Plate I. fig. 3.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna. FAMILY: Lycænidæ, _Leach_.
GENUS. THECLA, _Fabr., Horsfield_. Polyommatus, _Latr. et Godart_.
Hesperia, _Fabr. olim._ Papilio (Pleb. rur.) _Drury_.
THECLA SIMAETHIS. Alis supra fuscis, nitidis, subtus flavo-viridibus,
vittâ transversâ argenteâ, posticis apice ferrugineis strigâ è punctis
margaritaceis. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 3 lin.)
SYN. Papilio (Pleb. rural.) Simaethis, _Drury, App. v._ 2. _Herbst. Pap.
tab._ 280. _f._ 3. 4. _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ III. 1. _p._ 286. _No._ 97.
(Hesperia S.) _Latr. et God. Enc. Meth._ 9. 643. 97. (Polyommatus S.)