52 RHOPALOCEKA. 



large area, and specially abundant in Central America. It is a low-country species, 

 reaching in the mountains to an altitude of about 5000 feet above the sea-level. 



3. T. peaxis section. 



92. Thecla praxis, sp. n. (Tab. LIV. figg. 12, 13 6 .) 



T. ortalo similis, sed anticis ad apicem multo latius nigricanti-fuscis : subtus lobulo anali nigro, colore rubro 

 juxta eum vix ullo. 



Hab. Panama, Veraguas (Aree), Taboga I. (Walker, Mathew), Panama (Bible). — 

 Colombia. 



We have three male specimens of this species, which seems sufficiently distinct from 

 T. ortalus on the one hand and T. tiassa on the other to justify its separation. The 

 apex of the primaries is much more broadly brown and the anal angle of the seconda- 

 ries beneath is scarcely marked with rufous. We have likewise an example from 

 Colombia obtained by Mr. Wheeler, which, being in good condition, we have figured. 



93. Thecla Ortalus, sp. n. (Tab. LIV. figg. 14, 15 6 .) 



S alis supra chalybeo-cseruleis ; anticis apice et margine externo fusco-nigricantibus, stigmate duplici ad 

 cellulse finem ; posticis costa et margine externo fusco-nigricantibus, area abdominali coloris ejusdem, ciliis 

 angulum analem versus albis, lobulo anali macula rubra : subtus brunnescentibus, linea discali communi 

 introrsum nigricante extrorsum alba ; posticis linea altera exteriore utrinque albo limbata, margine ipso 

 nigricante, introrsum albo anguste marginata, lobulo anali nigro, macula rubra juxta earn, macula altera 

 rubra inter ramos medianos puncto nigro, inter eos plaga fusca albo atomata. 



$ alis supra viridescenti-fuscis, extrorsum fusco marginatis : subtus mari similis, sed alis pallidioribus. 



Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Bumeli). 



This species is closely allied to T. tiassa of the Amazons region. The male differs 

 above in having less purple in the blue of the wings, and the bands of the secondaries 

 beneath are rather more divergent towards the costa. The female has a greenish cast 

 over the base of the wings instead of being of a uniform brown, as in the other species. 

 At present we have only seen a pair of T. ortalus, both from Cordova, and we figure 

 the male. 



94. Thecla stagira. 



Thecla stagira, Hew. 111. Diurn. Lep. p. 113, t. 39. ff. 120, 121 \ 



Alis supra chalybeo-caeruleis, marginibus externis nigricantibus ; anticis stigmate duplici ad cellulse finem j 

 posticis lobulo anali puncto rubro : subtus purpurescenti-fuscis, linea communi discali fusca extrorsum 

 albido limbata, anticis ultra earn pallidioribus plaga mediana viridescente, costa ad basin rubra ; posticis 

 linea submarginali nigricante, introrsum albo atomata, lobulo anali nigro, macula parva rubra juxta eum, 

 macula altera nigra introrsum rubro cincta inter ramos medianos, margine externo ad angulum analem 

 nigro introrsum albo limbato, ciliis albis dimidio apicali fuscescentibus. 



Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Arce), Bugaba (Champion). — Colombia ; Amazons 1 . 

 Our examples from Chiriqui, being fresh, differ from a type from Mr. Bates's collection, 



