86 RHOPALOCEEA. 



179. Thecla iambe, sp. n. (Tab. LVIT. figg. 28, 29 s .) 



T. lollice similis, sed alis supra multo minus cseruleis, hoc colore cellulam haud occupante, area mediaua 

 posticarum tantum cserulea, margine externo ipso nigro ad angulum analem introrsum albo limbato: 

 subtus posticis lineola nigra ad cellulae finem. 



§ adhuc nobis ignota. 



Hab. Costa Kica, San Francisco (Bogers). 



We have only a single specimen of this species, which, from the small extent of the 

 blue on the upper surface, is easily distinguished from its near ally T. lollia. 



180. Thecla lucagus, sp. n. (Tab. LVII. figg. 30, 31 s .), 



T. lollice quoque similis, sed colore cseruleo anticarum usque ad costam extendente : subtus linea submarginali 

 fusca margini propiore, colore ferrugineo lobulo anali proximo et inter ramos medianos multo minus 

 extenso. 



Hab. Mexico, Jalapa {Edge, W. Schaus). 



Of this, likewise, we have but a single male specimen, but have seen a second in 

 Mr. Schaus's collection. This species differs from the two preceding in having the blue 

 on the upper surface of the primaries spreading to the costa. 



181. Thecla carnica. 



Thecla carnica, Hew. 111. Diurn. Lep. p. 143, t. 57. f . 352 \ 



Alis lsete violaceis, margine externo nigro : subtus griseis, linea communi discali nigra extrorsum albo introrsum 

 rubro marginata in posticis in maculas tres et lineam angulatam fracta, maculis his introrsum nigro 

 quoque margin atis, linea altera submarginali fusca albo utrinque marginata in posticis lunulata, lobulo 

 anali ferrugineo puncto nigro, macula quoque ferruginea inter ramos medianos puncto nigro. 



$ alis fuscis introrsum obscure violaceo lavatis, aliter alis maris similibus. 



Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (W. Schaus); Guatemala, forests of Northern Vera Paz 

 (F. D. G. & 0. S.); Panama, Bugaba (Champion), Calobre (Arce). — Amazons valley 1 . 



The types of T. carnica which we possess are in a very poor condition, but we 

 believe we are right in associating with them two males and a female from our country. 

 They all agree in the deep violet tint of the upper surface, but the northern specimens 

 are larger and the wings rather broader. 



32. T. teea section*. 



182. Thecla tera. 



Thecla tera, Hew. 111. Diurn. Lep. p. 211, t. 84. ff. 714, 715 \ 



Alis caeruleis ; anticis costa et dimidio apicali fusco-nigricantibus, stigmate spurio ad cellulae finem ; posticis 

 margine externo anguste nigricanti-fusco, ciliis albidis : subtus cretaceo-albis, linea communi discali fusca 

 introrsum ferrugineo limbata ; in anticis continua, in posticis in maculas sex et lineam angulatam ad 



* In this and tbe two following sections there is a black spot at the end of the cell of the males which 

 somewhat resembles a stigma, but it is more diffused, and does not apparently influence the neuration; to 

 distinguish it we term it a false stigma. 



