94 DITTEXAL LEPIDOPTEEA. 



the outer band of the anterior wing short and near its anal angle. Posterior wing with the 

 shoulder projecting : a spot of white near the middle of the costal margin, and a submarginal 

 line of white : a large orange spot marked with black between the tails. 



Exp. l^y inch. 



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



96. Thecla Mutina, Hewitson. Plate XXXVIII. <? figs. 113, 114. 



Upperside. Male. — Anterior wing dark brown, with the inner margin broadly blue. 

 Posterior wing blue, with two tails : the costal margin broadly brown. 



Underside rufous-grey. Both wings crossed at the middle by a band of white, both witb 

 a submarginal band of brown. Posterior wing with a white spot near the base and a brown 

 spot at the anal angle irrorated with white : the lobe black. 



Female like the male, except that the upperside is brown darker towards the 

 margins. 



Exp. l-j? inch. 



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



97. Thecla Mecrida, Hewitson. Plate XXXVIII. g figs. 108, 109. 



Upperside. Male. — Anterior wing dark brown, with a band of blue near the inner mar- 

 gin. Posterior wing blue, with two tails : the costal margin broadly brown. 



Underside rufous-grey. Anterior wing with a white band at the middle and a submar- 

 ginal band of brown spots. Posterior wing crossed by a band of two spots near the base and 

 by two bands of white at and beyond the middle, the inner band commencing at the costal 

 margin by a large white spot : anal angle with the lobe black, and a brown spot irrorated with 

 white. 



Exp. l^L inch. 



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



98. Thecla Damon. Plate XXXVII. fig. 100. 



Papilio Damon, Cramer, pi. 390, f. C. D. 



Polyommatus Damastus, Godart, Enc. Mcth. p. 640. 



Thecla Smilacis, Boisduval fy Leconte, Icon. Lep. Am. Sept. pi. 33. f. 1, 2. 



Thecla Damon, Westivood, Gen. Diurn. Lep. p. 486. 



Thecla Auburniana, Harris, Insects injurious to Vegetation, new edit. p. 277. 



In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson, from the United States. 



99. Thecla Spinetormn. Plate XLV. figs. 198, 199. 

 Thecla Spinetorum, Boisduval, MS. 



Upperside dark brown. Both wings grey-blue near the base. 



