THECLA. El 



At first sight this species bears some resemblance to Thecla thara of Brazil ; but it 

 may at once be distinguished by the presence of the smooth patches on the upper 

 surface of the secondaries lying near the base of the costa. The curious brand on the 

 primaries beneath below the median nervure shows on the upper surface as a small 

 raised boss, which, however, is coloured like the rest of the wing. 



T. eunus is a fairly abundant species throughout Central America from Guatemala 

 to the State of Panama. We have also a female from Venezuela which may belong 

 to it ; but in the absence of the male we cannot speak positively. A male from the 

 Polochic valley is figured. 



7. A stigmatic patch between the median and submedian nervures of the primaries 

 beneath ; under surface of wings white, crossed by four black transverse lines ; 

 two secondary filaments. (Species 44-46.) 



44. Thecla sito. 



Thecla sito, Boisd. Sp. Gen. t. 22. f. 5 x ; Hew. 111. Diurn. Lep. p. 87, t. 45. ff. 193-195 2 ; Cat. Coll. 

 Diurn. Lep. p. 154 3 . 



3 alis saturate caeruleis, margine costali et dimidio apicali cum ciliis fascis ; posticis fusco anguste marginatis, 

 lobulo anali fulvo, cellula pro majore parte indistincte sericea : subtus cretaceo-albis ; anticis lineis 

 quatuor nigris, plaga magna nigra ad medium marginis interni, supra late fulvo marginata cellulam 

 intrante ; posticis lineis septem nigris ab angulo anali radiantibus, lobulo anali fulvo, macula nigra albo 

 circumcincta notata. 



2 alis multo pallidioribus, colore cseruleo interdum omnino absente. 



Hab. Mexico \ Cordova (Bumeli), Jalapa (Edge), Valladolid in Yucatan (Gaumer); 

 Guatemala, Polochic valley (Hague), Panzos, La Tinta, Panima, Chiacam, Cahabon 

 (Champion), Pacific slope (F. D. G. & 0. S.), Guatemala city, Zapote, Volcan de 

 Atitlan, El Tumbador, San Isidro, El Reposo (Champion), Coban (Von Turckheim). 



An abundant species in Mexico and Guatemala throughout the lowlands; but 

 Mr. Champion took specimens as high as the city of Guatemala, an altitude of 

 5000 feet. It may be distinguished from the following species by the male having a 

 silky spot on the upperside of the secondaries over the greater part of the cell and 

 by the black spot of the primaries beneath having a broad edging of clear fulvous ; 

 this edging in T. phcenna is narrower and of a dark chestnut colour, whilst in T. phasa 

 and T. leucogyna the spot is wholly black. There is considerable diversity in the 

 colour of the female as to the amount of blue on the upper surface, and we have a 

 male from the Volcan de Atitlan which shows some white near the anal angle of 

 the secondaries. 



45. Thecla phaenna, sp. n. 



T. sitoni similis, sed colore cseruleo plerumque saturatiore, plaga posticarum sericea, haud cellulam intrante ; 

 subtus macula anticarum nigra castaneo supra marginata. 



Hab. Honduras, San Pedro (G. M. Whitely) ; Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt, Janson). 



