12 EHOPALOCEEA. 



V. Scales of interocular space directed downwards. (Species 4-8.) 



c". Scales of interocular space metallic. (Species 4-7.) 



a'". Anal angle entire. (Species 4, 5.) 



4. Thecla regalis. 



Papilio regalis, Cr. Pap. Ex. t. 72. E, F \ 

 Thecla regalis, Hew. 111. Diurn. Lep. p. 70 2 . 

 Endymion regalis, Sw. Zool. 111. ii. t. 85 3 . 

 Eucharia regalis, Boisd. Lep. Guat. p. 14 4 . 

 Papilio endymion, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. p. 67 5 . 

 Evenus endymion, Htibn. Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 78. 



$ T. coronatce similis ; anticis magis acutis, posticis angulo anali magis produetis et macula eoccinea instructis : 

 subtus fascia communi nigra extus griseo limbata, in posticis linea viridi a fascia castanea divisa ; fronte 

 haud prolongata, squamis anticarum costse normalibus haud medialiter transversim ductis. 



$ posticis macula anali eoccinea unica ornatis. 



Hab. Mexico, Putla (Bebouch), Valladolid in Yucatan (Gaumer) ; Guatemala 4 , 

 Polochic valley (F D. G. & 0. S.) ; Nicakagua, Chontales (Belt); Panama, Chiriqui 

 (Arce). — South America, from Colombia and Venezuela to South-eastern Brazil 23 , 

 Amazons valley 2 , and Guiana \ 



This is a species of very wide range, spreading over nearly the whole of Tropical 

 America ; our series includes specimens from Southern Mexico and South-eastern Brazil. 

 Beyond a slight difference in the acuteness of the primaries and the width of the dark 

 margin, we see no variation in examples from any point in its wide area ; these differ- 

 ences, such as they are, seem to be individual rather than local. 



Though we have compared it with T. coronata, T. regalis is, in fact, an isolated form 

 with no very near allies. 



5. Thecla nobilis. (Tab. XLVIII. figg. 20, 21 <$ , 22 $ .) 



Thecla nobilis, H.-Sch'aff. Samml. aussereur. Schmett. p. 55, ff. 55, 56 1 ; Hew. 111. Diurn. Lep. 



p. 72 \ 



t$ alis purpureo-cyaneis, ad basin pallidioribus cseruleo-viridescentibus, marginibus externis nigris, ciliis albis : 

 subtus nitide viridibus, anticis fascia transversa nigra litura cinerea utrinque albo marginata divisa, plaga 

 magna discali cserulea ; posticis fascia lata eoccinea ultra cellulam a costa ad ramum medianum secundum 

 extendente dimidio externo albo atomato extus valde sinuata nigro utrinque marginata, margine nigro, 

 interno albo limbato, Kneola interiore per cellulae finem nigra. 



5 mari similis, anticis ad apicem late nigricantibus ; subtus anticarum parte inferiore fusca, haud cserulea ; 

 fronte viridissima, antennis nigris. 



Hab. Guatemala, Rio Chisoy (F. B. G. & 0. S.) ; Nicaeagua, Chontales (Belt) ; 

 Panama, Chiriqui (Bibbe), Bugaba (Champion), Calobre (Arce). — Colombia 2 ; Guiana 1 . 



This is a scarce species, though of wide range, spreading from Guatemala to 



