§02 THECLA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 



caesaries. Til, cacsaries !>;•(■. (158 1) is smaller, above indigo-blue with a broad black apex; beneath more steel- 



grey, the yellow anal area more extensive, the postdiscal bands removed more inward, proximally and in the 

 angle of the W also distally bordered with orange-reddish; a double cell-streak. This .species is undovd)tcdly 

 only a modification of the ye.sw/MS-group. British Guiana, Colombia. 



107, Mantica-CJroup. 



manlica. Th, matitica Die. (158 1) is an isolated species. Above dark brown, at the proximal margin, and in 



the disc of the hindwing dull grey-blue with a large oval, dull black scent-spot in the cell, bordered with a 

 silky grey; anal lobe spotted orange-red. The $ is above much less blue. Beneath light brown, the postdiscal 

 band composed of small separate black spots being distally white, the second of the topmost spots of tlie hindwing 

 removed far inward; a submarginal broad red band. Brazil (Chapada Campo). 



108. Celmus-Group. 



cchniis. Th, celmus Cr. (= echion var. Gudt., pereza Btlr.) (158 1) is a small delicate species, above with a 



violet lustrous light blue, with a broad brownish-grey costal margin, apex and distal margin, on the hindwings 

 only very narrowly bordered with white fringe^ and a white marginal line at the anal angle. Beneath white, 

 the po.stdiscal band orange brownish, distally bordered with brown, on the forewing coherent, on the hindwing 

 broken up into 5 spots; at the base. of the costal margin another 6th spot. The submarginal band is composed 

 of brown crescentiform streaks, being on the forewing more coherent than on the hindiving, here at the anal 

 angle with a small yellow spot, between the median veins a somewhat larger black-pupilled spot. The $ is 

 above of a plain brown colour. Distributed from Mexico as far as South Brazil. 

 joUia. Th, loUia Godm. d^ Salv. (158 1) is above deep violettish blue, witli a somewhat more narrowly black 



apex and coital margin, beneath more grey-white, whereby the submarginal band is proximally bordered with 

 a brighter white, the markings otherwise very similar except the absence of the basal spot on the hindwing. 

 Mexico to Costa Rica. 



seudUju. Th, seudiga Hew. (158 1) differs by a still narrower black apex and distal margiir, of the costal margin 



only the base is black, the other part of it like the wing deep ultramarine. The under surface is of a still darker 

 ashy grey, at the cell-end a black fine streak-spot, otherwise marked as lollia, the discal bands and spots, however, 

 of a deeper copper-red. Brazil, Bolivia. 

 jamhe. Th, jambe Godm. & Salv. (158 1) has above a much broader black-brown apex and costal margin 



than the preceding, something like in celmus, so that the cell grows dark, too. Beneath marked and coloured 

 like seudiga; the dark submarginal area grows broader, so that two undulate white lunular lines become more 

 prominent on each side of it. 



hwaijus. Th. lucagus Godm. <£■ Salv. (158 1) is likewise similar, above more extensively blue as far as the costal 



margin. Beneath the ground-colour is somewhat more brownish, the dark submarginal band is situate nearer 

 to the border, the red anal spots greatly reduced. Mexico. 

 asa. Th. asa Hew. (158 k) is above of the same blue as celmus (158 k), but in the whole distal half of the 



forewing black-brown, in the centre of a darker lustre and with a dark brown scent-spot in the middle of the 

 cell; beneath like jambe, the proximal white submarginal series of lunae on the hindwing above the u})per and 

 beneath the lower radial vein protruding far inward. Amazon, Colombia. 



carnica. Th, cartiica Heir. (158 k) is beneath coloured and marked like asa, the proximal submarginal band, 



however, runs much more regularly. Above deep violet-blue with very narrow black margins. The diminutive 

 animal is smaller on the whole, only northern specimens are somewhat larger and have broader wings. Mexico 

 to the Amazon. 

 cmendtitus. Th, emendatus Drc. (158 k) is allied to the preceding, above lighter and more brilliant blue, the 



apex of the forewing Ijroader and more uniformly black, the costal margin and apex of the hindwing, however, 

 narrower than in carnica,. Beneath like carnica, but the white submarginal lunae are more prominent. Bolivia. 

 ralchhiia. Th. calchiilia Hen:. (158 k). Above blue with a broad black-brown apex and co.stal margin of the 



forewing. Beneath whitish, similarly marked as the preceding, with fine cell-end streaks and on the hindwing 

 a somewhat more coherent postdiscal band; the submarginal bands are composed of dull grey-brown lunular 

 lines; at the anal angle 2 minute orange-yellow spots. Amazon. 



hi/i-cara. Th, hyccara Hem. (158 k) is above very similar, at the anal angle of the hindwing the minute black 



spots of calchinin are absent. Beneath light grey-brownish; on the forewings the postdiscal band which runs 

 straight and equally broad to the proximal margin, is distally bordered with white, while in calchinia it is bent 

 somewhat outward and behind the cell broader than at the costal margin. The $ is above brown. Amazon. 

 ur.rM. Th. uzza Hew. (158 k) is above lighter blue, beneath distinguishable by 2 or 3 small basal brown 



punctiform spots on the hindwings, and extensive red-brownish, small submarginal spots being distally bor- 

 dered with white. Brazil. 



