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which are dark fuscous and not bluish-grey, and from the 
latter in the darker colour of the wings, the black spots 
being less apparent. 
The single specimen sent us by Dr. Staudinger is pro- 
bably, from the shape of the wings, a female, but the 
front legs are injured or wanting. 
Theope speciosa, sp. 0. 
¢ Alis anticis mgris, area interna ceerulea, reliqua (parte discali _ 
et margine externo exceptis) dense squamis cyaneis notatis ; posticis 
ceruleis, costa et margine externo anguste nigris : subtus pallide 
murinis maculis tribus parvis ad angulum analem nigris albido 
circumcinctis, fronte inter oculos cinnamomea, corpore subtus alis 
conco.ore. Exp. al., 1-2 in. 
Hab. Cotompia occipentais, Rio San Juan (Mus. 
Staudinger). 
A beantiful species, of which Dr. Staudinger has sent 
us a single male specimen for description. It belongs to 
the T. virgilius group, but differs in having the primaries, 
for the most part, black with a deep blue gloss over the 
greater portion, the inner edge alone being of the blue 
found in T. virgilius. 
Theope talna, sp. n. 
2 Alis nigris ad basin ceruleis, anticis macula subapicali tripar- 
tita quoque cerulea : subtus pallide cinnamomeis, posticis maculis 
duabus submarginalibus nigris cxruleo introrsum limbatis ad 
angulum analem maculis alteris evanescentibus juxta cas una 
utrinque ceruleis; fronte inter oculos et corpore subtus cin: 
namomeis. Exp. al., 15 in. 
Hab. Honpvuras, Ruatan I, (G. Ff. Gaumer). 
A female specimen captured by Dr. Gaumer on 
Ruatan J. differs from all others in our collection in 
having a very restricted amount of blue at the base of 
the wings, the black outer portion very largely predomi- 
nating. The underside of the wings is of a uniform 
cinnamon colour, with a few spots near the margin of the 
anal angle. 
It is allied to 7. virgilius, but is much darker both 
above and below, and has more rounded wings. 
