44 EHOPALOCEEA. 



72. Thecla vibidia. (Tab. LIU. figg. 13, 14 <? .) 



Thecla vibidia, Hew. 111. Diurn. Lep. p. 119, t. 49. ff. 242, 243 \ 



Alia obscure cseruleis, marginibus externis late fusco-nigricantibus ; anticis cellula et area infra earn purpura- 

 scentibus, costa et apice late fusco-nigris, stigmate f usco ad cellulae finem : subtus fuseis ; anticis lunulis 

 evanescentibus discalibus introrsum fuseis, extrorsum albidis ; posticis linea discali eodem modo picturata, 

 fracta, ad marginem internum angulata, macula sub medio costae introrsum fusca, extrorsum albida, linea 

 altera submarginali obsoleta fusca, introrsum albido vix limbata, macula rubra inter ramos medianos puncto 

 nigro instructa, lobulo anali nigro introrsum rubro cincto. 



2 mari similis, alis supra plumbescente-cseruleis, marginibus fuseis : subtus omnino pallidioribus. 



Hab. Mexico, Ciudad in Durango (Forrer); Guatemala, San Geronimo {Champion), 

 Polochic valley (F. D. G. & 0. S.). — Amazons valley 1 . 



Mexican and Guatemalan examples agree with the type in the British Museum, a 

 male from the Amazons valley. Our figure represents a male from San Geronimo. 



73. Thecla ligurina. (Tab. LIU. figg. 15, 16.) 



Thecla ligurina, Hew. 111. Diurn. Lep. p. 181, t. 71. ff. 541, 542 \ 



T. lydi similis, sed alis supra multo magis purpurascentioribus, stigmate cellulari quoque multo minore : subtus 

 lineis posticarum duabus submarginalibus ad costam magis divergentibus. 



Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (W. Schaus)-, Guatemala, Polochic valley (F. D. G. & 0. S.); 

 Nicakagua, Chontales (Belt x ) ; Panama, Bugaba (Champion), Chiriqui (Trotsch) ; Chitra 

 (Arce). 



Though closely allied to both T. lyde and T. voltinia, this species may readily be 

 distinguished by the more purple cast of the upper surface of its wings. Three males 

 from the valley of the Polochic and a male and two females from the State of Panama 

 were all that we had seen, besides the female from which Hewitson's description and 

 figure were taken, till Mr. Schaus brought his Mexican specimens before us. We now 

 give a figure of a male from the Polochic valley. 



74. Thecla lyde, sp. n. (Tab. Lin. fig. 17 s .) 



$ alis plumbeo-cyaneis ; anticis apice late et margine externo nigricantibus, stigmate nigro ad eelluke finem ' 

 posticis margine externo anguste nigricante, macula rubra ad angulum analem nulla : subtus obscure 

 schistaceis ; anticis immaculatis ; posticis lineis duabus maculosis submarginalibus, interiore interrupta, 

 extrorsum albo marginata, exteriore ad angulum apicalem evanescente utrinque albo marginata, macula 

 inter ramos medianos introrsum late rubro marginata, colore albo absente, lobulo anali extrorsum nigro 

 introrsum rubro. 



$ mari sat similis, alis supra obscure cseruleis, apicibus et marginibus externis nigricantibus. 



Hab. Guatemala, Polochic valley (F. B. G. & 0. S.), San Geronimo (Champion), Coban 

 (Von TurcMieim); Panama, Bugaba (Champion), Chiriqui (Trotsch). 



This species is allied to T. voltinia of the Amazons valley, but may be readily distin- 

 guished in both sexes by the absence of red on the upperside at the anal lobe of the 

 secondaries. It is apparently a scarce species, four examples, two of each sex, being 

 all that we have seen of it. We figure the underside of a male from the Polochic 

 valley. 



