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lower on the wing by an obscure band of pale brown. Posterior wing crossed beyond the 

 middle by a broad brick-red band of equal breadth until it approaches the anal angle, slightly 

 zigzag on its inner border and traversed by a line of white, and ending near the abdominal 

 margin in a single V-like angle, the said band bordered outwardly by two obscure white lines. 



Exp. ly 9 ^ inch. 



In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson, from Rio de Janeiro. 



12. Thecla Tagyra, Hewitson. Plate XXVIII. 6 figs. 20, 21. 



Upperside. Male. — Dull cerulean blue. Anterior wing with the outer margin brown : 

 a large central rufous spot at the base of and between the median nervules, composed of scales 

 differently formed. Posterior wing with the costal margin and apex rufous, an indistinct 

 submarginal line of brown : the margin dark brown : the fringe white : the anal angle brick- 

 red, bordered on both sides with black. 



Underside green-blue, paler towards the outer margin of the posterior wing. Anterior 

 wing crossed beyond the middle by two bands of red-brown. Posterior wing crossed by four 

 bands of dark red-brown : the anal spot brick-red. 



Female like the male, except that it is of a duller blue with the outer 

 margin of the anterior wing broadly rufous-brown. 



Exp. 1-jijj inch. 



In the Collections of the British Museum and H. W. Bates, from the Amazon. 



13. Thecla Hyacinthus. 



Papilio Hyacinthus, Cramer, pi. 36. f. E. Fabricius, Mant. Ins. ii. p. 67. 

 Polyommatus Hyacinthus, Godart, Eac. Meth. p. 642. 



14. Thecla Telemus, Plate XXXI. figs. <s 29, ? 30. 



Papilio Telemus, Cramer, pi. 4. f. D, E. Fabricius, Mant. Ins. ii. p. 67. 

 Polyommatus Telemus, Godart, Enc. Meth. p. 641. 



Cramer's figure of this species appears to have been made from an insect which had the 

 outer margin cut off. 



15. Thecla Pholeus. 



cJ. Papilio Pholeus, Cramer, pi. 163. f. D, E. Fabricius, Mant. Ins. ii. p. 66. 

 Polyommatus Pholeus, Godart, Enc. Meth. p. 643. 

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



$ . Papilio Philanthus, Stall, Suppl. Cramer, pi. 5. f. 3. p. 23. 



In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson, from Para. 



