THEOPE. 483 
| | 6", Wings grey beneath. 
6. Theope thootes. 
Theope thootes, Hew. Exot. Butt., Theope, ff. 9, 10°; Bates, Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool. ix. p. 454’. 
Anticis nigricantibus, cellula et infra eam ad marginem internum, posticisque omnino, lete ceruleis, subtus 
fuscescentibus. 
Q marisimilis sed colore anticarum cyaneo magis extenso et extus bifurcato, subtus anticis paullo saturatioribus. 
Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt).—AMazons VALLEY *”. 
We have a single male specimen from Nicaragua which agrees with our series from 
the Amazons, the country of the true 7. thootes. The anal angle of the secondaries is 
rounded, and there are no spots in this region. ‘These characters separate T. thootes 
from T. theutis, a species we have long confounded with it. 
6. Wings beneath with spots near the anal angle of secondaries, or crossed with a 
common dark band. 
c!. Secondaries beneath with spots near the anal angle. 
7. Theope theutis, sp. nov. (TZ. thootes, Tab. XLVI. figg. 16, 17 *.) 
T’. thooti similis sed alis subtus paullo saturatioribus, posticis angulo anali magis producto haud rotundato maculis- 
que minutis interdum fere obsoletis notato. 
Hab. Guatemata, Polochic valley (Hague); Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt). 
We have a single female specimen of this species from Guatemala, and a male and 
two females from Nicaragua. At first sight it may readily be mistaken for T. thootes, 
but the points given above fairly distinguish it. 
8. Theope folia, sp.n. (Tab. XLVII. figg. 23, 24.) 
Precedenti similis, sed anticis magis acutis, costa magis sinuosa, colore cyaneo magis nitente ; subtus cinereo- 
fuscis, extus pallidioribus. 
© nobis ignota. 
Hab. Panama, Pefia Blanca (Champion). 
There is a specimen in the British Museum, said to be from Rio Janeiro, but the 
name of the collector has not been recorded. Our type is the only one captured by 
Mr. Champion during his recent journey. 
9. Theope herta, sp.n. (Tab. XLVI. figg. 25, 26.) 
Alis fuscis ad basin ceruleo atomatis; subtus sericeo-murinis, maculis parvis ad angulum posticarum analem. 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 
This species rests upon a single example obtained by Mr.Champion. It has no near 
* These figures are erroneously marked on the Plate as 166,179; they refer to the upper and under side 
of the same insect, a female of 7. theutis. 
3Q 2 
