102 DIURNAL LEPIDOPTEKA. 



125. Thecla Cyllarus. 



Papilio Cyllarus, Cramer, pi. 27. f. C, D. 



Papilio Strephon, Fabridus, Mant. Ins. ii. p. 69. Godart, Ene. Meih. p. 632. 



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



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



126. Thecla Orgia. Plates XLI. & XLIII. figs. 6 176, $ 148, 149. 



Thecla Orgia, Boisduval, MS. 



Upperside. Male. — Brilliant blue: the outer margins of both wings dark brown. Ante- 

 rior wing with a small pale discoidal spot. Posterior wing with one tail. 



Underside rufous. Anterior wing with a broad dark brown band at the middle bordered 

 outwardly with white and a submarginal brown line. Posterior wing with a black spot near 

 the base and a central zigzag brown band, both bordered below with white : a submarginal 

 brown band and a spot at the anal angle irrorated with white : anal angle with a spot and the 

 lobe black, each crowned with scarlet : a submarginal white line near the tail. 



Female like the male, except that it is cerulean blue above, with the margins 

 broadly dark brown. 



Exp. 1| inch. 



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

 Cayenne. 



127. Thecla Spurina, Hewitson. Plate XXXIX. $ figs. 122, 123. 



Upperside. Female. — Rufous-brown darker towards the margins. Posterior wing with 

 two tails : anal angle with two spots of orange (one at the lobe) and a submarginal white line. 



Underside rufous- or grey-white. Both wings crossed beyond the middle by a linear 

 band of white bordered inwardly with rufous-brown, both with a very pale submarginal band : 

 the anal angle marked on the lobe by a large black spot crowned with orange : a large orange 

 spot between the tails marked on its lower border by a small black spot. 



Exp. lii inch. 



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



There is a variety of this species in the collection of Mr. Bates which is without the orange 

 spot at the anal angle between the tails on the upperside, having in its place two brown spots. 



128. Thecla Erix. Plate XLVI. d figs. 203, 204. 



Papilio Erix, Cramer, pi. 82. f. B. 



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



Upperside. Male. — Brilliant violet-blue. Anterior wing with the costal and outer 



