146 DIUKNAL LEPIDOPTEEA. 



248. Thecla Trebula. Plate LVII. <j figs. 363, 364. 

 Thecla Trebula, Hewitson, Descr. of Thecla, p. 10. 



Upperside. Male. — Anterior wing dark brown. Posterior wing with two tails : cerulean 

 blue : the apex rufous-brown : the anal angle with three black spots bordered below with 

 white. 



Underside orange-yellow. Anterior wing crossed beyond the middle by a slender very 

 indistinct rufous-brown band bordered outwardly with dull white. Posterior wing crossed 

 beyond the middle by a dark brown band bordered outwardly with white, commencing on the 

 costal margin by an isolated spot, deeply arched above the anal angle : the lobe black crowned 

 with crimson : two very large spots at the base of the tails crimson, each marked by a small 

 spot of black : the space between them dark brown irrorated and crowned with white, a 

 crimson spot above it : all bordered below with white. 



Exp. fV inch. 



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



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249. Thecla Badeta, Hewitson. Plate LVIII. ? figs. 365, 366. 



Upperside. Female. — Brown, sometimes slightly tinted with blue. Posterior wing with 

 two tails : the fringe below the tails white. 



Underside green, with the fringe rufous. Anterior wing crossed beyond the middle by 

 two very indistinct linear white spots bordered inwardly by brown. Posterior wing crossed 

 beyond the middle by a broken linear band of white bordered inwardly with dark brown : a 

 large scarlet spot between the tails marked with black, the lobe, which is black, broadly crowned 

 with scarlet, the space between them, which is green, also crowned with scarlet : all bordered 

 above with black : the outer margin black bordered inwardly with white : the fringe white. 



Exp. \l inch. 



In the Collections of W. C. Hewitson and H. W. Bates, from Cayenne, Brazil, and 

 the Amazon. 



My specimen of this species from Cayenne is of a glossy and more brilliant green than the 

 figure, whilst one from Brazil is considerably larger and slightly tinted with blue. 



250. Thecla Hygela. Plate LVIII. tf figs. 367, 368. 

 Thecla Hygela, Hewitson, Descr. of Thecla, p. 30. 



Upperside. Male. — dull lilac-blue. Anterior wing with the costal and outer margins 

 broadly brown : the discal spot dark brown, within the cell. Posterior wing with two tails : 

 the apex and outer margin brown. 



Underside clouded and irrorated throughout with brown. Both wings with a sub- 



