42 ILLUSTRATIONS OF UNFIGURED LEPIDOPTKRA. 



distinctly black suffusing considerably in some specimens upon the surround- 

 ing ground color (dark tawny), and broadening into a large spot at anal angle. 

 The hind margin is, as above described, black with a white thread showing 

 at interspaces. 



Upper side of hind wing dark tawny. Costal space and hind margin bor- 

 dered with black, one quarter inch deep. Running from upper angle trans- 

 versely across to centre of inner margin, is a series of interspacial black 

 dashes, forming a prominent black band across the centre of the wing. At 

 upper angle there is a prominent light yellowish spot. Hind margin edged 

 with an interspacial white thread. 



Under side of fore wing is the same,.as upper surface except that the light 

 yellow markings are more pronounced and suffused, and the black showing 

 within them and at their edges is, consequently, more prominent. The black 

 of apical area is dark tawny brown in some specimens. The three subapical 

 white spots are much larger. The inner marginal area tends to blackish gray. 



The under side of lower wing has the same markings as above with a few 

 variations. The subcostal area is black. In;the place of one apical white 

 spot, there are two, interspacial. Under the costal nervure is an anvil-shaped 

 light yellow spot. Below this the ground color is dark tawny brown, the 

 transverse band of interspacial black dashes being well defined. The hind 

 margin is edged with a white thread, and within this each interspace contains 

 two white dashes near the margin. 



The ground color of the under side is variable (dark tawny to blackish) 

 and the suffusion more or less pronounced. The general markings, however, 

 maintain their proper limits, although the suffusions may alter the general 

 appearance of the wing. 



Described from specimens taken in May, 1S99, in Bolivia, 

 and also from specimens taken in the Bogota district of 

 . Colombia. 



Thecla lucaris A. G. Weeks, Jr.i 

 i^Plate X, Fig. I.) 

 Habitat: Bolivia, near Cusilluni. Expanse: .72 to 1. 10 inches. 



Head, thorax and abdomen, above, grayish brown ; below, grayish. An- 

 tenncc, blackish above ; gray beneath, with white annulations at base of each 

 joint. Club blackish with tawny tip. Legs steel gray. 



»Pr. New England Zool. Club, Vol. II, p. 102, December 30, l'.)01. 



