30 EHOPALOCEEA. 



5. A stigmatic patch near the costa of the secondaries above and a corresponding one 

 on the primaries below the median nervure ; two secondary filaments. (Species 42.) 



42. Thecla barajo. (Tab. LI. figg. 22, 23 e , 24 ? .) 



Thecla barajo, Keak. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. 1866, p. 333 \ 

 Thecla desdemona, Hew. 111. Diurn. Lep. p. 79, t. 45. ff. 189, 190°. 



<J aKs supra lsete cseruleis, ciliis albis ; anticis marginibus costali et externo anguste nigris ad angulum apicalem 

 latius ; posticis margine externo anguste nigro, maculis indistinctis albis ad angulum analem, plaga magna 

 costali sericea : subtus fuscis, anticis lineis quatuor albis transvittatis, una per cellulse finem, altera sub- 

 marginali et duabus inter eas ad angulum analem confluentibus ; posticis lineis duabus submarginalibus in 

 costa ad angulum apicalem confluentibus et ad angulum analem attingentibus in hac regione interiore 

 introrsum, exteriore extrorsum, nigro marginatis, lineis alteris tribus transversis albis ad angulum analem 

 confluentibus intima et extima conjunctis et nigro extrorsum marginatis, macula nigra introrsum ferrugineo 

 notata ad angulum analem. 



$ mari similis, sed alis pallidioribus, marginibus nigris latioribus et plaga posticarum sericea nulla distin- 

 guenda. 



Eab. Mexico ; Guatemala, Polochic valley (F. D. G. & 0. S. 2 ), San Geronimo, 

 Purula, Cahabon (Champion), Coban (Von Turckheim); Nicakagua, Chontales (Belt, 

 Janson); Costa Rica, Irazu (Rogers); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, Bugaba (Cham- 

 pion), Calobre (Arce). 



Specimens of this species brought by us from Guatemala were described and figured 

 by Hewitson under the name of Thecla desdemona 2 ; but it was discovered subsequently 

 that the same insect had been previously barbarously named Thecla barajo by Reakirt 1 , 

 whose title must, we suppose, stand. As will be seen, the species has a wide range in 

 Central America, and is especially abundant in the valley of the Polochic up to an 

 elevation of 3000 or 4000 feet above the level of the sea. A male from Purula and a 

 female from Cahabon are figured. 



6. A stigma near the base of the median nervure of the primaries beneath and another 

 below it showing as a boss on the upperside ; two secondary filaments. (Species 43.) 



43. Thecla eunus, s p . n. (Tab. LI. figg. 25, 26 6 .) 



Bithys? thara, Butl. & Druce, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 356 (nee Hewitson). 



Alis nitide cyaneis, marginibus externis et anticarum costa nigris ; posticis plaga inter venas costalem et subcos- 

 talem polita : subtus cinereo-fuscis, lineis duabus maculosis submarginalibus nigris exteriore lunulis albis 

 introrsum marginata, interiore perfracta, extrorsum albo limbata, linea quoque ad ceUularum fines alba; 

 posticis maculis duabus costalibus fuscis, exteriore introrsum interiore extrorsum albo-notatis, lobulo anali 

 et macula inter ramos medianos nigris, introrsum castaneo limbatis, inter eas macula fusca dense viridi- 

 argenteo irrorata ; anticis plaga nigra supra venam medianam, infra earn macula rotunda nigra stigmatem 

 formante. 



$ mari similis, sed alis cserulescentioribus et extus latius nigricantibus. 



Eab. Guatemala, Polochic valley (F. B. G. & 0. S.); Costa Rica (Van Fatten) - r 

 Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Arce). — Venezuela. 



