1878.] central-american butterflies. 369 



32. Theope barea. 



d. Exp. 1-15 iu. Cell of the primaries nearly to the end, the 

 inner margin (broadly), and the whole of the secondaries dark shining 

 blue with a slight purple tinge ; rest of the primaries dark brown 

 with a slightly lighter central patch : beneath uniform rather dark 

 lemon-yellow. 



$ . Exp. 1 • 1 in. Primaries dark brown, a patch of blue covering 

 from the inner margin to half the cell, and passing beyond it, but 

 leaving the outer margin and costa broadly dark ; secondaries the 

 same blue colour, apex and outer margin (narrowly) dark brown ; 

 beneath the same as the male, the yellow colour being hardly so 

 bright. ° J 



Hab. Veragua (Arce) ; Chiriqui (Ribbe). 



Mus. nostr. ( 6*), et Dr. O. Staudinger ( $ ). 



Obs. In the colour of the upper surface this species is like T. 

 aureonitens, but the blue is darker, as well as the apex of the 

 primaries ; the colour beneath is much paler yellow. 



33. Theope c^enina. 



cJ. Exp. -95 in. Inner margin of primaries and cell nearly to the 

 end and whole of secondaries dark shining blue slightly tinged with 

 purple ; rest of the primaries dark brown ; beneath uniform pale 

 dirty ochraceous yellow. 



Hab. Veragua, Chiriqui {Ribbe). 



Mus. nostr. 



Obs. Allied to T. barea, described above ; but the colour of the 

 under surface is more ochraceous in tint, paler and not nearly so 

 pure in tone. 



34. Theope decorata. 



6. Exp. 1-0 in. Primaries above and margin of the secondaries 

 black ; a spot on the inner margin of the primaries near the anal 

 angle, a few scattered scales near the base of the same, and the whole 

 central area of the secondaries blue : beneath dark brown, the apex 

 of the primaries lighter, nearly the basal half of the costa of the 

 primaries and the base of the secondaries yellow ; a curved band of 

 iridescent blue, seen only in a certain incidence of light, occupies 

 the remainder of the costa of the primaries nearly to the apex, it 

 then crosses the wing to about the middle of the outer margin. 



Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt). 



Mus. nostr. et T. Belt. 



Obs. Belongs to the T. janus group, from which it differs in many 

 respects. 



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