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Venezuelan example which we also possess. On comparing these two insects together 

 we see no tangible ground for their separation. The insect figured by Hewitson as the 

 female of T. orcynia we have lost sight of, but we do not hesitate to say that it has 

 nothing to do with the present species. The figure of the male is very unsatisfactory, 

 and without the type not capable of recognition with any degree of certainty. 



We have a single specimen from the valley of the Polochic, which we place here with 

 considerable doubt. The blue is slightly more extended towards the apex of the prima- 

 ries than in typical T. orcynia, and the underside is darker ; the inner band of the 

 secondaries is scarcely edged with a darker hue, though the other markings seem all in 

 their places. 



Having only one example of this form, we leave it under T. orcynia— -at least for 

 the present. 



125. Thecla iopas, sp. n. (Tab. LVI. figg. 4, 5 6 .) 



Alia saturate cyaneis ; anticis costa et margine externo nigris ; posticis marginibus nigris, lobulo anali puncto 

 rubro, ciliis ad angulum. analem albidis : subtus brunneis, linea communi discali nigricante in posticis 

 fracta ad marginem internum angulata, margine ipso nigro introrsum albo limbato, linea altera submar- 

 ginali nigricante, lobulo anali nigro puncto rubro introrsum, macula juxta eum nigra albo atomata, macula 

 nigra inter ramos medianos introrsum rubro cincta. 



Eab. Nicakagua, Ch on tales {Belt). 



We describe and figure this species from a single male specimen from Belt's collec- 

 tion. We know of no species with which we can with advantage compare it. 



126. Thecla ahola. 



Thecla ahola, Hew. 111. Diurn. Lep. p. 82, t. 35. ff. 73, 74< \ 



Alis supra viridi-cyaneis ; anticis costa et dimidio apicali fuscis ; posticis, apice late, margine externo quoque 

 fuscis : subtus sordide griseis ; anticis fasciis duabus albidis, una ultra cellulam, altera submarginali ; 

 posticis fasciis duabus ejusdem coloris, una per cellulam altera ultra earn sinuosa ad marginem internum 

 bene refracta, lineola ad cellulse finem quoque albida et seriebus duabus submarginalibus lunularum 

 ejusdem coloris, ocellis duabus rubidis nigro pupillatis, una submarginali inter venam medianam et ramo 

 suo secundo altera ad angulum analem. 



2 nobis ignota. 



Eab. Mexico (mus. Hew. 1 ). — Colombia l ; Venezuela. 



Our specimens of this species are said to be from Venezuela ; but in the Hewitson 

 collection there is an example from Mexico, on which authority we include the species 

 in our fauna. 



127. Thecla balius, sp. n. (Tab. LVI. figg. 6, 7 6 .) 



Alis nigris ; anticis disco infra cellulam usque ad marginem internum et posticis prseter marginem lsetissime 

 cseruleis ; posticis, lobulo anali rubro, macula alba utrinque notata : subtus griseo-fuscis, linea communi 

 discali fusca extrorsum albo limbata, in posticis ad marginem internum fracta et bene angulata, introrsum 

 rubro marginata, linea altera submarginali fusca ad angulum analem nigra, albo introrsum marginata, 

 lobulo anali et maculis duabus juxta eum rubro introrsum cinctis, margine externo nigricante in- 

 trorsum albc limbato, fronte inter oculos rubida. 



£ mari similis, colore alarum cseruleo pallidiore, maculis tribus submarginalibus ad angulum posticarum analem. 



biol. cente.-amee., Ehopal., Vol. II., September 1887. k 



