762 THECLA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 



jadi. Th. jada Hew. (150 f) Me include here as the nearest ally of malina. Above lilac-blue with a very 



broad apex of the forewing, a red-brown anal lobe and small tail, fringes white; at the cell-end a slightly visible 

 black streak-spot, the scent-spot being absent; the $ is coloured just the same except a somewhat rounder 

 shape of the wings. Beneath yellowish-white with olive-brownish lines, similarly marked as malina. Common 

 in Mexico and Guatemala. 

 calcsht. Th. calesia Hew. (150 f) resembles somewhat ellida (150 e), but it might more correctly be placed 



beside conimodus (153 g) in the ama-group. Above greenish-blue with a broad black apex and margins with 



2 rather long tails beside the extended anal lobe; without a scent-spot. Beneath red-brown with deep dark- 

 brown markings which are partly finely bordered by bluish-white; in the middle of the costal margin and of 

 the border there is one larger, light, yellowish-brown patch each. Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia. 



35. Dinus- Group. 



diuvs. Th. dinus Hew. (150f) is known to me only from the description and figure, for which reason 



its position here is dubious. Shape about that of ehngnta (150 f) or commodus (153 g), above similar, without a 

 scent-spot. Beneath red-brown, on the forewing with a large brown triangular spot in the middle of the costal 

 margin, and brown spots in front of the border; hindwing clouded in a darker brown, margijr more rusty-yellow, 

 a brown spot near the costal base and two macular bands behind the middle. Surroundings of the black anal 

 lobe dusted in white. Described according to a $ from Brazil. 



36. Amyntor- Group. 



a) tailed species. 



amyntor. Th. atiiytitor Cr. (= menalcas Cr.) (153 i). Above deep metallic indigo-blue, towards the margin 



gradually warming into the moderately broad, blackish-brown margin; anal lobes red-brown. Beneath brilliantly 

 green, the proximal margin of the forewing grey; hindwing with a rudimentary row of lunular spots behind 

 the middle, dark cherry-red, to black, distally white-pupilled, mostly there is at the costal margin only one, 

 and analwards 3 or 4 eye-spots; between, below and above the median veins, in front of the border, are yet 



3 small cherry-red spots, the one in the middle being the largest. Forehead metallic-green. Abdomen above 

 indigo-blue, beneath yellowish. The $ is in the basal half dull greyish-blue, distally blackish-brown. Mexico 

 to Brazil, rather rare. 



sicrana. TH. sicrana Jones (153 i). I am unable to decide whether this animal is of a different species from 



the preceding. The description coincides with it except the forehead being described as brown, with metallic- 

 green scales and a white spot between the antennae. The figure exhibits the hindwings beneath marked with 

 larger white spots nearer to the border. Castro (Parana). 

 chlnris. Th. chloris Hew. (153 i) is described according to but 1 $; nor do I know it; it looks above alike, but, 



according to the figure, it seems to have 2 longer tails and a long-stretched anal lobe; beneath the postdiscal 

 macular series of the hindwing is entirely black, distally not bordered by white. Brazil. 

 herodn/us. Th. herodotus F. (= leucania Hew.) (153 i) is smaller, above duller indigo-blue with quite a narrow, 



black margin and few scent-scales in the upper cell-corner at the rising of the uppermost radial. Beneath green, 

 equally, but much more finely marked than amyntor, the white macular line is mostly more complete, forehead 

 metallic green. From Mexico to the Amazon at altitudes of up to 3000 ft., everywhere common. — ■ In Argen- 

 aoastoides. tina flies: acastoides Berg (= acaste Burm. nee Prittw.) differing by its larger size, the undulated brown mar- 

 ginal band of the hindwing beneath and a brown-tinged, white macular band. 



fusius. Th. fusius Godm. (t Salv. (153 i) differs merely by the brown colour of the upper surface. Mexico 



to Panama. 



bertha. Th. bertha Jones (153 i). Distal margin of the hindwing more straight, not so inflated, anal lobe 



not developed. Above dull indigo-blue, beneath not to be mistaken for any other species by the peculiar, white- 

 dusted median band. Parana, Rio Grande do Sul. 



pastor. Th. pastor Btlr. (154 a) is easily distinguishable by the uncommonly lustrous deep blue colour above, 



beneath by the brown lunular spots on the margin of the hindwing. The $$ entirely resemble above those 

 of the other species. Mexico to Panama. 



b) u n t a i 1 e d s p e c i e s. 



loiujuia. Th. longula Hew. (154 a) has above the same magnificent Morpho-hlue as pastor, but a somewhat 



broader black margin and a longer extended anal angle. Beneath the green is tinged somewhat ochreous- 

 yellowish; the macular band as in herodotus (153 i), only much less visible and inwardly darker shaded; between 

 it and the border there runs a second nebulous band; at the base of the hindwing is often a brown spot of a 

 variable size. Forehead brown, abdomen beneath yellow. The $ is above dull greyish-blue, with broad 

 blackish-brown margins. From Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia. 

 arjricoJor Th. agricolor 5^?f. (154 a). Shape of the wings similar to that of 6er///a; above coloured like herodotus, 



beneath differing from all the others by the hindwings being broadly marked in red-brown at the base and at 

 the margin and being dusted in white; besides they exhibit in the centre yet a strongly undulated band. Mexico 

 to Panama. 



