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195. Thecla Celida. Plate XLIX. 6 figs. 246, 247. 



Thccla Celida, Lucas in Ramon de la Sagra, His. Nat. de Cuba, vii. p. 610. 



Uppeeside. Male. — Bright cerulean blue. Anterior wing with the apical half dark 

 brown : a large black discal spot. Posterior wing with two tails : the outer margin dark 

 brown, narrow. 



Underside pale blue-grey. Both wings with a linear spot at the end of the cell : both 

 crossed at the middle by a band of white spots bordered inwardly with brown : both crossed 

 beyond the middle by a second band of lunular white spots bordered outwardly with brown. 

 Posterior wing with a subbasal band of three white spots : anal angle with the lobe, the spot 

 between the tails (which is crowned with orange), and a spot between them black. 



Exp. IJj inch. 



In the Collections of Dr. Boisduval and W. C. Hewitson, from Cuba. 



196. Thecla Zigira, Hewitson. Plate XLIX. tf figs. 250, 251. 



Upperside. Male. — Brilliant green-blue. Anterior wing with the inner margin convex: 

 the costal margin, apex, and part of the outer margin dark brown. Posterior wing with two 

 tails : the costal margin rufous-brown, polished where the wings meet : the outer margin 

 brown, very narrow. 



Underside white. Both wings crossed beyond the middle by a linear band of brown. 

 Anterior wing black bordering the projecting shoulder of the posterior wing. Posterior wing 

 with the lobe black bordered above with orange-yellow : the spot between the tails orange- 

 yellow, marked by a small triangular black spot. 



Female smaller, grey-brown, darker nearer the outer margins. On the 

 underside it does not differ from the male, except in being without the projecting shoulder of 

 the posterior wing and the black which borders it on the anterior wing. 



Exp. 1^ inch. 



In the Collections of H. W. Bates and W. C. Hewitson, from Amazon (Santarem) and 

 Venezuela. 



197. Thecla Timaea, Hewitson. Plate LI. ? figs. 268, 269. 



Upperside. Female. — Rufous-brown, grey near the base. Anterior wing darker towards 

 the outer margin. Posterior wing with two tails and a submarginal band of brown, broken 

 into spots near the anal angle : the lobe scarlet : a submarginal line of white. 



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

 bordered outwardly with white, straight on the anterior wing and at a right angle with the 

 costal margin : both with a submarginal band of brown bordered on both sides with 



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