THECLA. 135 



Underside grey-brown. Both wings with a white line at the end of the cell : both 

 crossed beyond the middle by a band of white spots, followed by a band of brown bordered 

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

 above and below with white. Posterior wing with the black spot between the tails crowned 

 with orange. 



Exp. i# inch. 



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



223. Thecla Gargara, Hewitson. Plate LIII. ? figs. 306, 307. 

 Thecla Gargara, Hewitson, Descr. of Thecla, p. 8. no. 18. 



Upperside. Female. — Dark brown. Anterior wing with the base and inner margin 

 blue. Posterior wing with two tails : the basal half blue. 



Underside pale grey, or stone-colour. Anterior wing crossed beyond the middle by an 

 indistinct brown band: the wing beyond it rufous-brown. Posterior wing crossed at the 

 middle by a dark brown band, and nearer the outer margin by a paler brown band : the space 

 between the bands lilac-white : the lobe black bordered above with yellow, the black spot 

 between the tails crowned with orange, which is bordered above by yellow, below with grey. 



Exp. 1 inch. 



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



224. Thecla Velina, Hewitson. Plate LIV. 2 figs. 316, 317. 

 Thecla Velina, Hewitson, Deser. of Thecla, p. 18. no. 41. 



Upperside. Female. — Rufous-brown. Posterior wing with two tails : grey from the base 

 to beyond the middle : a submarginal line of white at the base of the tails : the margin dark 

 brown : the lobe rufous. 



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

 near the margin by a band of rufous spots. Posterior wing with two tails : a large spot of dark 

 red-brown before the middle, angular on its outer border which is white ; followed by a band 

 of rufous spots, by a spot of red-brown at the apex, and two smaller spots of the same colour 

 near the inner margin : the whole of the anal angle and some submarginal spots rufous : the 

 outer margin dark brown. 



Exp. 1 inch. 



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



This and several species following, beautiful things from the very rich collection of Mr. 

 Bates, form part of the group to which T. Crolus of Cramer belongs. 



