THECLA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 807 



Th, promissa Mschlr. iscems to nie to belong here. Above brown, at the proximal margin of the promism. 

 forewing and on the hindwing, except the co.stal part, whitish grey, between the median veins and at the anal 

 angle with orange spots; beneath marked like valentinn, the ground-eolour is descrilted to be yellowish white- 

 grey, the postdiseal band is proximally not bordered with orange. Paramaribo. 



1 1 7. Bebrycia-Group. 



Th, bebrycia Hem. (159 h) is above blackish-brown, with a large black cell-spot, on the hindwing behri/ria. 

 with a black sput of the tail, being bordered with orange. Beneath grey-brown, on tiie hindwing with a lilac 

 shine, the postdiseal liand lilaek-brown. proximally bordered with red, distally « ith a pure white: on the hindwing 

 the costal-marginal spot and tlie spots between the i-adial veins are projecting farliier towards the margin. 

 Mexico, CTiiatemala. 



Th. serapio Godm,. & Snlv. (159g, h) differs by the violet-blue colour along the ])i-oximal margin smiiiin. 

 of the forewing and in the inner-marginal half and along the distal margin of the hindwing; beneath the ))ost- 

 discal band is in the middle jet-black, proximally red-brown, distally white. Mexico, Panama. 



Th. azuba Hem. (159 h). Above grey-brown, on the forewing with a large black discal spot, tlie o-k/k;. 

 hindwing in the larger proximal half dull violet-blue with a black spot between the median veins. Beneath 

 like seriipio, but the postdiseal band on the hindwing is more broken up into spots and of a lighter orange. 

 Bi'azil (Rio Grande, Sao Paido). 



Th. tella Schs. probably belongs here; above black-brown, the hindwing below the lower median Mia- 

 vein dusted with blue. Beneath brown-grey, the postdiseal band reddish brown, distally white, on the forewing 

 as far as the lower median vein, then removed more inward, on the hindwing irregularly broken; before the 

 border there are large submarginal brown spots, being partly surrounded by black; at the anal angle a small 

 black spot. Novo Friburgo. 



Th. lemnos Drr. is closely allied to serapio (159 g,h); on the hindwing the blue is more extensive, lemnioi. 

 so tiiat the whole cell is blue; beneath the postmedian bands are more irregular and finer, more like lines. Inner 

 Colombia. 



Th. echinita (SV/^s^ is above dull blue-grey, the apex of the forewing and the distal margin blackish, crhhittn. 

 on the hindwing towards the anal region a white line, in fi'ont of which there are triangidar black spots. Beneath 

 grey, the postdiseal band red-ljrown, distally white, below the lower median vein jn'oximally angled, on the 

 hindwing irregular; sniall submarginal lunular spots, distally dusted with a reddish brown, the most densely 

 between the median veins and here pupilled black. Mexico. 



Th. thenca Mscldr. (IGOd) may yet be placed here. Above brown with a greyish tinge, the marginal thnn-d. 

 line dark brown, on the hindwing analwards bordered with white. Beneath light grey-brownish; the postdiseal 

 band is dark brown, distally white, on the forewing undulate, removed somewhat more towards the margin 

 from the costal margin to the lower radial, on the hindwing always projecting in one cell, receding somewhat 

 in the next; the submarginal band is grey-brown, curved, towards the base obsoletely whitish; between the 

 median veins and at the anal angle an orange spot with a triangular black pupil. Length of forewings: 13 mm. 

 Surinam. 



118. Oreala-Grou]). 



Th. oreala Hew. (159 h) is a very variable insect, particularly as to its size. The ^ is above violet- crmUt. 

 blue, the apex of the forewing and costal margin of the hindwing black-brown with a large black scent-spot 

 in and behind the cell, in the basal part of the cell there are befcu'e it brown scales. Beneath brown-grey, towards 

 the apex on the forewing and hindwing more extensively dusted white, with series of orange-brownish spots 

 being at first encircled by black then by white, also in the basal part of the hindwing; submarginal brownish 

 lunar streaks and the usual orange anal spots. The $ is of a duller and more reduced blue, with black small 

 marginal spots on the ujjperside of the hindwing. From Brazil. 



Th. lucena Hew. (159 h) is somewhat smaller, the blue on the hindwing confined to a narrow inner- Iwrna. 

 marginal stripe; the hindwing exhibits also in the cJ black marginal spots. Beneath scarcely different. Venezuela. 



Th. canitus Drc. (159 i) is much smaller, above black-browti, the hindwing in the larger proximal ranifux. 

 half dull violet with two small black marginal spots; the under surface is marked almost like in oreala. Paraguay. 



119. Basalides-Group. 



Th. basalides Hbn. (= ziba Heir.) (159 i) is above black-brown, with a large black diseal spot, and ha^aliflrs. 

 uncijuimonly variable with respect to the extension of the blue colour: mostly two very narrow stripes along 

 the median and submedian on the forewing and in the disc of the hindwing, so that the cell is yet blue, whereas 

 the space between the radial veins is black; all the blue colour, however, may also be absent altogether; before 

 the distal margin of the hindwing there are black spots, the largest of which is between the median veins; if 

 the blue is absent, mostly 1 or 2 of them are above bordered w ith orange. Beneath very nnuh like .serapio (159 h). 



