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the brand of the primaries being beyond the blue colour instead of being within its 

 limits ; there are differences too on the underside. Mr. Champion captured our male 

 near Bugaba, and Herr Eibbe obtained a female in the same district ; the latter has 

 been lent us by Dr. Staudinger. Both are figured. 



65. Thecla arindela. 



Thecla arindela, Hew. 111. Diurn. Lep. p. 172, t. 67. ff. 491, 492 \ 



Alis cyaneis ; antieis eosta, margine externo et apice late nigricantibus, stigmate fuseo ad cellular finem ; posticis 

 angulo apicali late, margine externo anguste, nigricantibus : subtus fuscis ; antieis linea transversa fere recta 

 discali alba; posticis quoque linea discali alba (introrsum nigricante limbata) ad marginem internum 

 angulata, linea altera submarginali nigra, introrsum caeruleo-albido limbata, macula elongata inter venas 

 costalem et subcostalem alba, introrsum nigra, lobulo anali nigro, macula inter ramos medianos nigra, 

 introrsum rufo eincta ; "abdomine infra rufescente. 



Hab. Nicaeagua, Chontales (Belt x ). 



A close ally of T. epytus, but differing in having the blue of the upper surface of the 

 wings more extensive, and beneath by the white discal band of the primaries, and other 

 minor characters. Hewitson's type from Nicaragua is a male, and the only one we 

 have seen. 



66. Thecla polibetes. 



Papilio polibetes, Cram. Pap. Ex. t. 341. B, C 1 . 



Thecla polibetes, Hew. 111. Diurn. Lep. p. 99, t. 32. £. 47 2 . 



Thecla zoe, Reakirt, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. 1866, p. 333 3 . 



& alis nitide purpureo-cyaneis ; antieis costa, basi et marginibus externis fusco-nigricantibus, stigmate ad 

 cellulas finem et infra earn plaga magna nigra: subtus schistaceo -fuscis ; antieis maculis septem ultra 

 cellulam in linea sinuata transversim positis ; posticis macula nigra sub vena costali, linea maculosa 

 arcuata fracta, margini externo plus minusve subparallela, nigra, extrorsum albo limbata, linea altera 

 extra earn indistincta, extrorsum nigro, introrsum albo atomata, macula submarginali inter ramos medianos 

 nigra, introrsum rubro marginata, lobulo anali nigro. 



2 alis fuscis, area interna caerulescente : subtus mari similis. 



Hab. Mexico 2 , Milpas in Durango (Forrer), Cordova (Bumeli), Jalapa (W. Schaus), 

 near Vera Cruz (W. H. Edwards*), Valladolid in Yucatan (Gaumer) ; Guatemala, 

 Polochic valley, Vera Paz (F. D. G. & 0. S.), Coban (Von Turckheim) ; Panama, Bugaba 

 (Champion). — South Ameeica, Colombia to the Amazons valley and Brazil. 



We have a good series of specimens of this species ranging from Southern Mexico to 

 Matogroso in Brazil, which do not differ materially from each other. The southern 

 specimens appear to be a little more purple in the colour of the wings on the upper- 

 side, but the difference is slight. Its altitudinal range extends from the sea-level to a 

 height of about 3000 feet. 



67. Thecla ortygnus. (Tab. Lin. figg. l, 2 <y .) 



Papilio ortygnus, Cram. Pap. Ex. t. 243. B. 



<J alis nitide cyaneis ; antieis extus nigro marginatis, stigmate parvo ad cellulae finem ; posticis quoque nigro 

 biol. cente.-amee., Ehopal., Vol. II., June 1887. g 



