THECLA. 75 



This mav be only a variety of T. Satyroides , from which it differs very much as two species 

 of Eurygona, E. Eutychus and E. Phedica, differ from each other ; and unless we are to consider 

 the presence of an extra band as a specific distinction, it will be a very difficult matter to divide 

 into species Euptychia and Neonympha, to which this species bears such remarkable 

 resemblance. 



/ 19. Thecla Lisus. Plate XXX. ? fig. 22. 



cj . Papilio Lisus, Stall, Swppl. Cramer, pi. 38. f. 2, 2 B. 

 Polyonmiatus Lisus, Godart, Enc. Meth. p. 624. 



Male. — Beautiful ultramarine blue without the spot at the end of the cell. 



Female with the upperside dark brown, tinted with green near the base of the wings. 



20. Thecla Phegeus. Plate XXX. 6 figs. 26, 27. 



Thecla Phegeus, Boisduval, MS. 



Upperside. Male. — Brilliant metallic silvery blue with narrow outer margins of dark 

 brown. Anterior wing with an obscure spot at the end of the cell : the apex dark brown. 



Underside dark green. Anterior wing with the inner margin blue-grey : crossed beyond 

 the middle by a band of dark brown, marked on its outer border with minute grey spots, 

 followed by two submarginal bands of brown. Posterior wing with a round black spot near 

 the base, bordered inwardly with grey, followed by a curved band of small blue spots ; crossed 

 beyond the middle by a band of dark brown, bordered inwardly towards the anal angle with 

 blue : the anal angle and base of the tail irrorated with green. 



Exp. IttJj inch. 



In the Collections of Dr. Boisduval and the British Museum, from Bahia and the Amazon. 



Very nearly allied to T. Lisus, but differs from it, the male of this species having the spot at 

 the end of the cell. 



21. Thecla Gispa, Hewitson. Plate XXX. 6 fig. 25. 



Upperside. Male. — Metallic blue, brightest near the margins, the outer margins very 

 narrow, dark brown. Anterior wing with a spot at the end of the cell. 



Underside. Anterior wing dark brown, with an obscure spot and transverse band of 

 darker brown, the inner half brilliant silvery blue. Posterior wing with the basal half dark 

 brown, the outer half green, clouded with brown near the apex, and crossed by a band of dark 

 brown, the green within the band divided into oblong spots : the outer margin and anal angle 

 dark brown. 



Exp. l|i inch. 



In the Collection of the British Museum, from the Amazon. 



