Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 2Drury, Dru
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Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 2
Drury, Dru
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They also appear to have some relation with Erebus. The
original specimen here figured is stated by Mr. Drury to have been in the
possession of Captain May, of Hammersmith, when the drawing was made. It is
now in all probability destroyed, and cannot be traced.
THECLA PAN.
Plate XXIII. fig. 3, 4.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna. FAMILY: Lycænidæ, _Leach_.
GENUS. THECLA, _Fabr._ (Syst. Gloss.) Polyommatus p. _Latr._ Papilio
(Pleb. rural.), _Linn. &c._
THECLA PAN. Alis fuscis bicaudatis; subtus fuscescentibus, ocellis duobus
anguli ani, externo nigro iride rufâ. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 3 lin.)
SYN. Papilio (Pleb. rur.) Pan, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2.
HABITAT: Jamaica.
_Upper Side._ Antennæ black. Thorax, abdomen, and wings dark brown, or
dark hair-coloured; the latter being furnished with two small tails like
hairs, the extremities being white.
_Under Side._ Palpi white. Breast greyish. Wings nearly the same colour
as on the upper side. The posterior having two eyes on each at the
abdominal corners; one being black with a red iris, the other grey and
faint; above them is a small indented white line, pointing to a spot of
the same colour placed at the middle of the anterior edge.
Fabricius, without referring to this figure of Drury, described an Indian
species of the same genus from Drury's collection, under the same specific
name, which must of course be rejected. The French encyclopedists consider
the latter as identical with the Fabrician Hesperia Isocrates.
PLATE XXIV.
[Illustration]
EREBUS HERCYNA.
Plate XXIV. fig. 1, 2.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Nocturna. FAMILY: Noctuidæ, _Steph._
GENUS. EREBUS, _Latr._ Thysania, _Dalm._ Phalæna (Noctua), _Drury_.
EREBUS HERCYNA. Alis dentatis fuscis obscurè undulatis, anticarum disco
(puncto nigro) posticarum strigâ mediâ undulatâ pallidè cinereis.
(Expans. Alar. 4 unc. 3 lin.)
SYN. Phalæna (Noctua) Hercyna, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2.
HABITAT: Jamaica.
_Upper Side._ Antennæ filiform, brown, and thread-like. Head, thorax,
abdomen, and wings greyish brown. The anterior wings having about
two-thirds, next the shoulders, of a lighter brown, being {45}separated
from the darker part by a narrow, black, undulated line, similar to one
which runs along the external edges from the tips to the lower corners;
near the shoulders are placed two brown spots on each wing, one round,
the other squarish. Posterior wings having two narrow, black, undulated
lines crossing them, one next the external edges, the other about a
quarter of an inch above them; the latter being edged with white.
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