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LEPIDOPTERA. 
POLYOMMATUS PLATO. 
Plate XLV. fig-. 2. 
Species. Polyommatus Plato: alis eaudatis, supra caeruleis limbo fusco; posticis punctis 
marginalibus atris ; subtus cinereis albo undatis, posticis ocello atro iride flava, 
pupillaque duplici argentea et ad angulum ani macula argentea. Expans. alar, 
unc. 1£. 
Polyommatus : with the wings tailed ; above blue with a brown border; the posterior 
with marginal black dots ; beneath cinereous with white waves, the posterior 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, inch. 
Syn. Hesperia (R.) Plato, Fab. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 288? 
Polyommatus Plato, Enc. Meth. 9. 655? 
Habitat. “Inlndiis,” ( Fabricius ). 
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 eaudatis; 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. Meth. 9. 659, (Poly- 
ommatus H.) 
THECLA THEOCRITUS. 
Plate XLV. fig. 4. 
Species. Thecla Theocritus; alis eaudatis ; supra virescentibus aureo nitidulis, costa lata 
obscuriore ; subtus nigris, strigis aliquot e punctis parvis flavescentibus. Expans, 
alar. unc. 1^. 
