90 EHOPALOCEEA. 



36. T. mathewi section. 



192. Thecla mathewi 



Thecla mathewi, Hew. Ent. Monthly Mag. xi. p. 106 \; 111. Diurn. Lep. p. 196, t. 78. ff. 629, 630 \ 



Alis fusco-nigris ; anticis margine interno usque ad cellulam, posticis (prseter costam et marginem externum 

 anguste) glauco-cEeruleis, harum lobulo anali rufo : subtus fuscis, linea communi discali f usca extrorsum 

 albido introrsum late umbrino limbata, in posticis ad marginem internum angulata ; anticis ad marginem 

 externum fusco et griseo nebulosis; posticis lobulo anali nigro introrsum rubido notato, juxta eum 

 macula fusca albo atomata, macula nigra inter ramos medianos introrsum rubido cincta, margine externo 

 nigro introrsum albo limbato, ciliis griseis. 



5 alis fuscis, posticis medialiter vix glauco-cseruleo lavatis. 



Hab. Mexico (G. Mathew 12 }, Cordova (Rumeli), Jalapa (W. Schaus); Guatemala, 

 San Geronimo (Champion); Panama, Chiriqui (Trotsch). 



This species is very similar to T. cleon of Fabricius on the upper surface, but beneath 

 the bands of the latter on the secondaries are much more irregular and broken. 

 T. mathewi was obtained by Mr. Mathew, R.N., on the west coast of Mexico, and we 

 now trace it through Guatemala as far as the State of Panama ; it is, however, nowhere 

 common. We have a very close ally of T. mathewi from Manaure, in Northern 

 Colombia, where a specimen was obtained by Mr. F. Simons *. 



193. Thecla chonida. 



Thecla chonida, Hew. 111. Diurn. Lep. p. 197, t. 78. ff. 635, 636 \ 



Alis fuscis ad basin grisescentibus ; posticis dimidio distali griseo venis fuscis diviso, maculis submarginalibus 

 fuscis, ea inter ramos medianos nigro introrsum fulvo limbata, margine externo ad angulum analem nigro, 

 ciliis albis : subtus griseis, linea discali communi angustissime nigra introrsum fulvo extrorsum albo 

 limbata in posticis bifracta et leviter sinuata, macula inter ramos medianos et lobulo anali nigris introrsum 

 fulvo cinctis, macula inter eos nigra albo irrorata, marginibus externis nigris introrsum albo limbatis. 



Hab. Mexico (G. Mathew 1 ), Jalapa (W. Schaus). 



The type of this species is a female, and the only specimen we have seen, with the 

 exception of one recently submitted to us by Mr. Schaus. The species is probably 

 allied to T. mathewi, but the discal band on the secondaries is much straighter and less 

 abruptly bent towards the inner margin. 



194. Thecla leda. 



Thecla leda, W. H. Edwards, Papilio, ii. p. 23 \ 



Alis fuscis ; anticis marginis interni dimidio basali, et posticis prseter aream apicalem glauco-cseruleis ; posticis 

 maculis duabus ad angulum analem fuscis, stigmate spurio ad cellulse anticarum finem : subtus griseis, 



* Thecla sesara, sp. n. 



T. mathewi similis quoad picturam alarum paginse inferioris, sed supra anticis omnino fusco-nigricantibus, area 

 interna baud glauco-cseruleo notata ; posticis maculis tribus submarginalibus fuscis ad angulum analem. 

 Hab. Colombia, Manaure (F. Simons). 



Mus. nostr. 



