78 KHOPALOCEEA. 



lowland form, probably reaching to no greater altitude above the sea than 3000 feet. 

 A Chiriqui specimen in Dr. Staudinger's collection is in better condition than any of 

 ours from Guatemala. 



159. Thecla cyphara. 



Thecla cyphara, Hew. Ent. Monthly Mag. xi. p. 106 1 ; 111. Diurn. Lep. p. 186, t. 74. ff. 579, 580 2 . 



Alis supra brunneis; anticis dimidio anali (prseter marginem externum) rufo-aurantiis ; posticis (prseter 

 costam et margin em externum) ejusdem coloris, lobulo anali rufo : subtus griseo-fuscis, linea eommuni 

 discali fusca extrorsum albo introrsum late rufo marginata, lobulo anali nigro introrsum rufo, macula 

 fusea juxta eum albo atomata, macula nigra rufa inter ramos medianos puncto nigro, margine externo 

 nigro introrsum albo limbato. 



2 alis omnino fuscescentibus. 



Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Rumeli), Jalapa (W. Schaus); Guatemala, San Geronimo 

 (Champion)-, Panama 1 , David (Champion), Calobre (Arce), Panama city (Ribbe). — 

 Venezuela. 



Hewitson's description of this species was taken from a Panama specimen. We have 

 typical specimens from Mr. Druce's collection said to have come from Venezuela ; these 

 agree with our Central-American examples, where the species is widely distributed, 

 though nowhere common. 



T. cyphara is allied to T, endymion of the Amazons valley and Brazil, but differs in 

 the distribution of the orange colour on the upperside of the wings. 



23. T. camissa section. 



160. Thecla camissa. 



Thecla camissa^ Hew. Equat. Lep. p. 66 1 ; 111. Diurn. Lep. p. 189, t. 75. ff. 595, 596 2 . 



Tmolus charichlorus, Butl. & Druce, Cist. Ent. i. p. 109 3 ; P. Z. S. 1874, p. 355 4 ; Butl. Lep. Ex. 



p. 162, t. 57. f. 10 5 . 

 Tmolus vespasianus, Butl. & Druce, Cist. Ent. i. p. 109 6 ; P. Z. S. 1874, p. 355 7 ; Butl. Lep. Ex. 



p. 161, t. 57. f. 7 8 . 



Ali s fusco-nigris ; anticis cellula et area infra earn usque ad marginem internum purpurescenti-cseruleis ; posticis 

 nigris, macula magna subtriangulari purpurescenti-cserulea : subtus fuscis, linea eommuni discali introrsum 

 nigricante extrorsum alba in posticis fracta ad marginem internum angulata et intus rufo marginata, lobulo 

 anali nigro intus rufo atomata, macula nigra inter ramos medianos intus rufo late marginata, linea supra 

 earn nigra ad angulum apicalem extensa utrinque albido indistincte marginata. 



$ alis supra fuscis, posticis medialiter cseruleo-lavatis : subtus mari similis, sed alis pallidioribus, lineis et 

 maculis omnibus magis distinctis. 



Eab. Guatemala, Polochic valley (F. D. G. & O. S.) ; Nicakagua, Chontales (Belt, 

 Janson); Costa Eica (Van Patten 36 ); Panama, Bugaba (Champion). — South Ameeica, 

 from Colombia to Ecuador x 2 and Peru. 



This species was originally described by Hewitson from Ecuador specimens obtained 

 by Buckley at Sarayacu. When subsequently figuring this insect he associated with 

 them specimens captured by Belt at Chontales, and in so doing we believe he was right. 



