150 DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 



259. Thecla Biblia. Plate LIX. 6 figs. 384, 385. 

 Thecla Biblia, Hewitson, Descr. of Thecla, p. 12. 



Upperside. Male. — Dark brown, with the fringe rufous. 



Underside green glossed with blue : a brown spot crowned with white at the anal angle 

 of the posterior wing. 

 Exp. ^y inch. 

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



260. Thecla Gnosia. Plate LIX. ? figs. 386, 387. 

 Thecla Gnosia, Hewitson, Descr. of Thecla, p. 9. 



Upperside. Female. — Rufous-brown : grey near the base of both wings. Posterior wing 

 with one tail : blue with the costal and outer margins brown : a submarginal line of white : the 

 margin black : the fringe dull white. 



Underside pale stone-colour. Both wings crossed by a band of dark brown bordered 

 outwardly with white, the inner border rufous : both with a submarginal band of lunular 

 brown spots bordered on both sides with white : the anal lobe and the black spot crowned 

 with orange. 



Exp. -[% inch. 



In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 



261. Thecla Laconia. Plate LIX. d figs. 388, 389. 

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



Upperside. Male. — Dark brown. Anterior wing with the inner margin dark blue. 

 Posterior wing with two tails : dark blue, with the costal margin and fringe dark brown. 



Underside pale stone-colour. Both wings crossed by a band of dark brown bordered 

 outwardly with white : both with a submarginal band of brown (lunular on the posterior 

 wing) bordered on both sides with white. Posterior wing with the lobe and the spot between 

 the tails black broadly bordered above with orange : a submarginal line of white : the margin 

 black. 



Female like the male, except that it is grey-brown, with a white line at the 

 base of the tails. 



Exp. 1 inch. 



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



