170 DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 



307. Thecla Parasia, Hewitson. Plate LXVII. d figs. 480, 481. 



Upperside. Male. — Ultramarine blue. Anterior wing dark brown with a large oval 

 discal spot within the cell : the inner margin broadly blue. Posterior wing with two tails : the 

 costal margin and apex broadly rufous-brown : the outer margin dark brown, very narrow. 



Underside cinereous. Both wings with an indistinct linear white spot at the end 

 of the cell : both crossed beyond the middle by a band of white bordered inwardly with 

 rufous-brown, very irregular on the posterior wing : both crossed by a submarginal band of 

 lunular brown spots bordered on both sides with white. Posterior wing with the lobe black : 

 a black spot between the tails crowned with orange. 



Female like the male, except that it is of a paler blue above and has the 

 outer margin of the posterior wing broader. 



Exp. 1 T 4 inch. 



In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson, from Nicaragua (Chontales, Belt) . 



A variety of the male has the underside of both wings much darker than the figure. 



308. Thecla Elana, Hewitson. Plate LXVII. J figs. 482, 483. 



Upperside. Male. — Brilliant ultramarine blue. Both wings with the outer margins 

 black. Anterior wing with an oval rufous-brown discal spot within the cell. 



Underside cinereous. Both wings crossed beyond the middle by a band of white 

 spots bordered inwardly with brown, composed on the anterior wing of five lunular spots. 

 Posterior wing with two tails : a white spot near the costal margin beyond the middle : a sub- 

 marginal band of lunular brown spots bordered inwardly with white : the lobe and a spot 

 between the tails black crowned with orange. 



Exp. 1 T V inch. 



In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson, from Brazil (Espirito Santo) . 



Nearly allied to T. punctum, but of a much more brilliant blue, and with the outer black 

 margin much narrower. 



I find it beyond my skill to imitate exactly the brilliant blue of some of these exquisite things. 



309. Thecla Selika, Hewitson. Plate LXVII. s figs. 484, 485. 



Upperside. Male. — Brilliant ultramarine blue : the costal margin of the anterior wing 

 and the outer margins and nervures near them of both wings black. Anterior wing with a 

 small round brown discal spot in the cell. Posterior wing with two tails. 



Underside rufous-brown. Both wings crossed near the middle by a band of white, both 



