112 DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 



157. Thecla Eliatha, Hewitson. Plate XLI. 6 figs. 141, 142. 



Upperside. Male. — Green-blue. Anterior wing with the margins dark brown : the 

 discal spot large, of two colours, rufous-orange and grey-brown. Posterior wing with two 

 tails (one very short). 



Underside rufous and grey-brown. Anterior wing crossed beyond the middle by a band 

 of five brown spots bordered outwardly with dull white : some scarcely seen brown spots near 

 the outer margin. Posterior wing crossed beyond the middle by two bands of white spots : the 

 first band of linear spots bordered inwardly with dark brown, the outer band of conical spots 

 bordered below with brown : a submarginal white line : the anal angle with a scarlet spot 

 marked at its base with black, the lobe black, and the space between irrorated with white. 

 Female like the male, except that it is of a dull grey blue on the upperside. 



Exp. 1-gL inch. ■ 



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



158. Thecla Perola, Hewitson. Plates XL. & XLVI. figs. d 211, 212, 2 137, 138. 

 Upperside. Male. — Brilliant blue. Anterior wing with the costal margin and more 



than the apical half dark brown. Posterior wing with two tails : the costal margin broadly 

 rufous, the outer margin dark brown, narrow. 



Underside rufous and grey. Both wings crossed by a linear band of white spots 

 bordered with brown, and a submarginal band of brown bordered on both sides with white on 

 the posterior wing. Posterior wing with the shoulder projected; the anal angle with two 

 scarlet spots : one at the lobe which is black, the other marked with black at its base, between 

 the tails. Anterior wing dark brown where the wings meet. 



Female like the male, except that it is of a paler blue above, that the 

 underside is paler and the central transverse band of the posterior wing less curved at its 

 commencement on the costal margin. 



Exp. 1-jif inch. 



In the Collection of W. W. Saunders and H. W. Bates, from the Amazon (St. Paido). 



159. Thecla Fidena, Hewitson. Plate XLIV. <j figs. 183, 184. 



Upperside. Male. — Dark brown. Anterior wing marked with blue at the base of the 

 inner margin. Posterior wing with one tail : its centre blue. 



Underside rufous. Anterior wing crossed beyond the middle by a linear band of brown 

 spots. Posterior wing crossed at the middle by a linear band of white spots bordered in- 

 wardly with brown, commencing at the costal margin by a spot of larger size : a submarginal 

 band of brown spots : the anal angle brown, marked with dull brick-red and irrorated with 

 white. 



Exp. 1-j^ inch. 



In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 



