54 EHOPALOCEEA. 



4. T. epidius section. 



97. Thecla epidius, sp. n. (Tab. LIV. figg. 21, 22 6 .) 



Alis lsete cyaneis ; anticis costa ad basin, apice et margine externo nigris, stigmate duplici permagno ad 

 cellule finem ; posticis margine externo nigro, area abdominali fusca : subtus ochraceo-fuscis, linea com- 

 nrani discali internum nigricante, extrorsum albo,in posticis fracta ad marginem internum angulata, lobulo 

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



2 mari similis, sed alarum colore cseruleo dilutiore. 



Eab. Panama, Chiriqui (Bible). — Colombia. 



This species is allied to T. doryasa, but it may readily be recognized by the red 

 colour of the secondaries beneath being confined to the spot between the median 

 branches instead of spread over the greater portion of the anal angle. Herr Ribbe 

 obtained a single male example of this species at Chiriqui, and we have a pair from 

 the San Juan river in Western Colombia ; it is also in Mr. Wheeler's collection from 

 the interior of the same country. The latter we have figured. 



5. T. lausus section. 



98. Thecla lausus. (Tab. LIV. fig. 23 $ .) 



Papilio lausus, Cram. Pap. Ex. t. 233. E \ 

 Thecla lausus, Hew. 111. Diurn. Lep. p. 97 2 . 



Alis fuscis ; anticis ad marginem internum et posticis prseter marginem externum glauco-caerulescentibus ; 

 anticij stigmate fusco (dimidio inferiore nigro) ad cellulse finem : subtus fuscis ; anticis fasciis tribus albis 

 tran ivittatis, una abbreviata per cellulam, una ultra eam,tertia submarginali ad angulum analem dilatata; 

 posticis macula irregulari magna costali ad angulum apicalem, linea tri-ramosa supra venam subcostalem 

 macula apicali conjuncta alba, lineis duabus margini externo subparallelis, interiore per cellulaB finem 

 arcuata inter ramos medianos fracta, exteriore lunulata, ad angulum analem fusco limbata, macula parva 

 inter ramos medianos cervina puncto nigro, maculis duabus nigris ad angulum analem. 

 5 mari similis, sed alis intus multo canescentioribus. 



Eab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt) ; Panama, Chiriqui (Trotsch).— Amazons valley 2 ; 

 Guiana 1 . 



We have before us a male from Chiriqui, lent us by Dr. Staudinger, and a female 

 from Belt's Nicaragua collection, which agree with others from the Amazons valley 

 and with Cramer's figure of T. lausus. Our figure represents the underside of the 

 Nicaragua specimen. 



6. T. syncellus section. 



99. Thecla syncellus. 



Papilio syncellus, Cram. Pap. Ex. t. 334. A, B \ 



Thecla syncellus, Hew. 111. Diurn. Lep. pp. 109, 183, t. 46. ft. 207, 208 ( <J f, t. 72. ff. 553, 554 s . 



Alis nitide cyaneis ; anticis apice et margine externo anguste nigris, stigmate duplici ad cellulaB finem ; 

 posticis ciliis nigris, lobulo anali quoque nigro, albido atomato : subtuB nitide fuscis ; anticis macula parva 



