THECLA. 89 



78. Thecla Jebus. 



Sithon Jebus, Buhner, Samml. exot. Schm. f. 1,2, 3, 4. 

 Polyommatus Jebus, Godart, Ene. Meth. p. 639. 

 Thecla Jebus, Westwood, Gen. Diurn. Lep. p. 486. 



79. Thecla umbratus. 



Sithon umbratus, Huhner, Zutr. f. 955, 956. 



Thecla umbratus, Westwood, Gen. Diurn. Lep. p. 485. 



80. Thecla Thordesa, Hewitson. Plate XXXV. <$ fig. 80. 



Upperside. Male. — Glossy blue, the margins brown. Anterior wing with the discoidal 

 spot oblong, rufous. Posterior wing with one tail. 



Underside. Anterior wing rufous, tinted with pale blue towards its inner margin : 

 crossed beyond the middle by a rufous-brown band bordered outwardly with white. Posterior 

 wing rufous-brown, crossed at the middle by a broad band variegated and bordered with 

 white : the outer margin broadly white traversed by a band of brown and marked by some 

 . indistinct lunular spots : anal angle with the lobe and a small spot outside the tail black, 

 crowned with scarlet. 



Exp. 1^ inch. 



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



81. Thecla Mulucha, Hewitson. Plate XXXVIII. 6 fig. 117. 



Upperside. Male. — Dark brown, the outer margins black : the fringe white. Posterior 

 wing with one tail : marked at the anal angle by two black spots bordered below with white. 



Underside grey-brown. Anterior wing with a white line at the end of the cell : crossed 

 beyond the middle by an irregular band of grey-white bordered inwardly with black : a sub- 

 marginal band of spots bordered with white. Posterior wing with a broad white band before 

 the middle : crossed at the middle by an undulated black line bordered outwardly with white : 

 the outer margin and a submarginal band of lunular spots white : the anal angle with two 

 black spots, crowned with orange. 



Exp. \fy inch. 



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



This species and T. Thordesa, although very much alike in general appearance, are very- 

 distinct : whdst the male of one is of a brilliant blue, the other is brown. 



82. Thecla Ira, Hewitson. Plate XXXV. d figs. 81, 82. 



Upperside. Male. — Dull steel-blue. Anterior wing with the apical half brown : the 



