24 KHOPALOCEKA. 



obtained by Mr. Simons in the neighbourhood of Santa Marta in Colombia. The Santa- 

 Marta male and the Nicaragua female are figured. 



27. Thecla carthsBa. (Tab. L. figg. 10, 11 s , 12 ? .) 



Thecla carthcea, Hew. Descr. Thecla, p. 15 1 i 111. Diurn. Lep. p. 116, t. 47. ft. 215, 216 2 . 



Alis supra viridescente-cyaneis, margine externo anguste nigro ; postieis angulo anali maculis tribus viridi-aureis 

 notato : subtus brunneo-fuscis, anticis macula tripartita costali ultra cellulam, una ad basin et duabus infra 

 venam costalem nitide viridibus, maculis quoque duabus basalibus coccineis nigro cinctis ; postieis macula 

 coccinea ad basin, altera in angulo inter venas costalem et subcostalem viridi, lineolis aureis ad angulum 

 analem et maculis duabus ad marginis interni finem viridibus, plaga setosa inter venas submedianam et 

 internam. 



$ mari similis, sed alis supra fusco-nigricantibus ad basin cseruleo lavatis. 



Hab. Mexico 1 2 , Cordova (Bumeli). 



The type of this pretty species is a male, and shows the small pencil of hairs on the 

 secondaries beneath just as in T. caranus and its allies. Our specimen from Cordova 

 is a female. These are the only specimens known to us and we figure them both. 



28. Thecla caranus. (Tab. L. figg. 13, 13 «, 14 <?, 15 $ .) 



Papilio caranus, Cr. Pap. Ex. t. 332. C, D \ 

 Brangas caranus, Hiibn. Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 80. 

 Thecla caranus, Hew. 111. Diurn. Lep. p. 90 2 . 

 Papilio pelops, Cr. Pap. Ex. t. 341. A 3 . 



c? alis cyaneis, ciliis et anticarum apicibus nigricantibus ; postieis macula minuta ad angulum analem glauces- 

 cente : subtus brunneo-fuscis ad basin laete rubris et maculis albis nigro circumciuctis frequenter notatis j 

 anticis area interna obscure glaucescente ; postieis linea submarginali nigra ad fines ambos albo-variegata, 

 angulo anali nigro bimaculato et albo notato ; macula frontali coccinea. 



$ alis fuscis, ad basin glaucescentibus, subtus pallidioribus, aliter mari similis. 



Hab. Panama, Chiriqui, Calobre (Arce), David (Champion). — South Ameeica from 

 Colombia to Amazons valley 2 and Guiana * 3 . 



A well-marked species of Guiana and the Amazons valley which just enters our fauna 

 in the State of Panama, whence we have three examples — a male and two females. 

 The former from David and one of the latter from Calobre are figured. 



Thecla silumena, Hew., belongs to this group. 



29. Thecla neora. (Tab. L. figg. 16, 17 s , 18 ? .) 



Thecla neora, Hew. 111. Diurn. Lep. p. 90, t. 38. f. 110 (?) \ 



T. carano aliquot similis, sed multo minor, anticis costa et apice latius fuscis ; subtus maculis multo rarioribus, 

 macula frontali coccinea nulla. 



Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Bumeli), Valladolid in Yucatan (Gaumer) ; Guatemala, Vera 

 Paz (F. D. G. & 0. S. 1 ).— Colombia. 



This species appears to be very scarce; the type, a female, we now figure from 



