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LEPIDOPTERA. 
THECLA THALES. 
Plate XL. fig. 4. 
Species. Thecla Thales: alis bicaudatis, utrinque atris, subtus lunulis caeruleis ; posticis 
fascia subxnarginali aurea. Expans. alar. unc. 1 J. 
Thecla : with two tails, the wings on both sides black, beneath with blue lunules ; 
the posterior also with an abbreviated submarginal golden fascia. Expanse of the 
wings, 1 j inch. 
Svn. Hesperia (R.) Thales, Fabricius Ent. Syst. III. 1, p. 268. Enc. Meth. 9. 625; (Poly- 
ommatus T.) 
Habitat. “ In Indiis, ( Fabricius ). Brazil, {Enc. Meth .) 
THECLA MELIBCEUS. 
Plate XLI. fig. 1. 
Species. Thecla Melibceus: alis bicaudatis, cserulescentibus, limbo fusco; subtus flavescen- 
tibus ; anticis fusco, posticis nigro strigosis, angulo ani atro; annulis cseruleis. 
Expans. alar. unc. 1^. 
Thecla: with two tails, the wings blue above with a brown border; beneath yellowish, 
the anterior with brown and the posterior with black streaks ; anal angle black with 
two blue rings. Expanse of the wings, 1^ inch. 
Syn. Hesperia (R.) Melibceus, Fair. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 271. Enc. Meth. 9. 629, (Poly- 
ommatus M.) 
Habitat. “In India, ( Fabricius ). Brazil, (Enc. Meth.) 
THECLA TYRTyEUS. 
Plate XLI. fig. 2. 
Species. Thecla Tyrtjeus: alis bicaudatis, fuscis; posticis subtus striga undata alba lunu- 
lisque submarginalibus nigris, intermediis rufis. Expans. alar. unc. 1. 
Thecla: with two tails, wings above brown; beneath the posterior have a waved 
white streak and black submarginal lunules, the two middle lunules being red. 
Expanse of the wings, 1 inch. 
Syn. Hesperia (R.) Tyrtaeus, Fabr. Ent . Syst. HI. 1. p. 271. Enc. Meth. 9. 637, (Poly- 
ommatus T.) 
Habitat, “ In India,” (Fabricius). 
