136 DIURNAL LEPIDOrTEKA. 



225. Thecla Besidia, Hewitson. Plate LIV. ? figs. 318, 319. 

 Thecla Besidia, Hewitson, Descr. of Thecla, p. 24. no. 52. 



Upperside. Female. — Rufous-brown : the base of the inner margin of the anterior wing 

 and the posterior wing (except the apex) pale cerulean blue. Posterior wing with two tails : 

 the lobe and two spots at the base of the tails dark brown bordered below with white. 



Underside rufous, tinted with lilac. Anterior wing crossed beyond the middle by a 

 brick-red band bordered outwardly with black and white : a submarginal brown band : the 

 fringe rufous. Posterior wing with two tails : crossed at the middle by a broad band of 

 blood-red spots bordered outwardly with black and white : the first spot on the costal margin 

 a little below the rest but not separated : beyond the band clouded with lilac-brown : the apex 

 and part of the outer margin white marked by some pale brown spots : the lobe and spot 

 between the tails black bordered above with scarlet. 



Exp. 1 inch. 



In the Collection of H. W. Bates, from the Amazon. 



226. Thecla Socia. Plate LIV. d figs. 320, 321. 



Thecla Socius, Boisduval, MS. 



Thecla Socia, Hewitson, Descr. of Thecla, p. 29. no. 62. 



Upperside. Male. — Dark brown. Anterior wing with the inner margin from the base 

 to beyond its middle cerulean blue: the discal spot small, round, pale, within the cell. Pos- 

 terior wing with one tail : cerulean blue, with the costal margin and apex brown. 



Underside rufous, tinted with carmine. Anterior wing crossed beyond the middle by a 

 continuous carmine band bordered outwardly with white : a submarginal band of red-brown 

 spots. Posterior wing crossed at the middle by a continuous carmine band bordered on both 

 sides with white, projecting outwards in the form of a square spot but not detached from the 

 band : a broad submarginal band irrorated with white, brown, and carmine commences near 

 the costal margin by a carmine spot : the lobe and usual spot carmine : a submarginal white 

 line : the margin black. 



Exp. l^j inch. 



In the Collection of Dr. Boisduval, from Brazil. 



