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 LEPIDOPTERA. 



THECLA ROMULUS. 



Plate XLVI. fig. 5. 



Species. Thecla Romulus : alis integerrimis ; supra fuscis, immaculatis ; subtus viridibus, 

 anticis immaculatis, posticis striga fusca, maoulaque postica rufa. Expans. alar, 

 unc. 1^. 

 Thecla : with the wings entire ; above brown, immaculate ; beneath green, the 

 anterior without spots, the posterior with a brown stripe, and a submarginal red 

 ocellus. Expanse of the wings, 1£ inch. 

 Sin. Hesperia (R.) Romulus, Fair. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 316. Enc. Meth. 9. 674. (Poly- 



ommatus R.) 

 Habitat. " In Indiis," (Fabricius). 



The accompanying figure exhibits no trace of the brown line on the under surface 

 of the posterior wings described by Fabricius, from the drawings of Mr. Jones, and 

 the collection of Drury. 



ERYCINA PTOLOM^EUS. $. 



Plate XLVI. fig. 6. 



Species. Erycina Ptolojleus : alis integerrimis ; supra fereugineis, strigis plurimis fuscis, 

 ultima ante marginem punctata; subtus (mas) caeruleis, (fem.) rufis, basi cseru- 

 lescente. Expans. alar. unc. 1J. 

 Erycina : with the wings entire ; above ferruginous with several brown streaks, 

 the submarginal one being composed of points ; beneath in the male blue, in the 

 female ferruginous, with the base paler blue. Expanse of the wings, li inch. 



Syn. Hesperia (R.) Ptolomasus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. p. 319, <$ . Enc. Meth. 9. ol'l. 

 (Erycina Pt.) 



Hesperia (R.) Lucius, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 320, $ . 

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



ERYCINA OVIDIUS. 



Plate XLVI. fig. 7. 



Species. Erycina Ovidius : alis integris, supra fulvis, subtus flavescentibus ; utrinque strigii 

 sex undatis, femina? nigris, maris aureo pulverulentis. Expans. alar. unc. 1}. 



