MICANDRA. 



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costa and hind-margin of the fore-wings black, and with two 

 black spots in the cell in the male. On the under surface the 

 colour is green, richly glossed with golden-yellow, and the 

 anterior portion of the hind-wings transversely streaked with 

 narrow black marks. The tails are wholly black. 



It is found in Surinam, and in other parts of South and 

 Central America. 



There are several other well-marked Tropical American 

 genera more distantly allied to Thecla, of which I shall only 

 mention two. 



GENUS MICANDRA. 

 Micandra^ Schatz, Exot. Schmett. ii. p. 265 (1892). 

 An insect of very remarkable form, with the fore-wings very 

 short and broad, the costa strongly arched, and the hind- 

 margin rounded outwards, so that the hinder angle is actually 

 further from the base than the apex. The hind-wings are 

 tailless, much rounded, and considerably broader than the 

 fore-wings, though about equally long. 



MICANDRA PLATYPTERA. 



Pseud olyaena platyptera^ Felder, Reise d. No vara, Lepid. ii. 



p. 246, no 285, pi. 28, figs. 6, 7 (1865). 

 Micandra platyptera^ Staudinger, Exot Schmett. i. p. 288, pi. 



97 (1886). 



The fore-wings are shining greenish-blue in the male, with a 

 black border, narrowing to the hinder angle. In the middle 

 is a very large conical patch of dull greyish-blue scales, with the 

 pointed end directed towards the base. The hind-wings are of 

 the same blue, with the costa, and more narrowly, the hind- 

 margin, except towards the anal angle, black. On the under 

 side the fore-wings are blue, with the costa and hind margin 

 bordered with black ; the hind-wings are blackish, covered with 

 slender white interrupted serpentine lines. 



