THECLA. 149 



usual linear band of black and white and ending near the inner margin of the posterior wing 

 in a large W : both with a short band of brown near the anal angle bordered on the posterior 

 wing with white. 



Female like the male, except that it is rufous-brown, has the inner margin 

 of the anterior wing pale blue and the costal margin of the posterior wing rufous-brown. 



Exp. ^ inch. 



In the Collections of W. C. Hewitson and H. W. Bates, from Venezuela and the Amazon. 



257. Thecla Ophia. Plate LIX. figs, d 379, 380, ? 381. 



Thecla Ophia, Hnuitson, Deser. of Thecla, p. 6. 



2 ■ Thecla ornea, Hewitson, I. c. p. 7. 



Upperside. Male. — Dark brown. The base and inner margin to the middle of the 

 anterior wing and the posterior wing (except the inner and costal margins which are brown ) 

 green-blue. Anterior wing with the discal spot (which cannot be seen without a glass) dark 

 brown, unusually large and oval and within the cell. 



Underside pale rufous-grey or stone-colour. Both wings crossed below the middle by 

 a band of black bordered outwardly with white and inwardly on the posterior wing with 

 orange. Anterior wing with a short band of brown at the anal angle. Posterior wing with 

 two tails : a spot between them and the lobe black crowned with orange : a submarginal line 

 of white. 



Female like the male, except that it is rufous-brown with the fringe grey- 

 white and that the posterior wing has a submarginal white line. 



Exp. 1 inch. 



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



258. Thecla Lemuria. Plate LIX. <$ figs. 382, 383. 

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



Upperside brilliant dark blue. Anterior wing with the costal and outer margin and 

 apex broadly brown : the discal spot beyond the cell, large, oval, dark brown. 



Underside pale stone-colour. Both wings crossed beyond the middle by a band of 

 brown bordered outwardly with white and inwardly with orange-yellow : commencing on the 

 costal margin of the posterior wing by an isolated spot, the W strongly marked near the 

 anal angle : both wings with a very indistinct submarginal band. Posterior wing with the 

 lobe black crowned first with white and above that with orange : a large orange spot between 

 the tails marked by a small black spot : the space between the spots white irrorated with black 

 and crowned with orange and black. 



Exp. J 7 rr inch. 



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



