THECLA. 123 



189. Thecla Voltinia, Hewitson. Plate XLVIII. ? figs. 227, 228. 



Upperside. Female. — Rufous-brown : the basal half of the wings blue-grey. Posterior 

 wing with two tails : the lobe scarlet. 



Underside rufous, pale. Posterior wing crossed beyond the middle by a band of 

 white spots bordered inwardly with brown : a submarginal band of brown bordered inwardly 

 with white : the lobe black broadly bordered above with scarlet : a large scarlet spot between 

 the tails marked with black : a submarginal line of white. 



Exp. l^inch. 



In the Collection of W. W. Saunders, from Amazon. 



190. Thecla Volana, Hewitson. Plate XLVIII. £ figs. 225, 226. 



Upperside. Female. — Grey, with the margins broadly rufous-brown. Posterior wing 

 with two tails : the anal angle with two brown spots and a submarginal white line : the lobe 

 orange. 



Underside rufous, pale. Both wings crossed beyond the middle by a band of brown 

 bordered outwardly on the anterior wing with paler colour, on the posterior wing with white : 

 both with a submarginal band of pale brown. Posterior wing with a lunular carmine spot 

 between the tails : the lobe and a spot near it black : the margin black : a submarginal line 

 below the tails and the fringe white. 



Exp. l^inch. 



In the Collection of W. W. Saunders, from Amazon. 



I have not seen any males which I can pair with the four last described species. 



191. Thecla Aon. 



Thecla Aon, Lucas in Ramon de la Sagra, Hist. Nat. de Cuba, vii. pi. 16. fig. 6, p. 610. 



The female of this species is like three of those last described, but does not quite agree with 

 any of them. 



192. Thecla Ocrisia, Hewilsvn. Plate XLVIII. figs. <5 236, 2 235. 



Thecla Ocrisia, Hewitson, Descr. of Thecla, p. 5. no. 12. 



Upperside. Male. — Dark grey-brown. Anterior wing with the basal half smooth : the 

 discal spot pale brown, round, and near the base. Posterior wing with the outer half except 

 the apex cerulean blue : a submarginal series of lunular pale-blue spots. 



Underside dark brown. The outer margins of both wings marked with lunular brown 

 spots, bordered with didl white. Anterior wing crossed beyond the middle by two black 

 bands, the inner band bordered outwardly with dull white: the discal spot (which is seen on 



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 * Published April 1869. 



