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LEPIDOPTERA. 
THECLA XENOPHON. 
Plate XLI. fig. 3. 
Species. Thecla Xenophon: alis bicaudatis fuscis, disco flavo; subtus cinereo, striga media 
alba fusco strigaque innata; posticarum marginali fusca. Expans. alar. unc. 1£. 
Thecla: with two tails, wings brown, with a yellow disc, beneath cinereous, with a 
central white and brown streak; the posterior also with a brown submarginal line. 
Expanse of the wings, 1^- inch. 
Syn. Hesperia (R.) Xenophon, Fair. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 272. Enc. Meth. 9. 640. (Poly- 
ommatus X.) Horsfield Lep. Jav. p. 93, pi. 4, f 2, 2 a, (larva et pupa). 
Papilio Melampus, Cramer , pi. 362, f. G, H. 
Habitat. “ In India,” ( Fabricius ). Java, ( Horsfield '). 
Dr. Horsfield has traced the metamorphoses of this species, and pointed out the 
distinction between it and Jar has, plate XL. fig. 3. The caterpillar is more elongate 
than the ordinary onisciform larvae, with short stumps of fascicles. It varies in 
colour from yellow, with a greenish cast, to a dark ferruginous brown, with lateral 
bands. It feeds upon Schmiedelia racemosa, and was found in considerable abundance 
by Dr. Horsfield in Java. 
THECLA ACHiEUS. 
Plate XLI. fig. 4. 
Species. Thecla AciiiEus: alis subbicaudatis fuscis; maculis flavis; subtus flavis maculis 
aureis, numerosis, quibusdem fusco-cinctis. Expans. alar. unc. If. 
Thecla: with two short tails, wings brown, above with yellow spots; beneath pale 
yellow, with numerous golden spots, some of which are edged with purplish brown. 
Expanse of the wings, If inch. 
Syn. Hesperia (R.) Achseus, Fair. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 273. Cramer Pap. pi. 352, 
f G, H. Enc. Meth . 9. 644, (Polyommatus A.) 
Habitat. “In India,” ( Fabricius ). Surinam, (Ewe. Meth.) 
