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Colombia. It was described by Herrich-SehafFer from examples said to have come 

 from Guiana ; we have never seen it from that country, but the figure undoubtedly 

 represents the species of more western localities. It has no very near allies. 



A male from the Chisoy valley, Guatemala, and a female from Calobre, Panama, are 

 figured. 



b'". Anal angle deeply cleft. (Species 6, 7.) 



6. Thecla imperialis. (Tab. XL VIII. figg. 15, 16 a .) 



Papilio imperialis, Cr. Pap. Ex. t. 76. E, F \ 

 Areas imperialis, Sw. Zool. 111. ser. 2, t. 88 2 . 

 Thecla imperialis, Hew. 111. Diurn. Lep. p. 71 3 . 

 Eucharia imperialis, Boisd. Lep. Guat. p. 14 

 Papilio venus, Fabr. Sp. Ins. p. 115 5 . 

 Theritas venus, Hiibn. Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 80. 

 Thecla ducalis, Hew. Cat. Coll. Diurn. Lep. p. 151 8 . 



<f supra T. cyprice similis, anticis dimidio apicali et stigmate discali nigria ; subtus posticis fascia transversa 



nulla uudique viridi-aureis nigro irroratis, ad angulum analem nigro lineolatis. 

 2 anticis dimidio anteriore subtus fusco. 



Hab. Nicaragua 4 6 , Chontales (Belt) ; Panama, Chiriqui {Bible). — South America, 

 from Colombia to the Amazons valley and Guiana \ 



Nicaraguan specimens captured by Belt are the only authority for including this 

 species in our fauna; but in Colombia it appears to be common, and thence throughout 

 the Amazons valley to Guiana. In South Brazil an allied species, T. ducalis, takes the 

 place of T. imperialis ; this is distinguished by a beautiful rosy patch on the secondaries 

 beneath and a golden margin to the same wings. T. oaJcesi of Butler may be another 

 form of this section, but we are not certain as to its position or of its difference from 

 T. imperialis. 



A male from Colombia is figured. 



7. Thecla cypria. (Tab. XLVIII. figg. 12, 13 s .) 



Theritas cypria, Geyer, in Hiibn. Zntr. ex. Schmett. v. p. 36, ff. 945, 946 \ 



Thecla cypria, Hew. 111. Diurn. Lep. p. 71 2 . 



Thecla paphia, Feld. fteise d. Nov. Lep. p. 243, t. 28. ff. 12, 13. 



$ alis nitide caeruleo-viridescentibus ; anticis ad apicem obscurioribus, marginibus nigricantibus chalybeo cseru- 

 lescentibus, stigmate discali parvo fusco, maculis duabus ad angulum posticarum analem aureis : subtus 

 anticis fusco-glaucescentibus dimidio costali viridi-aureo atomato ; posticis nigris, dense aureo irroratis, fascia 

 undosa lata a costa ad marginem internum nigra, intus glauca tenuissime limbata. 



$ anticis ad apicem et posticis ad angulum apicalem late nigricantibus ; fronte et oculorum ambitu viridis- 

 simis, palpis in mari cbalybeis in foemina nigricantibus, antennis nigerrimis. 



Hab. Mexico, Oaxaca (Fenochio), Yucatan 1 ; Guatemala, Polochic valley (F. J). G. & 

 0. S. 2 ), Teleman, Candelaria, and El Tumbador (Champion) ; Nicaragua, Chontales 



