THECLA. 137 



227. Thecla Verania. Plate LV. <j figs. 322, 323. 



Thecla Verania, Hewitson, Descr. of Thecla, p. 19. 



Upperside. Male. — Brilliant dark blue : the margins (except the apex of the anterior 

 wing, which is broader) dark brown, very narrow. 



Underside grey-white. Anterior wing crossed beyond the middle by a rufous band 

 bordered outwardly with brown and broken into two parts : a submarginal band of pale 

 brown spots. Posterior wing crossed at the middle by a band of seven brick-red spots bordered 

 on both sides with dark brown : the first spot near the costal margin large, the second 

 (with three below it) also large, the sixth and seventh forming part of the usual W-like angles : 

 a second band nearer the outer margin of pale grey spots, two of which, near the apex, are 

 much larger than the others : a submarginal band of rufous spots : the lobe black, bordered 

 above with orange. 



Exp. l ¥ 3 o inch. 



In the Collections ofW. W. Saunders and W. C. Hewitson, from the Amazon and Ecuador. 



228. Thecla Bagrada. Plate LV. 3 figs. 324, 325. 



Ttecla Bagrada, Hewitson, Descr. of Thecla, p. 22. 



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

 the base, and the whole of the posterior wing, except the margins, dull lilac-blue. Anterior 

 wing with the discal spot large, of two parts, filling the cell. 



Underside rufous, tinted with lilac. Both wings crossed beyond the middle by a band 

 of scarlet, bordered outwardly first with black and outside of this with white, straight on 

 the anterior wing, broken on the posterior wing, commencing on the costal margin by an 

 isolated red spot bordered on both sides with black and white. Anterior wing with a submar- 

 ginal baud of brown. Posterior wing with two tails : clouded with brown beyond the band : 

 the lobe black and white bordered above with scarlet; the spot between the tails scarlet 

 marked by a small black spot : a submarginal line of white. 



Female like the male, except that it is of a paler rufous-brown on the upper- 

 side, and pale cerulean blue where the male is dark blue, and that it is paler on the underside. 



Exp. Iyu inch. 



In the Collections of W. C. Hewitson and W. W. Saunders, from the Amazon. 



229. Thecla Fabulla. Plate LV. d figs. 326, 327. 

 Thecla Fabulla, Hewitson, Descr. of Thecla, p. 20. 



Upperside. Male. — Dark brown. Anterior wing blue at the base and inner margin : 



Published February \0th, 1873. 



