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We have the types of this species before us, taken by Mr. Bates at Ega ; with these 

 our Central-American specimens agree very closely, but the males are rather larger, the 

 blue on the secondaries somewhat brighter, and the spots near the anal angle hardly 

 traceable. As the type of the male is in a somewhat rubbed condition, we do not 

 consider these slight differences of much consequence. The arrangement of the spots 

 on the underside is like that of T. cerata and T. pisis. T. trebula differs in the 

 ochreous tint of the wings beneath and the very different style of coloration of the 

 wings above. 



Our Colombian examples were taken by Mr. Wheeler at Mutiscua, in the State of 

 Santander, at an elevation of 4000 feet above the sea. 



31. T. celmus section. 



177. Thecla celmus. 



Papilio celmus } Cram. Pap. Ex. t. 55. G, H 1 . 



Alis fusco-nigris ; anticis infra cellulam ad marginem internum, et posticis (praeter marginem externum) 

 cyaneis, harura angulo anali nigro introrsum albo limbato : subtus cretaceo-albis, linea communi discali 

 nigra introrsum rubro limbata in posticis in maculas fracta, macula nigra infra venam costalem, linea 

 submarginali nigra in posticis lunulata, puncto nigro inter ramos medianos introrsum rubro cincto, 

 margine externo ad angulum analem nigro. 



2 alis omnino fuscis ; posticis linea submarginali alba. 



Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (W. Schans); Guatemala, Teleman, San Isidro (Champion); 

 Nicaeagua, Chontales (Belt) ; Panama, Bugaba (Champion), Chiriqui (Bibbe). — South 

 Ameeica, Venezuela, Amazons valley, Guiana 1 , and South-east Brazil. 



This small but well-marked species has an exceedingly wide range over a large 

 portion of Tropical America. In Guatemala it occurs on both sides of the cordillera 

 in the forest-region. 



178. Thecla lollia, sp. n. (Tab. LVII. figg. 26, 27 8 .) 



Alis saturate cseruleis ; anticis costa, apice late et margine externo nigricantibus ; posticis margine externo 

 anguste nigricante, ciliis albis : subtus griseo-albidis, linea communi discali fusca extrorsum alba intror- 

 sum ferruginea limbata in posticis valde sinuata, linea altera submarginali fusca albo introrsum limbata 

 in posticis lunulata, lobnlo anali nigro introrsum ferrugineo, macula juxta eum nigra albo dense atomata, 

 puncto nigro inter ramos medianos introrsum late ferrugineo cincto, margine externo nigricante introrsum 

 albo limbato. 



$ mari similis, sed colore alarum cseruleo multo magis obscuro ; subtus linea submarginali fusca minus obvia. 



Hab. Guatemala, Polochic valley (F. B. G. & 0. S.) ; Costa Eica, Irazu (Bogers). 



The female from Guatemala, described above, we associate with some hesitation with 

 the Costa-Rican male, but it agrees better with it than with either of the two closely- 

 allied forms described below; at the same time its position must remain somewhat 

 doubtful till more specimens of both sexes from the same locality are examined. The 

 Costan-Bica male is figured. 



