Thecla spuiina, Ilew.^ and Tliccla erlcusa, Ilew. 195 



The var. a, to ■\vliieli ITcwItsoii originally gave the name 

 erertea, and subsequently sunk under stagira, I do not know, 

 and do not find it in the Hewitson Coll. or the B. M. Coll. 

 According to the figure it has no brown apex and margin on 

 fore wing above. 



The var. h, mentioned by Hewitson as from Rio, I am 

 also unable to find, but there is a male in j\Ir. Godman's 

 collection of about the same size from Panama obtained by 

 Mr. Champion. 



Again, in the same work Hewitson describes and figures 

 T. volana^ from the collection of the late W. W. Saunders. 



In Mr. Godman's possession is a single female labelled 

 " S/' and on another ticket " Amazon.'' I have no doubt 

 that this is Hewitson's type ; it formerly belonged to 

 Mr. Herbert Druce, who obtained it from the Saunders 

 Collection at its dispersal. It cannot be separated from 

 T. spurina. Messrs. Godman and Salvin^ in Biol. Centr.- 

 Aniericana, Rhop. ii. p. 52, refer to this species as T. stagira, 

 probably because no Central-American females were sent to 

 them. 



Again, Hewitson describes the female as Thecla thncea f 

 from Bates's collection, and the type is now in Mr. Godman's 

 possession. It is slightly smaller than the type T. volanoj 

 but I can detect no other difference. 



From a perusal of the foregoing remarks it will be seen 

 tliat the synonymy of this species is as follows : — 



Thecla spurina, Hew. 

 ,, stagira, „ 

 ,, volana^ ,, 

 ,, tuncea, ,, 

 „ stagira, „ Godm. & Salv. 



T. spurina, like many other Theclas of which any con- 

 siderable number of specimens can be got together, proves to 



. — " — : ' — ' — — ' 



from Tapajos and Pard, on the Amazon ; from Paraguay 



(captured by Perrens) and from Brazil (Chapada), sent by 



Mr. H. H. Smith. 



• Thecla volana, Hew. 111. DIurn. Lep. p. 123, t. xlviii. figs. 225, 226 

 (1869). 



t Thecla timcea, Hew. 111. Diiirn. Lep. p. 125, t. li. figs. 2U8, 260 (18G9) 

 \T. lydia, Kirby, Cat. p. y'J-:3). 



