THECLA. 175 



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

 bordered inwardly with rufous-brown, ending at the first median nervure of the anterior wing 

 below which there is a sagittiform spot, broken on the posterior wing into four parts before it 

 forms the W : both wings crossed near the margin by a band of pale brown bordered on both 

 sides with white. Posterior wing with a scarlet spot between the tails marked with black : 

 the lobe and a spot near it black crowned with scarlet : the outer margin black bordered 

 inwardly with white. 



Exp. 1J inch. 



In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson, from Ecuador (Curaray, Buckley) . 



320. Thecla Corolena, Hewitson. Plate LXIX. 8 figs. 506, 507. 



Upperside. Male. — Dark violet-blue, paler on the posterior wing. Anterior wing with 

 a small round pale discal spot within the cell : the costal and outer margins dark brown. 

 Posterior w r ing with two tails : the margins dark brown : the costal and inner margins 

 broad, the outer margin narrow. 



Underside brown. Posterior wing crossed beyond the middle by two bands of white, the 

 first band broken into linear spots, the second interrupted by the carmine spots : the 

 lobe and a spot between the tails black broadly bordered above by carmine : a marginal line of 

 white. 



Exp. la 3 o inch. 



In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson, from Cayenne. 



321. Thecla Halala. Plate LXIX. $ figs. 508, 509. 

 Thecla Halala, Heivitson, Descr. of Lycanklce, p. 7. 



Upperside. Female. — Dull grey-blue : the costal and outer margins and apex where it 

 is broad, dark brown. Posterior wing with two tails : the outer margin dark brown, the fringe 

 white. 



Underside cinereous. Anterior wing crossed beyond the middle by a curved band 

 of five minute black spots bordered outwardly with white. Posterior wing crossed at the 

 middle by a continuous broad linear band of white bordered inwardly with dark brown and 

 beyond the middle by a series of brown spots bordered on both sides with white : the lobe and 

 spot between the tails black broadly bordered above with scarlet : a marginal line of white, 

 the margin black, the fringe white. 



Exp. l^f inch. 



In the Collection of Henley G. Smith, from the Amazon. 



Nearest to T. Metanira. 



2 B 



Published December 1st, 1874. 



