THEOPE. By Ur. A. Seitz. 723 



stating, however, their patria to be the Western Amazon; — Central Anieriran specimens in which the whole 

 cell of the forewing is yellow, with a narrower blue spot, are denominated pulchralis Stich.. their patria is also juilchndis. 

 stated yet to be ,, Colombia". Thus presumably two forms occur there, according to the situation of the fin- 

 ding-place. The typical eudocin flies in Guiana and Venezuela. — Larva green with a black, white-marked 

 head, surrounded by fine fluffy hair. At the neck it exhibits lateral clusters of small brown cones and at the 

 anal end a glandular organ which is licked off by ants. The larva lives in a rolled-up leaf of the cocoa-plant 

 in the surroundings of which the ants of the guard build their paper-nests; on trying to separate them from 

 their larva, they appear very excited (Gijppy). Pupa green, held by the cremaster and a filiform belt. The 

 butterflies are not common. 



Th. pedias H.-Schaff. ($ = helpusa Heir.) (143f). Above violettish-blue with a black costal- and prdias. 

 distal margin of the forewing, beneath one-coloured and unmarked golden-yellow. In the $ also the distal 

 half of the inner-marginal part of the forewing above is black. From Guiana and Colombia to South Brazil 

 and Bolivia. — isia G. <(• S. are specimens from Mexico and Central America, exhiluting a greyish-yellow dull hhi. 

 under surface. — hypoxanthe Bfit. from Para has a brass-colomed, lustreless under surface. — Less rare. Iiyjio.ranthc. 



Th. sericea Bui. { 14:! f). Similar to ■pediih'^. but larger; the apical part of the forewing broad, the margin, ■■^cricca. 

 however, only narrower black; the rest of the wings violettish-blue, as pedias. Under surface of a magnificent 

 golden red in the 3*. more yellow in the $. Amazon. Rare. 



Th. lampropteryx Bat. Of the shape of pedias, but the forewings only at the base blue. Under sur- knupniplc- 

 face ochreons-yellow, only faintly lustrous. Lower Amazon. '■^■''" 



Th. caenina G. d' S. Similar to baren (143g); in the ^ the forewings are dark brown, the cell to ran>i»a. 

 its end, the iimer margin of the forewing and the whole hindwing are violettish-blue. Under surface almost 

 light yellow. From the Chiriqui (Panama). 



Th. barea G. d' S. (143 g). Like the preceding, but below more brass-coloured than pale yellow, harca. 

 Upper surface light-blue, lustrous. Behind the cell of the tj a spot of a silky gloss. Panama to the Amazon. 

 Not common. 



Th. excelsa Bat. (143 f). The largest species of the group ; more than twice as large as the preceding, oa/.vo. 

 Beneath abundantly brass-coloured with a faint lustre, ^^'ings with a dark violettish-blue lustre, forewings 

 with broad dark costal- and apical parts, and with a broad dark marginal band; hindwings only at the costal 

 margin black. Amazon; if I have identified the sjjecies correctly by the short description by Bates, it also 

 occurs in Guiana, 



Th. aureonitens Bat. Very similar to the preceding, but nuich smaller, the blue of the hindwing reaches cnrciniiti'iis. 

 the costal area; in the disc of the (^-forewing a dull brown spot. Under surface of a golden-yellow ((^) or straw- 

 coloured ( V) lustre. Teffe on the Amazon. 



Th. simplicia Bat. As large as eiidocia (143f). Forewings unmarked blue, hindwings violettish- ■^'uiiiiiicia. 

 blue; under surface dull whitish. The $ has a dark base of the hindwing. Para. Not rare. 



Th. hypoleuca Bat. Similar to the preceding, somewhat larger, recognizable by the almost purely hjjpniruca. 

 white, unmarked under surface; above both sexes are of a more brightly lustrous blue (about like Lycaena 

 icarus), costa narrow and the distal margin of the forewings broadly black. Lower Amazon. 



Th. azurea Bnt. resembles the preceding, but it differs by the shape; the ^ has more triangular (t-nrm. 

 forewings with straight margins, whereas hypoleuca exhibits a somewhat bulging costal margin and a convex 

 border. Upper surface of a bright bluedustre, costa narrow, apex and border of the forewing broadly black. 

 Under surface c^uite light brownish, unmarked. Amazon. 



Th. herta G. d- S. (143g) is a rather small species the <^ of which is above almost blackish-brown, Iwria. 

 in the basal area there are hardly any blue radiating patches. The under surface is light earthy-grey, mostly 

 almost without any marking at all, sometimes in the centre of the wdngs slightly darker. The species does not 

 feem to be moi'e elf)sely allied to any other and to be very rare in its patria, Central America. 



Th. lycaenina Bat. Size of azurea\ deviating from the preceding species by the almost white under li/mciiina. 

 surface being faintly tinged brownish-grey. Upper surface black and, as in herta, only the inner part of the 

 wings with an indistinctly defined blue (and only dull) lustre. Beneath the hindwings exhibit a series of dark 

 dots being distinct only in the anal region. East Brazil, Para, Espiritu Santo. 



Th. foliorum Bat. has the size of sericea (143 f). Forewing black except a blue triangle above the joliomm. 

 inner margin covering about one third of the wing. The hindwings are above all light-blue, with a dark margin. 

 In front of the border is a series of black, white-shaded dots. Under surface brownish-white, with few black 

 dots before the border. $ with obtuser wings. Lower Amazon. — punctipennis Bat. is like foliorum. but smaller jiunctipcn- 

 and the submarginal dots of the liindwings are more luunerous and some appear also on the forewings beneath. '"*'• 



Amazon and Venezuela. — atima Bat. likewise entirely resembles foliormn., but beneath it is darker and dis- aiima. 

 tinguishcd by the forewings being all black except a very narrow blue .stripe in and below the cell. Teffe. 



Th. leucanthe Bat. (143 g). If I identify Ze?/ra«//ie correctly in the figured small animal looking almost IcKcunlhe. 

 like a Lycaenidae, according to B.vtes' short description, it is above blackish, only in the basal part and on 



