40 EHOPALOCEEA. 



4. T. poltbetes section. 



62. Thecla m-album. 



Thecla m-album, Boisd. & Lee. Lep. Am. Sept. p. 86., t. 26 * ; Strecker, Cat. N. Am. Butt. p. 86 2 . 



c? alis supra cyaneis, extus nigro limbafcis ; anticis stigmate parvo ad cellulse finem ; posticis lobulo anali 

 testaceo : subtus purpureo-fuscis ; anticis lineis duabus transversis fuscis notatis, una ultra eellulam albo 

 extrorsum marginata, altera submarginali introrsum albido limbata ; posticis puncto albo fusco introrsum 

 limbato sub medio venae costalis, ultra eellulam lineis duabus, interiore literam |yj formante introrsum. 

 fusca, extrorsum albo limbata, exteriore submarginali nigricante, introrsum albo marginata, macula magna 

 submarginali inter ram os medianos rubra puncto nigro, lobulo anali nigro, juxta eum macula nigra albo 

 atomata, et supra eos macula rubra. 



$ mari similis, colore alarum cyaneo magis restricto. 



Hab. North America 1 , Southern States 2 .— Mexico, Ciudad in Durango (Forrer), 

 Orizaba (Salle), Jalapa ( W. Schaus) ; Guatemala, San Geronimo, Cubulco (Champion), 

 Choctum (F. D. G. & 0. S.) ; Costa Eica (Van Fatten).— Venezuela. 



This species of the Southern States is found throughout our region from Mexico to 

 Costa Eica, and we have a specimen said to have come from Venezuela. According to 

 American writers the larva feeds upon Astragalus and Quercus. 



63. Thecla orgia. (Tab. LIT. figg. 24, 25 6 , 26 $ .) 



Thecla orgia, Hew. 111. Dium. Lep. p. 102, t. 41. ff. 148, 149, t. 43. f. 176 1 . 



T.jpolibeti similis, sed alis supra haud purpureo tinctis : subtus anticis fascia transversa rectiore et extrorsum 

 albo distincte marginata, fascia altera obscura submarginali; posticis macula inter ramos medianos a 

 margine magis distante. 



Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Bumeli), Jalapa ( W. Schaus) ; Guatemala, Polochic valley 

 (F. D. G. & 0. S.), Teleman, San Geronimo (Champion); Honduras (mus. Staudinger); 

 Costa Eica (Van Patten); Panama, Bugaba (Champion), Veraguas (Arce). — Amazons 

 valley; Guiana. 



Mexican and Guatemalan specimens differ slightly from the type and from examples 

 from Costa Eica and Panama, in that the subcostal spot of the secondaries beneath is 

 much smaller, but we do not notice any other difference of importance. 



Our figures represent a male from the Polochic valley and a female from San 

 Geronimo, Guatemala. 



64. Thecla epytus, sp. n. (Tab. LII. figg. 27, 28 6 , 29 $ .) 



S alis supra nigricantibus, area interna ad marginem internum cyanescentibus ; anticis stigmate ad cellulaj 

 finem ; posticis angulo anali late et margine externo nigris : subtus iis T. orgice similibus, lineola nigra 

 ad eellulam posticarum finem. 



$ man similis, sed alis supra introrsum viridi-cserulescentibus, corpore subtus cervino. 



Eab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion), Chiriqui (Bible). 



This species is evidently allied to T. arindela of Nicaragua, but may at once be 

 distinguished by the greater restriction of the blue on the upperside of the primaries, 



