POLYOMMATUS THERO.Plate II. fig. 1. Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: LycÆnidÆ, Leach. Genus. Polyommatus, Latreille et Godart. LycÆna, Fabr. (Syst. Gloss. Synops. in Illig. Mag.) Papilio (Nymph. Phalerat.) Drury. (Pleb. rural.) Linn. Polyommatus Thero. Alis dentatÎs, suprÀ nigricanti-fuscis, fÚlvo maculatis, posticis subtÙs nebuloso-cinereis maculis linearibus nitenti-albis, maculÀ disci majori, apicibus uncinatÂ. (Expans. Alar. lin. 1 unc. 9 lin.) Syn. Papilio (Pleb. rur.) Thero, Linn. Syst. Nat. 2. p. 787. No. 219. Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 274. No. 57. (Hesperia rural). God. et Latr. Enc. Meth. 9. 602. No. 154. Hesperia Erosine, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 266. No. 28. Papilio Salmoneus, Cramer, Ins. t. 1. pl. 2. f. 1. Papilio Rumina, Drury, (exclus. syn. Linn.) Habitat: Cape of Good Hope. Upper Side. The wings are dentated, and of a fine dark brown colour. The anterior having seven square discoidal red spots, of different sizes. The posterior ones are furnished with four short tails, two on each; above which are three small red spots. Under Side. The anterior wings are red at the base; but along the external and interior edges are of a rusty grey brown, with several dark marks or clouds thereon. Near the anterior edge, towards the base, are three black spots, with three small white ones in their centres. The posterior wings are of a rusty grey brown, darkest in the middle, with a margin of a paler colour, running along the external and part of the upper edges. Several spots, of a silver white, are dispersed on different parts of the wings; some being round, long, triangular, &c. About the middle of each wing is a long silvery mark, running in a direction from the base to the external edge; being about half the length of the wing. Drury confounded this species with the European Papilio Rumina, Linn. belonging to a distant genus (Thais), whilst Fabricius described it twice under the specific names cited above. ERYCINA LYSIPPUS.Plate II. fig. 2. Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: LycÆnidÆ? Genus. Erycina, Latr. Hesperia (rurales), Fab. Papilio (Pleb. rur.) Linn. Drury. Erycina Lysippus. Alis fusco-nigris, singularum utrinque fasci tenui aurantiacÂ; posticis angulatis, subtÙs ad basin griseo maculatis. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 6 lin.) Syn. Papilio (Pleb. rur.) Lysippus, Linn. Syst. Nat. 2. p. 793. No. 250. Cramer, pl. 380. f. A. Fabricius Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 321. No. 218. (Hesperia rur. L.). Latr. et Godart, Encycl. MÉthod. ix. p. 566. No. 11. (Erycina L.) Habitat: Jamaica (Drury). Guiana and Brazil (Latr. et God.). Upper Side. The wings are of a chocolate-black. On the anterior is an orange-coloured line, which, rising about the middle of the anterior edge, crosses the wing towards the anal angle, where it suddenly bends, and terminates at the posterior edge. The posterior wings, which are angulated, have a circular orange line, rising at the anterior edge, near the corner, crossing the wings, and meeting near the anal angle. Under Side. The wings are of the same colour as on the upper side, with the same orange line, whereon, in the anterior pair, are some white spots. Between this and the base are several faint, dirty grey, oblong spots, namely, four on the anterior, and about twenty on the posterior wing. The base of the anterior margin of the fore wings, and the anal margin of the posterior wings, are of a red colour. HIPPARCHIA EUMEA.Plate II. fig. 3. Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: NymphalidÆ, Swainson. Genus. Hipparchia, Fabr. Satyrus, Latr. et God. Papilio (Danai Festivi), Drury. Hipparchia Eumea. Alis integris subfuscis, anticis utrinque strig lat fulvÂ, subtus serie communi punctorum alborum. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc.) Syn. Papilio (Dan. Festiv.) Eumeus, Drury, App. to v. 2. (1773). Cramer, pl. 183. fig. C. D. Pap. (Nymphal.) Gripus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. 149. No. 457. Herbst. Pap. tab. 135. No. 3. 4. Satyrus Gripus, Latr. et God. Enc. MÉth. v. ix. p. 497. No. 70. Habitat: China (Drury). India (Fabricius). Upper Side. The wings are entire, and of a deep brown, with a broad luteous fascia, rising near the anterior edges of the fore wings, running along near the tips, and ending at the external margin. Under Side. The wings are the same colours as on the upper side. The anterior, with five whitish spots on each, placed in a row, near the external margin. The posterior have on each sometimes five, and sometimes seven spots, of the same colour, placed in a circular row, meeting near the extremity of the body. I have reverted to the name given by Drury, in preference to following Fabricius, and the authors of the EncyclopÉdie MÉthodique. NYMPHALIS (CHARAXES) ATHAMAS.Plate II. fig. 4. Order Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: NymphalidÆ, Sw. Genus. Nymphalis, Latr. Subgenus. Charaxes, Boisduval. (See page 1.) Nymph (Ch.) Athamas. Alis supra nigris, utrinque fasci medi lat glauc subhyalinÂ, subtus lunulis ferrugineis marginatÂ. (Expans. Alar. 3. unc.) Syn. Papilio (Equit.. Achiv.) Athamas, Drury, App. v. 2. Cramer, Pap. pl. 89. f. C. D. Encycl. MÉthod. 9. 353. (Nymphalis A.) Papilio Pyrrhus, Donovan. Insects of India, pl. 4. f. 2. (exel. syn. Linn.) Habitat: China (Drury). India (Donovan). Java (Latr. et God.). Upper Side. The head is brown, with four minute yellow frontal spots. The wings are dentated, and of a fine red brown, each with a broad brimstone coloured bar, rising near the middle of the anterior wings; and, crossing them and the posterior ones transversely, meeting near the extremity of the body. Under Side. The broad transverse bar is of a pearl colour, being surrounded next the body by a narrow red brown border, edged with black, between which and the base, are two small black spots. The two spots, near the tips, are also seen on this side, being of a pearl colour. The external edges of the anterior wings are of an olive colour; the remaining parts being of a very resplendent greyish purple. Several small kidney-shaped marks are placed along the outer side of the pearl bar. The posterior wings have a narrow orange-coloured border running along their external edges; and above it, are seven small black spots, edged at the top with white. Above these is a shade of brown olive, over which are some black angular marks, with red crescents above them. Donovan has confounded this species with the LinnÆan Pap. Pyrrhus, although Drury had previously pointed out the diversity of the two species. |