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8. T. cupentus section. 



75. Thecla cupentus. 



Papilio cupentus, Cram. Pap. Ex. t. 337. F, G \ 

 Thecla cupentus, Hew. 111. Diurn. Lep. p. 98 2 . 



<S alis fuscis ; anticis marginem internum versus caeruleis, stigmate magno ad cellulae finem ; posticis (prater 

 margine) caeruleis : subtus fuscis, fascia submarginali et lineis duabus communibus discalibus albis, in 

 anticis marginem internum versus conjunctis, exteriore extrorsum fusco (ad angulum posticarum analem 

 versus nigro) limbata ; posticis quoque lineola alba ad cellulae finem, lobulo anali nigro, macula magna 

 inter ramos medianos fulva, puncto nigro. 



2 mari similis, sed alarum colore eaeruleo dilutiore. 



Hab. Nicabagua, Chontales (Belt) ; Costa Rica, Cache (Sogers) ; Panama (Ribbe). — 

 South America to Ecuador, Amazons valley \ and Guiana 2 . 



This is a readily recognized species, the distinct white bands beneath and the short 

 band at the end of the cell of the secondaries, making a kind of loop with the inner 

 band, are very distinctive. T. cupentus enjoys a wide range, but we can see no essential 

 difference between our Central- American specimens and those from the valley of the 

 Amazons. 



9. T. azurbtus section. 



76. Thecla azurinus. (Tab. mi. figg. 18, 19 6 .) 



Bithys azurinus, Butl. & Drace, Cist. Ent. i. p. 107 1 ; Butl. Lep. Ex. p. 159. t. 57. f. II 2 . 



$ alis cyaneis ; anticis costa, apice et margine externo nigris, stigmate ad cellulae finem fulvo ; posticis, costa 

 late, margine externo anguste nigris, margine interno albicante : subtus cinereis, linea communi undulata 

 discali alba in posticis fracta ; posticis viridescente lavatis, lineis duabus submarginalibus albis, margine 

 ipso nigricante et linea intra earn alba, lobulo anali nigro, macula inter ramos medianos quoque nigra, 

 introrsum rufo marginata. 



2 nobis ignota. 



Hab. Costa Eica ( Van Patten 1 2 ). 



The type specimen of this species, which we figure, is the only one we have yet met 

 with. The species seems very distinct, the peculiar greenish tint on the secondaries 

 beneath forming a good differential character. 



10. T. temesa section. 



77. Thecla temesa. 



Thecla temesa, Hew. Descr. Lye. p. 1 x ; 111. Diurn. Lep. p. 130, t. 52. ff. 284, 285 2 . 



d 1 alis indicis extus regulariter nigro marginatis ; anticis stigmate ad cellulae finem ; posticis lobulo anali puncto 

 ochraceo: subtus sordide cretaceo-albis, linea communi discali nigra, extrorsum albo, introrsum flavo 

 limbata, ad marginem posticarum internum angulata, puncto ad costam subrotundato, angulum apicalem 

 paullo propiore, plaga magna a ramo mediano usque ad angulum analem ochraceo, lineola indistincta sub- 

 marginali inter earn et angulum apicalem fusca, lobulo anali nigro, supra earn macula alba, altera juxta 

 earn nigra albo atomata, tertia quoque nigra inter ramos medianos, margine externo nigro, introrsum albo 

 limbato. 



2 alis supra brunneis, alitor mari similis. 



