72 DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 



from which, however, it is very distinct. The wings of T. Cypria are of much greater length ; 

 the underside of the posterior wing from the base to the transverse band is brilliant copper 

 irrorated with black ; the said band is also of very different form, of a regular curve throughout, 

 and without any of the usual angles as it approaches the inner margin. 



7. Thecla Ganymedes. 



Papilio Ganymedes, Cramer, pi. 40. f. C, D. Fabricius, Mant. Ins. ii. p. 66. 

 Polyommatus Ganymedes, Godart, Enc. Meth. p. 623. 

 Thecla Ganymedes, Westwood, Gen. Diurn. Lep. p. 483. 



8. Thecla nobilis. 



2 ■ Thecla nobilis, Herrich-Schiiffer, Samml. Aussereurop. Schm. figs. 55, 56. > 



Upperside. Male. — Ultramarine blue, darkest towards the outer margins, tinted 

 with green near the base. Outer margin narrow, dark brown. 



In the Collections of W. C. Hewitson, from New Granada. 



9. Thecla Actaeon. 



Hesperia Actason, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. v. p. 829. 

 Thecla Actaoon, Westwood, Gen. Diurn. Lep. p. 483. 



10. Thecla Gabriela. Plate XXVII. d fig. 7. 



d . Papilio Gabriela, Cramer, pi. 6. f. C, D. 

 Polyommatus Gabrielis, Godart, Enc. Meth. p. 622. 

 2 . Hesperia Gabrielis, Donovan's Nat. Bepos. ii. pi. 44. f. 2. 



In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson and H. W. Bates, from the Amazon. 



In his description of this species Godart has fortunately referred to the large silky spot on 

 the anterior wing of the upperside, blue in one light and scarcely visible, brown in another. 

 Cramer's figure is, I have little doubt, intended for this species, although there is no indication 

 of the silky spot ; it appears to me that he has drawn the upperside from a male and the 

 underside from a female. Examples differ considerably between the double angle of the trans- 

 verse band on the underside of T. Gabriela and the single angle of T. Batesii. 



11. Thecla Batesii, Hewitson. Plate XXVII. d fig. 6. 



Upperside. Male. — As in Gabriela, but without the silky spot. 



Underside brilliant green. Anterior wing with the lower half grey-blue : crossed beyond 

 the middle by a band of brown bordered outwardly with white, and nearer the margin and 



