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 fasciâ 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._).
{5}_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.