THECLA. 93 



crossed beyond the middle by a linear band of white spots : the anal angle variegated with 

 brown and white : the lobe black. 



Female like the male, except that it is rufous -brown above darker towards 

 the margins. 



Exp. 1 ~ inch. 



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



fU3. Thecla malviaa, Hewitson. Plate XXXVII. <j figs. 102, 103. 



Upperside. Male. — Violet-blue, with the margins dark brown. Anterior wing with the 

 apical half brown: the discoidal spot large and oval, pale brown. Posterior wing with 

 two tails. 



Underside rufous-brown. Both wings crossed by two bands of linear white spots, con- 

 verging on the anterior wing towards the inner margin. Posterior wing with a white 

 spot near the base, margined, sometimes on one side only, sometimes on both sides, with 

 brown : anal angle green : the lobe and a spot between the tails black bordered above with 

 orange. 



Female like the male, except that the margins on the upperside are broader 

 and rufous brown and that the underside is much paler. 



Exp. 1— inch. 



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



94. Thecla janthina, Hewitson. Plate XXXVII. 6 figs. 104, 105. 



Upperside. Male. — Brilliant glossy blue, the margins brown. Anterior wing with the 

 costal margin and apical half dark brown. Posterior wing with two tails : the brown of the 

 outer margin very narrow. 



Underside rufous and grey. Both wings crossed by two linear bands of white bordered 

 with brown. Posterior wing with a white spot near the base : the anal angle green : the lobe 

 and a spot between the tails black bordered above with orange. 



Exp. 1-^jj inch. 



In the Collection of Messrs. Salvin and Godman, from Vera Paz. 



The last three species, though very much alike on the underside (where the relative position 

 of the bands of the upper wing form the chief distinction) differ much in the contour of the 

 wings. T. janthina, with its much longer fore wing, can scarcely be a variety of T. Sista with 

 its peculiar colour at the end of the cell, although they are precisely alike on the underside. 



95. Thecla myrtea, Heivitson. Plate XXXVIII. 6 fig. 112. 



Upperside. Male. — Glossy blue. Anterior wing with the costal margin and apical half 

 dark brown. Posterior wing with two tails : the outer margin dark brown. 



Underside rufous-grey. Both wings crossed beyond the middle by two bands of white : 



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