris "; the description in the short specific 

 character being « alis nigris, disco flavo." Hence it is evident that, in the former 

 description, the term "disco" was accidentally used instead of "limbo." In the 

 Encyclopddie Methodique the confusion is increased, by the employment of the word 

 " dessous," instead of " dessus."* 



BRYCINA TARQUINIUS. 



Plate XLIV. fig. 1. 



Species. Erycina Tarquinius : alis integris, nigris ; anticis macula oblonga baseos sinuata 

 postice triloba ; posticis angulo anali late flavo punctis quinque nigris ; subtus 

 cinereis maculis nigris et rufescentibus, his albo cinctis. Expans. alar. unc. \\. 

 Erycina : with the wings entire, black ; the anterior with an oblong sinuated spot 

 at the base, the extremity of which is trilobed ; the posterior with a broad yellow 

 patch at the anal angle, having five black dots ; beneath cinereous, with black 

 and red spots, the latter encircled with white. Expanse of the wings, 1J inch. 



Syn. Hesperia (ft.) Tarquinius, Fair. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 319. Erie Meth. 9. 580, 

 (Erycina T.) 



Habitat. " In Indus," (Fabricius). 



ERYCINA ^MULIUS. 



Plate XLIV. fig. 2. 



Species. Erycina ^Emulius : alis integris, cinereis, lineolis transversis albidis maculisque 

 oblongis fnscis ; posticis supra pallidis ; subtus omnibus maculis plurimis fuscis. 

 Expans. alar. unc. 1J. 

 Erycina : with the wings entire, cinereous, with short transverse whitish lines and 

 oblong brown spots ; the posterior pair above pale ; the under surface of all the 

 wings much spotted with brown. Expanse of the wings, 1} inch. 

 Syn. Hesperia (R.) ^Emulius, Fair. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 322. Enc. Meth. 9. 580, 

 (Erycina M.) 



* In the first edition of this work, Erycina Salustius was introduced in the text, after the foregoing 

 species ; but no figure of it appeared in the plates, I have therefore omitted it. — (J. O. W.) 



