Genus. Erycina, Fabr. Latr. God. Papilio (Dan. Fest.), Drury.
Erycina Jarbas. Alis integerrimis atris, cœruleo micantibus singulis utrinque fasciâ fulvâ, transversali, mediâ. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 9 lin.)
Syn. Papilio (Dan. Fest.) Jarbas, Drury, App. vol. 3. (1783.)
Hesperia (rur.) Perditus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 323. No. 222.
Erycina Perditus, Enc. Méth. ix. p. 590. No. 127.
Habitat: Brazil. "Rio Janeiro, Mr. Bonifas, 1775" (Drury's MSS.).
Upper Side. Antennæ black. Thorax and abdomen nearly black. Wings brownish black. An orange-coloured bar, about a quarter of an inch broad, crosses the anterior wings from the middle of the anterior edges to the lower corners, from whence another of half that breadth crosses the posterior wings, meeting just below the anus.
Under Side. Tongue, legs, breast, and abdomen dark brown, the latter having a small orange streak on each side. Wings coloured as on the upper side. Margins of the wings entire.
ERYCINA MENETAS.
Plate [VIII]. fig. 3.