798 THECLA. By Dr. M. Deaudt. 



biiplionia. Th. buphotiia Heir. (138 e) is above plainly brown, beneath like the preceding, but behind the brown 



band of the forewing, in the anal part, there is a broad grey area, in the preceding not. Colombia, Amazon. 



99. Atrius-Group. 



alrhis. Th. atrius H.-Schliff. (= clitumnus Btlr.) (158 e) has black forewings and radiantly ultramarine- 



blue hindwings with a black proximal margin and a very narrow distal margin increasing somewhat in width 

 analwards. Beneath ochreous-brown with a faint silky lustre, marked about as the hesperitis-gvoup (p. 794), 

 but the postdiscal band of the hind wing is placed more towards the base at the costal margin. The $ is above 

 dull blackish-brown, in the disc of the hindwing dark blue. From Guatemala to the Amazon, in the southern 

 districts of the range common, to the north rarer. 

 ii/iiiKi.t. Th. niimas Godm. ct Salv. (158 e) is very similar, l)ut the forewings are, from the cell to the proximal 



margin, likewise radiantly blue as the hindwings. From Panama to the Amazon, rare. 

 caloi: Th. calor Die. (158 c) is very closely allied to atrius, the forewings are dull greyish-brown, not black, 



also the hindwings much duller lilac-blue, at the costal margin whitish ; nor is the proximal margin blackish- 

 grey, but yellowish-white, like the abdomen. Beneath the same, only the discal bands are proximally broadly 

 bordered by vermilion. Brazil. 

 pckitirister. Th. petaurister Drc. differs from the preceding like mimas does from atrius, i. e. the inner-marginal 



part of the forewing is, as far as up to the cell, of the same dull blue as the hindwings. Brit. Guiana. 

 '"*■• Th. cos Drc. (158 e) has black, somewhat olive-tinged forewings and dark-blue hindwings being 



. here, in contrast with the allies, broadly bordered in black at the costal, distal and proximal margin, and in 

 the anal lobe a small red spot. Beneath like atrius. Guiana. Brazil. 



100. Acis- Group. 



f'v'.s. Th. acis Drury {= mars F.) (158 e) is above dark-brown, beneath very characteristic by the broad 



white bands of the hinchving, which meet between the median veins and are here interrupted by a large orange 

 spot; at the base of the hindwing there are yet two tiny white spots below each other. .South Florida. Antilles. 

 iarouins. Th. favonius Sm. <£■ Ahh. (158 e) we include here owing to its external resemblance. The brown upper 



surface exhibits in the upper cell-end a small, oval, light scent-spot and analwards on the hindwings and between 

 the median veins of the forewings orange spots. Beneath similarly marked as acis, but instead of the broad 

 white bands there are narrow moon.spot-rows. Almost the whole submarginal space is occupied by orange 

 spots, between the spot of the tail and the anal lobe there is a long spot dusted in blue-white; the small basal 

 spot of the hindwing may turn into a long streak. — The larva lives on oaks. Gulf-States as far as up to South 

 Carolina. 



101. Damon-Group (Mitoura Scudd.). 



duiiioti. Th. damon Cr. (= gryneus Hbn., damastus Godt., smilacis Bsd., auburniana Harr.) (158 f) is above 



discoldaVis. brown with an oval, brown-grey scent-spot in the upper cell-corner, the f. discoidalis Skinner has an ochreous- 

 yellow to red-yellow disc of all the wings. Beneath green, at the proxinuvl margin of the forewing reddish- 

 brown, with white, on the hindwings very sinuously curved postdiscal lines, proximally broadly tinged in cin- 

 namon-brown, and a short, similar basal transverse line; behind the white marginal line there are brow-n, small 

 submarginal spots being dusted in greyish-white at the anal angle, between the median veins behind them 

 an orange-yellow small spot being bordered above by black. — The larva lives on Juniperus virginiana. In 

 2 or 3 generations in the eastern United States. 



102. Simaethis-Group. 



siijiiicfliin. Th. simaethis Drury (= sarita Skinner, lycus Hbn.) (158 f) is above lustrous violet with a brown costal 



and distal margin, the anal lobe of the hindwing, being rathei' much drawn out, is rusty-brown. The V i^^ blackish- 

 brown, towards the base with a bluish-grey tinge. The under surface is light green, in the inner-marginal part 

 of the forewings grey with silvery white, transverse lines being proximally more broadly, distally more narrowly 

 bordered by red-brown. The distal margin of the hindwing is, on the red-brown ground, densely dusted in 

 white and exhibits before the anal angle 2 or 3 silvery spots. Most widely dii-tributed from Texas to South 

 Brazil, also in the Antilles. 

 nioesilcs. Th. moesites H.-Schajf. is half as large as simae^Ai*-, above brighter dark-blue; beneath the red-brown 



postdiscal stripe is tinged white only on the hindwings in the inner-marginal part, and the whole distal part 

 as far as to it is violettish-grey, towards the base cinnamon-brown, towards the costal margin silveiy-blue 

 with 3 black spots in the anal part. Cuba. 

 '<"'''"• Th. telea Hew. (158f) is considerably smaller, above very similar, but the $ is more extensively and 



more purely blue. Beneath the silvery-white discal bands are reduced to small indistinct spots, only at the 



