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 LEPIDOPTERA. 



POLYOMMATUS PLATO. 



Plate XLV. fig. 2. 



Species. Polyommatus Plato : alis caudatis, supra cseruleis limbo fusco ; postiois punctis 

 marginalibus atris ; subtus cinereis albo undatis, posticis ocello atro iride flava, 

 pupillaque duplici argentea et ad angulum ani macula argentea. Expans. alar, 

 vine. 1^. 

 Polyommatus : with the wings tailed ; above blue with a brown border ; the pos- 

 terior with marginal black dots ; beneath cinereous with white waves, the pos- 

 terior with a black ocellus, having the iris yellow, and a double silvery pupil, a 

 silvery spot also at the anal angle. Expanse of the wings, 1 J inch. 



Syn. Hesperia (R.) Plato, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 288 1 

 Polyommatus Plato, Eric. MM. 9. 655 1 



Habitat. " In Indiis," (Fabricins). 



The description of the ocelli on the under side of the under wings of the insect 

 described under this name, not agreeing with the Fabrician description, I have given 

 the quotation with a mark of doubt. 



POLYOMMATUS HIPPOCRATES. 



Plate XLV. fig. 3. 



Species. Polyommatus Hippocrates : alis caudatis ; supra fuscis, anticis apice, posticis 

 margine tenui albis ; subtus albidis, anticis striga punctorum, posticis punctis 

 sparsis, nigris. Expans. alar. unc. 1. 

 Polyommatus : with the wings tailed ; above brown, the tips of the anterior and 

 a slender margin to the posterior white ; beneath whitish, the anterior with a 

 row of black spots, and the latter with several irregularly placed black spots. 

 Expanse of the wings, 1 inch. 

 Syn. Hesperia (R.) Hippocrates, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 288. Enc. Meih. 9. C59, 

 (Polyommatus H.) 



THECLA THEOCRITUS. 



Plate XLV. fig. 4. 



Species. Thecla Theocritus : alis caudatis ; supra virescentibus aureo nitidulis, costa lata 

 obscuriore ; subtus nigris, strigis aliquot e punctis parvis flavescentibus. Expans. 

 alar. unc. 1-J. 



