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LEPIDOPTERA. 



ERYCINA ATHEMON. #. 



Plate XLVI. fig. 3. 



Species. Erycina Athemon : alis integris, albis ; anticis niargine exteriori nigro, csemleo 

 alboque maculato. Expans. alar. 1 — 1£ unc. 

 Erycina : with the wings entire, white ; the anterior having the front margin 

 broadly marked with black, in which are several blue and white spots. Expanse 

 of the wings, 1 to 1^ inch. 



Syh. Papilio Athemon, Linn. Syst. Nat. 2. 792. Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 318, ( ? ). 

 Hesperia (R.) Ccenus, Fair. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 308. (J). Donovan, 1st edit. 

 Erycina Arthemon, Enc. M'eih. 9. 578. 



Habitat. " In Indiis," (Fabricius, Coenus). In America, (Linnaius, Athemon). Brazil, 

 (Enc. Meth.) 



The name of Athemon having been given to the female of this species, I have 

 adopted it in preference to following Donovan and using that of Ccenus, proposed by 

 Fabricius for the male, rejecting the latter name in consequence of its similarity 

 to Ceneus, a name employed by Fabricius for another species of Erycina. It is cus- 

 tomary, however, in such cases, to adopt the specific name of the male rather than of 

 the female, where they happen to have been previously described under different 



ERYCINA? LEVITTS. 



Plate XLVI. fig. 4. 



Species. Erycina'? Livius : alis integerrimis ; supra atris, macula disci cserulea; subtus 

 cinereis ; anticis macula oblonga baseos flava, argenteo marginata ; posticis fasciis 

 tribus runs argenteo marginatis, margine flavo, fascia argentea. Expand alar. 

 1^ unc. 

 Erycina 1 with the wings entire ; above black, with a discoidal blue spot ; beneath 

 cinereous ; the anterior with an oblong basal yellow spot, margined with silver ; 

 the apex yellow, with a broad brown bar, margined with silver ; the posterior 

 with three red bars margined with silver, the margins yellow with a silver line. 

 Expanse of the wings, 1^ inch. 



Syn. Hesperia (R.) Livius, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 315. Enc. MUh. 9. 825, (Nym- 

 phalis L.) 



Habitat. " In Indiis," (Fabricius). 



