58 EHOPALOCEEA. 



fuscis, anticis fascia submarginali indistincta maculosa, introrsum nigricante extrorsum albicante ; posticis 

 macula alba introrsum nigro marginata sub medio cost®, fasciis duabus submarginalibus, interiore 

 multo fracta, introrsum nigro, extrorsum albolimbata, exteriore ad angulum apicalem maculosa ad angulum 

 analem lunulosa, extrorsum nigro introrsum albo marginata, macula submarginali inter ramos medianos 

 rufa nigro subpupillata, juxta earn macula altera fusca albo dense irrorata, lobulo anali nigro. 



Hob. Panama, San Miguel in the Pearl Islands (Champion).— Amazons valley 1 and 

 Guiana. 



We have a single male example of this species, captured by Mr. Champion on San 

 Miguel, one of the Pearl Islands. This has the wings of a somewhat richer blue than 

 we find in Amazons examples, but the difference is not considerable. 



2. T. eeiceta section. 



106. Thecla ericeta. (Tab. LV. figg. 3, 4 <j .) 



Thecla ericeta, Hew. 111. Diurn. Lep. p. 104, t. 44. ft. 177, 178 \ 



Thecla munatia, Hew. 111. Diurn. Lep. p. 211, t. 84. ft. 716, 717 \ 



cJ alis nitide sericeo-cyaneis ; anticis costa et dimidio apicali nigris ; posticis costa polita viridescente, margine 

 externo anguste nigro, area abdominali et ciliis fuscis : subtus fuscis, linea communi discali alba ad 

 marginem posticarum internum nigro introrsum marginata, linea altera submarginali fusca (ad angulum 

 analem nigra) utrinque albo limbata, lobulo anali nigro puncto introrsum rubro, macula juxto eum albo 

 atomata, macula tertia nigra introrsum rubro cincta inter ramos medianos ; margine externo nigro introrsum 

 albo limbato. 



$ nobis ignota. 



Eab. Guatemala 2 , low forests of Vera Paz (F. D. G. & 0. S. 1 ) ; Panama, Bugaba (Cham- 

 pion), Chiriqui (Trbtsch). 



We have but two specimens of this beautiful species, and a third has been lent us 

 by Dr. Staudinger. The Guatemala example was taken by us in the low forest beyond 

 Coban in Vera Paz, and formed the type of Hewitson's description and figure : the latter 

 very inadequately represents this species, the colour of the underside being represented 

 as of a chocolate instead of a grey tint, and the white lines are broken up in places 

 where they ought to be continuous. Dr. Staudinger has also lent us his type of 

 Thecla munatia, which we cannot distinguish from that of T. ericeta. 



3. T. latagus section. 



107. Thecla latagus, sp. n. (Tab. LV. figg. 9, 10 6 .) 



Alis cyaneis ; anticis costa apice et margine externo nigris ; posticis margine externo et ciliis nigris, plaga 

 magna super venam subcostalem nigerrima, area abdominali fusca : subtus fuscis, lineis duabus discalibus 

 communibus fuscis, interiore extrorsum, exteriore introrsum albido limbatis ; posticis lobulo anali nigro, 

 introrsum vix rubro atomato, macula nigra inter ramos medianos introrsum rubro marginata. 



Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (Bibbe). 



Dr. Staudinger has lent us a single male example of this very distinct species, which 



