806 THECLA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 



riiiiiliis. Th. vidulus Drc. The forewings are above dull black, the hindwmgs light blue, wanning towards 



the base into black like at the costal margin and apex. Beneath like cinniana (159 f), but the ground-colour 

 is darker and the red band of the hindwing much broader, in front of it two parallel red discal streaks. Expanse 

 of wings: 34 mm, thus very large. Ecuador. 

 ruiojiisca. Th. rufofusca Hew. (= lucaris Weeks) (159 f) is above brown, in the ^J with an indistinct, large, 



dark discal spot; before the anal margin of the hindwing a black line being proximally white, before it 3 or 4 

 small black spots, 2 or 3 of which are inwardly spotted orange. Beneath light grey, maiked very much like 

 azia, but the postdiscal band has regular orange demi-arcs; the anal spots are minute, orange. Mexico to Brazil, 

 also in the We.st Indies. 



115. Badaca-Gioup. 



badaca. Th. badaca Hew. (= collucia Hew.) (159 f) is above black-brown, in the $ towards the base tinted 



grey-blue. Beneath reddish bro^^■n-grey, the postdiscal bands brown, particularly on the hindwings bordered 

 proximally with red, distally with white; the dark, undulate submarginal band is on both sides bordered with 

 a light colour, between it and the postdiscal band on the hindwing dark clouds; the two red anal i-pots 

 are large. Panama, Brazil, Colombia. 



ccroiiiUi. Th. ceroniia Hew. (= suada Hew.) (159 g) is above the same, beneath more red-brown, the post- 



discal bands are proximally not bordered with red or orange, the dark clouds beyond them are absent on the 

 hindwing. Amazon, Bolivia. 



oijacihis. Th. opacitas Drc. is closely allied to ceromia, above in the disc with a slight copper lustre; beneath 



the same, but the black anal spots are more prominent, and the postdiscal band is proximally somew hat orange. 

 Forehead, collar, and costal base of the forewing copper-red. Mexico. 

 caiiiis. Th. canus Drc. (159 g) has above in the disc a still more pronounced cojiper lustre; beneath lighter, 



with a more olive tinge, the postdiscal band of the hindwing broader light orange, the red spot of the tail smaller 

 and crescentif orm ; easily distinguishable from the preceding species with black palpi by the palpi being almost 

 entirely white. Mexico to the Amazon. 

 nuhcs. Th. nubes Drc. is smaller, the shape of the hindwing not so long-stretched, shorter and rounder; 



the ground-colour is above blacker, in the disc with a coppery lustre, beneath more olive, the postdiscal bands 

 placed nearer to the margin. Trinidad. 



aaiKjala. Th. sangala Hew. (= autoclea Hew.) (159 g). Above like ceromia, in both sexes brown, beneath 



brown, the postdiscal bands of a bright orange-red, distally bordered sharply with white, particularly broad 

 in the ?, at the costal margin of the forewing with a spot being distally removed and bordered also proxi- 

 mally with brown and then somewhat with whitish; the anal spots are large, of a bright red, the submarginal 

 spots rusty-brownish, towards the costal angle sometimes orange, distinctly bordered with grey-white on both 

 sides. Nicaragua, Venezuela to Bolivia. 

 politiis. Th. politus Drc. (159 g) is above coloin-ed like sangala, but the $ dull lavender-blue on the hindwings 



and narrowly also at the proximal margin of the forewing. Beneath like sangala, but the red spot of the tail 

 is removed nearer to the distal margin. Widely distributed in Guatemala, Guiana, Colombia, Amazon, Trinidad. 

 syU'ia. Th. syllis G. d- S. (159 g) is closely allied to ceromia. but the hindwings are above scaled in blue, 



and beneath the postdiscal band is broadly bordered with red; the red spot of the tail is proximally bordered 

 with an ochreous yellow, extended as far as the anal angle. Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Colombia, 

 Amazon. 

 uiiiphrode. Th. atTiphrade Schs. ( 159g) of which only the $ is kno\\-n hitherto looks above like politus, only darker 



slate-blue, on the forewing as far as up to the cell ; beneath the postdiscal band is proximally dark brown, 

 not orange, on the forewing very indistinct, on the hindwing it runs from the costal margin straight to the lower 

 radial; the spot on the tail and the anal spot are very indistinct reddish. Costa Rica. 



116. Melinus-Group. (Uranotes Scudd.) 



nicrniii.^. Th. melinus Hbn. (= hyperici Bsd., favonius B.sd., humuli Harris, pan Harris, silenus Dbl.. pudica 



Edw.) (1,59 g). Above brown, the hindwing at the anal angle with a double, blue-white marginal line, between, 

 beginning from the median veins, with small black veins, the upperinost proximally orange-red, like the anal 

 lobe. Beneath light grey, the postdiscal band shaped very much like in tnaihewi (159 e), but finer and at the 

 nahhiiin. anal angle with two large orange spots. North America to Venezuela. — sabinus Fldr. is probably only the southern 

 form of the preceding, with more extensive and more intensely red anal spots beneath, touching the postdiscal 

 band; the species, however, is on the whole very variable. From Colombia and Brazil. 

 valeiilhui. Th. valeiltina Berg differs from melinus by more irregular rusty-brown postdiscal bands being on 



the hindwing interrupted in some places, beginning much farther distally at the costal margin, and by a red- 

 brown, not black marginal line; on the hindwing there are two very distinct rows of white submarginal lunae. 

 From Argentina. 



