72 KHOPALOCEKA. 



144. Thecla endela. (Tab. lvi. fi gg . 30, 31 <? .) 



Thecla endela, Hew. 111. Diurn. Lep. p. 168, t. 66. fl 3 . 470/471 \ 



Alls purpureo-cyaueis ; anticis apice et margine externo nigricantibus ; posticis quoque nigricante anguste 

 marginatis, ciliis fuscis : subtus cinereis, linea communi discali nigricante, extrorsum albo, introrsum 

 fulvo, limbata, in posticis ad venam medianam fracta, ad marginem internum angulata, linea obsoleta ad 

 cellule finem albida utrinque fnsco limbata, linea altera submarginali lunulata utrin que albo limbata, 

 lobulo anali nigro introrsum rubido, macula nigra inter ramos medianos introrsum rubido cincta, macula 

 fusca juxta earn albo atomata, margine externo anguste nigricante introrsum albo limbato. 



$ mari similis, sed alis supra magis plumbeis. 



Bab. Costa Kica ( Van Batten), Rio Sucio (Bogers) ; Panama, Bugaba (Champion).— 

 Venezuela 1 . 



This species was described from a specimen said to be from Venezuela, which is now 

 before us. We have three examples from Central America, all of them females, but 

 we have no doubt that they belong to this species. 



A Bugaba specimen is figured. 



145. Thecla critola. 



Thecla critola, Hew. Ent. Monthly Mag. xi. p. 105 ' ; 111. Diurn. Lep. p. 197, t. 78. ff. 633, 634 \ 

 Alis laste violaceo-cyaueis, marginibus omnibus fuscis ; anticis plaga magna violaceo-nigra ad cellulse finem : 

 subtus obscure griseis fusco undique indistincte vermiculatis, fascia indistincta communi discaH fulva 

 utrinque fusco limbata in posticis leviter sinuosa ; macula inter ramos medianos et lobulo anali fulvis 

 nigro variegatis. 



Bah. Mexico (G. Mathew 12 ). 



This is a very isolated species, with no near allies. The type was taken by 

 Mr. Gervase Mathew in Mexico, doubtless at some place on the Pacific coast, but which 

 Hewitson omitted to record. 



18. T. hesperitis section. 



146. Thecla hesperitis. 



Bithys hesperitis, Butl. & Druce, Cist. Ent. i. p. 107 *; Butl. Lep. Ex. p. 159, t. 57. f. 14 \ 

 Thecla lugubris,Moschl. Verh. zool.-hot. Ges. Wien, xxvi. p. 301, t. 3. f. 4 3 . 



Alis nigricanti-fuscis ; posticis plaga discali et angulo anaH casruleis, lobulo anali rufo, maculis submar- 

 ginalibus juxta eum nigris : subtus fusco-brunneis, linea communi discali introrsum nigra, extrorsum alba, 

 in anticis obsoleta, in posticis fracta, ad marginem internum angulata, introrsum rufo limbata, lobulo 

 anali nigro (pupillo cseruleo) introrsum rubro atomato, macula triangulari nigra inter ramos medianos 

 introrsum rubro cincta, macula altera nigricante juxta earn albo atomata, margine nigro introrsum albo 

 limbata, ciliis sordide albidis. 

 5 mari similis, sed alis supra magis cserulescentibus. 



Bab. Mexico, Jalapa (W. Schaus) ; Guatemala, Polochic valley (F.B. G. & O. #.), 

 San Geronimo (Champion) ; Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt) ; Costa Rica ( Van Patten 1 2 ), 

 Irazu, Cache (Bogers); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Arce), Bugaba, David {Champion), 

 Chiriqui (Bible, Trbtsch), Panama city (Bible).— South America, from Colombia to the 

 Amazons valley, Guiana 3 , and Brazil. 



