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LEPIDOPTERA. 
THECLA ROMULUS. 
Plate XL VI. fig. 5. 
Species. Thecla Romulus: alis integerrimis; supra fuscis, immaculatis ; subtus viridibus, 
anticis immaculatis, posticis striga fusca, maculaque 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. 
Syn. Hesperia (R.) Romulus, Fabr. 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 PTOLOMiEUS. d. 
Plate XL VI. fig. 6. 
Species. Erycina Ptolom^eus : alis integerrimis ; supra ferrugineis, strigis plurimis fuscis, 
ultima ante marginem punctata ; subtus (mas) cseruleis, (fem.) rufis, basi caeru- 
lescente. Expans. alar. unc. 1^ unc. 
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, 1^ inch. 
Syn. Hesperia (R.) Ptolomaeus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 319, $ . Enc. Meth. 9. 572, 
(Erycina Pt.) 
Hesperia (R.) Lucius, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 320, 9. 
Habitat. “ In Indiis,” ( Fabricius ). Brazil, {Enc. Meth.') 
ERYCINA OVIDIUS. 
Plate XLVI. fig. 7. 
Species. Erycina Ovidius : alis integris, supra fulvis, subtus flavescentibus ; utrinque strigis 
sex undatis, feminse nigris, maris aureo pulverulentis. Expans. alar. unc. 1^. 
