134 DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 



the inner band bordered inwardly with black : the outer band bordered outwardly with 

 brown, divided into spots and nearer the other band on the posterior wing than it is on the 

 anterior wing. Posterior wing with two black spots at the anal angle crowned with orange : 

 a submarginal line of white : the margin black. 



Exp. lJj inch. 



In the Collection of H. W. Bates, from the Amazon (Para) . 



220. Thecla Opalia, Hewitson. Plate LIII. 3 figs. 300, 301. 

 Thecla Opalia, Hewitson, Desci: of Thecla, p. 6. no. 13. 



Upperside. Male. — Dark brown : the inner margin of the anterior wing from the base 

 to the middle and the whole of the posterior wing (with the exception of the apex and outer 

 margin, which are brown) cerulean blue. Anterior wing with the discal spot pale rufous- 

 brown. 



Underside rufous-brown tinted with lilac. Both wings crossed by a band of white spots 

 bordered inwardly with dark brown : posterior wing with one tail : a submarginal band of 

 brown spots bordered inwardly with white : the lobe dark brown : the space near it white 

 irrorated with brown : a submarginal white line above the tail. 



Exp. 1 inch. 



In the Collections of H. W. Bates and W. W. Saunders, from the Amazon. 



221. Thecla Viceta, Hewitson. Plate LIII. d figs. 302, 303. 

 Thecla Viceta, Hewitson, Descr. of Thecla, p. 18. no. 40. 



Upperside. Male. — Anterior wing dark brown, the inner margin at the base cerulean 

 blue, narrow : the discal spot pale brown, unusually small, within the cell. Posterior wing 

 with one tail : cerulean blue : the costal margin rufous-brown, broad : the outer margin 

 darker brown, narrow. 



Underside. Anterior wing rufous-brown tinted with carmine, crossed beyond the middle 

 by a band of white bordered inwardly with brown : a submarginal band of very obscure brown 

 spots. Posterior wing white, with the base rufous-brown marked by a spot of white : two or 

 three spots near the inner margin, a submarginal band of indistinct spots near the anal angle, 

 a spot on the apex, and the outer margin, all rufous-brown. 



Exp. 1 inch. 



In the Collection of H. W. Bates, from the Amazon (Santarem). 



222. Thecla Zora, Hewitson. Plate LIII. ? figs. 304, 305. 



Upperside. Female. — Dark brown, with the fringe Avhite. Posterior wing with two 

 tails. 



