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194 POLYOMMATUS ACHÆUS.

PLATE XXVII. Figs. 3, 4.

Hisperia R. Achæus, Fabr.—Pap. Achæus, Cramer, Pl. 352, fig. G, H.—Herbst. Pap. Pl. 297, figs. 3, 4.

the same size as P. Venus, and also a native of Surinam. Upper side dark brown, the superior wings with two oval yellow spots on the disk of each, and two transverse curved streaks of the same colour on the inferior, the anal angle with a ferruginous spot. Under side yellow, with numerous ferruginous patches, each of which is ornamented with several small spots of golden-yellow, the outer border with a continuous ferruginous band bearing a series of golden-yellow elongated spots. Body brown above and yellowish beneath.