THECLA. By Dr. M. Dkaiot. 803 



Th. dicaea Heir. {= farmina Schs.) (159 b) is above more extensively blue than the preceding, the dicucn. 

 costal margin remains blue. Beneath darker grey without the cell-end streaks; the postdiscal bands dark red, 

 distally bordered with black, then with l^lack, on the hindwings bi'(;iken up into sjjots, between the radial veins 

 removed outward. Brazil (Parana). 



Til. dicina sp. 7iov. (159 b) differs above by the deep violet colour and a square l)lack scent-spot in dirhia. 

 the cell-end, the apex and distal margin narrowly black-brown. Beneath like diaiea, but with a much darker, 

 almost blackish-grey ground-colour; both wings exhibit white cell-streaks being on both sides bordered with 

 black. Colombia. 



109. Celida-Gn.up. 



Th. celida Lkc. (159 b) is above opalescent sky-blue, the bi-oad aj)ex and a fine marginal line on the cclida. 

 hindwing black-brown, a rather large scent-spot behind the cell black. Beneath brownish-grey with fine irregu- 

 larly undulate transverse lines behind the middle, on the hindwings also before the middle, and with fine 

 discal .streaks; before the border a fine lunular line, between the tails an orange spot, the anal-angular spot 

 black, sti'ewn with blue. Cuba. 



Th. tera Heir. (159 b) is closely allied, with broader wings, above more violet: the under suiface is tem. 

 white, the lines similar, but the basal one is absent on the hindwing, the jjost discal band is proximally bordered 

 with reddish-yellow, the discal streaks arc double, at the anal angle there is another small orange spot. Panama, 

 Colombia, Peru. 



Th. celona Heir. (159 b) is nnu-h smaller, of a more I'adiant blueand more narrowly bordeied with ccloiia. 

 black, so that the black scent-spot stands out isolated in the blue area. Beneath very nuu'li like tera, the post- 

 discal band more coherent. Brazil. 



Th. chilica <S'cA.';., Iteing unknown to me, is described as follows: fori'wing bUu'kish, cell and inner- chil'u-a. 

 marginal area metallic blue with a large black round scent-spot behind the cell ; hindwing metallic blue, costal 

 margin and proximal margin grey, analwards a white marginal line. Beneath whitish with dark cell-streaks, 

 the postdiscal band undulate, red-brown, on the hindwing broken up into spots, distally bordered with black, 

 and with a distinct W towards the proximal margin; small subterminal brown lunae are interrupted between 

 the tails Ijy an ochreous-yellow spot pupilled in black. Expanse of «-ings: 19 mm. Castro (Parana). 



110. Alda- Group. 



Th. alda Hew. (159 b). U^jper surface violettish-blue, with a small I'ound dark brown scent-spot alda. 

 behind the cell and a Inroad black-bro«n costal and distal margin. Beneath light reddish-brown with fine cell-end 

 streaks; the jjostdiscal band similar as in the ce/wiHs -group, but coherent also on the hindwings, here also with 

 some small basal spots, the one at the costal margin being the largest; the i is aliove brown. Amazon. 



Th. hesychia Godm. rf- Salv. (159 i') is allied, above of a purer violet, beneath without the basal spots hcsychiit. 

 of the hindwing, Costa Rica. 



Th. hicetas Godm. d- Salv. (159 c) is above much darkt'r purjjle violet, the scent-spot deep velvety hiccla.'i. 

 black. Beneath dark lirown-grey, on the forewing in the middle of the cell with a dark brown transveise streak, 

 at the cell-end a double streak filled up with whitish: the hindwing exhibits 3 daik basal spots; distal margin 

 with whitish and dark clouds. Mexico. 



Th. pactus Godm. d- Salv. (159 c) greatly resembles hicetas, the wings are more purple, beneath the poc't/.s. 

 discal lines much broader, scarcely bordered with brown; towards the border there are more intense whitish 

 and dark clouds. 



111. Phrutus-Croup. 



Th. phrutus Hbu. (= fidentia Heir.) (159 c). Forewing brown with a large darker sc'cnt-spot; in the phm/u.-i. 

 (^ in the larger, iJroximal half of the hindwing blue, metallic, in the $ the whole hindwing and an inner-marginal 

 stripe of the forewing is duller and moie whitish lilac-blue withisnudl black spots at the anal angle; beneath 

 variable, brown, in the distal tlm-d whitish, particularly on the hindwing strewn over with carmine, with 2 

 dentate red lines and a similar cell-streak. Guiana, Amazon, South Peru. 



Th. inoa G. d-. S. (159 c) is similar, but above almost white, and beneath the red clouding of inoa. 

 the border is absent. Mexico. 



Th. zilda Heir. (159 c) is above like phrutus, the blue lighter and more reduced. Beneath the hind- :ild(t. 

 wings are more extemsively whitish and the 2 red dentate lines combined into a middle line; the red strewing 

 of the marginal area is absent. Panama. Co.sta Rica, Colombia, Brazil. 



Th. cruenta Gosse is larger than phrutus, above very similar, the hindwings more violet in the crucnlu. 

 disc; fringes brown; the underside is much lighter brown, the led strewing of the margin not so intense, the 

 marking otherwise almost the same. Brazil. 



