THECLA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 805 



discal bands, running rectilincarly on the hindwing from the costal margin to tlic lo\\or median v-ein. Expanse 

 of wings: 27 mm. Described from ^'enezllela (Suapure). 



Th. mathewi Hew. ( 159 e) does not differ above from cleoii. while the groiind-colovir beneath is lighter, mdiinirj. 

 less clouded towards the margin, the postdiscal bands being much finer and more regular. Mexico to Panama. 



Th. verbenaca Drc. (159 c) is above darker and more extensively blue, inclusive of the cell of rcrbo.aca. 

 the forewing, with a black spot behind it; anal lobe orange. Beneath dull lustrous greenish-grey, the postdiscal 

 band on the forewing only little visible and on the hindwing very fine and narrow, only analwards proximally 

 with some reddish scales, beginning at the costal margin with a distally removed spot; the red anal spots veiy 

 large. Brazil. 



Th. sesara Godm. d- Salu. is allied to mathewi (159 e) and lias the same markings beneath, but above it sesara. 

 is entirely brownish-black, not blue, the hindwing with 3 dark submarginal spots at the anal angle. Colombia. 



Th. normahal <SV/;.s-. (159 e) likewise differs little from ■mathewi: above tlic forewings aic quite Doniinliiil. 

 brown, only at the proximal margin with some lilac-white hairs, the hindwiiigs being haired lilac-white only 

 in the proximal halves; in front of the black marginal line tiiere is a lilac-white line. On the under surface 

 the postdiscal band on the forewing extends only to the lower median vein and is not distally bordered by 

 white. Expanse of wings: 21 mm. Peru. 



Th. chonida Hew. (159 e) differs above by its dull grey-brown colour lieing more blue-grey in the inner clinnidd. 

 space, and a very large black discal spot, the hindwing being white in the anal half, with small, black ante- 

 marginal spots, the spot between the tails and the anal lobe being Ixirdered with orange. Beneath lighter than 

 mathewi, the postdiscal band on the hindwing straighter and not so mvich curved to the proximal margin. Mexico. 



Th. leda Edw. is above black-brown, the forewing in the basal half of the proximal margin and the Wo. 

 hindwing at the apex blue-grey; at the anal angle two black-brown spots, and in the middle of the forewing 

 a black discal spot ; beneath grey, similarly marked as mathewi. the postdiscal bands proximally bordered with 

 red-yellow, distally with white, on the hindwings more strongly undulate; the submarginal band dark, on lioth 

 sides bordered with white, with two red-yellow, black-pupilled anal sjjots. Ai-izona, Mexico. 



Th. clytie Edw. (159 e) is above whitish lilac-blue with a broad black apex and small black anal sjjots chjl'ir. 

 of the hindwing; beneath white, marked very much like leda, but the lines much finer and feebler, without 

 any orange. Texas, Arizona. 



Th. ines Edw. (159 e) greatly resembles clytie, but it is smaller, the forewing somewhat more ific.s. 

 extensively blue, the hindwing with a blackisli costal region, beneath slate-coloured with more numerous trans- 

 verse lines and small orange anal spots, and a darker median shade of the hindwing. Arizona. 



Th. avalona Wright (159 f) seems to be allied to ines; above brown-grey, towards the base a little aniliina. 

 more bluish, small dark marginal spots on the hindwing are proximally bordered with a lighter tinge. Beneath 

 more of the colour of a grey horse with a very indistinct marking. California. 



Th. cinniana Hew. (159f). Forewing black-brown, hindwing dull blue, in the ^J with a dark costal ciniiiinKi. 

 area; at the anal angle two small black spots. Beneath light brownish-grey, the postdiscal bands proximally 

 broadly bordered with red, the spots of the tails double like in the vesulus-group (p. 800), connected with the 

 red anal spot by a red bridge proximally to the white-dusted spot. Amazon. 



Th. plumans Drc. may be only a local race of the preceding, the blue having almost disapjjcared piiimun.'t. 

 above and being noticeable only at the anal margin of the hindwing. Brazil (C'hapada Campo). 



114. Azia-Group. 



Th. azia Hew. (= nipona Hew.) (159f) and its allies are characterized by having only 1 little tail a::ia. 

 at the lower median vein and by a dark scent-spot in the cell of the forewing. Above brown, at the proximal 

 margin of the hindwing in the $ narrowly bluish-white with dark, small marginal spots in the anal part. Beneath 

 light grey, marked very much like dicaea (159 b) the fine orange-red postdiscal band of the hindwing projecting 

 distally at the costal margin and between the radial veins. The 2 red anal spots are large. Mexico to Bi-azil 

 and Paraguay. 



Th. centuncula sf. nov. (159 f) is somewhat smaller, above the same; beneath the ground-colour i-nitimniUi. 

 is of a carmine or lilac tinge, the postdiscal band is much finer, carmine, on the hindwing broken up into spots 

 and much more strongly interrupted, projecting the farthest towards the base between the median veins and 

 below the subcostal vein, the farthest towards the margin between the lower radials: the sharply definetl, brown- 

 grey submarginal lunae almost form right angles and are on both sides bordered by lilac-white: the marginal 

 line is scarlet on both wings, the fringes white, on the forewings somewhat brownish. The small anal spots 

 are reduced, the spot of the tail is only a minute red dot. Forehead, hindhead, and costal base of the forewing 

 brownish-red. 1 $ from Sao Paulo. 



Th. volumen Drc. is above uniformly dull brown with a small red spot \n the anal lobe, beneath 

 coloured and marked as 'picentia (159 e), but it has only one small tail. Brazil (Rio; (_'hapada Campo). Expanse 

 of wings: 18 mm. 



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