176 DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 



322. Thecla Sycena, Hewitson. Plate LXIX. figs. <j 512, $ 510, 511. 



Upperside. Male. — Bright blue. Anterior wing with the costal margin and more than 

 the apical half dark brown. Posterior wing with two tails, the costal and outer margins dark 

 brown. 



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

 bordered inwardly with rufous-brown, regular and nearly straight on the anterior wing, 

 broken into spots on the posterior wing : both with a submarginal series of lunular brown spots 

 slightly bordered on both sides with white : the lobe and spot between the tails black broadly 

 bordered above with scarlet. 



Female like the male, except that the upperside is dull grey-brown, with 

 the margins broadly dark brown. 



Exp. d ItV, 2 Ifo inch. 



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



323. Thecla Gaina. Plate LXIX. j figs. 513, 514. 



Thecla Gaina, Hewitson, Equat. Lep. p. 61. 



Upperside. Male. — Dull grey-blue. Anterior wing with the costal and outer margins 

 and apex broadly brown. Posterior wing with two tails : the outer margin brown marked by 

 two darker spots near the tails. 



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

 anterior wing, commencing at the middle of the costal margin of the posterior wing and 

 straight until it forms the W. Anterior wing crossed by a submarginal band of brown 

 bordered on both sides with white. Posterior wing crossed by a broad submarginal band 

 oj scarlet bordered above first with black and then with white, and below with white, 

 and marked between the tails by a black spot : the margin black bordered inwardly with 

 white. 



Exp. 1-jtj inch. 



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



324. Thecla Tarena, Hewitson. Plate LXIX. $ figs. 515, 516. 



Upperside. Male.— Brilliant morpho-blue. Anterior wing dark brown with the inner 

 margin broadly blue. Posterior wing with two tails : the costal margin and the outer margin 

 which is very narrow, dark brown. 



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

 spots bordered inwardly by brown, commencing on the posterior wing by an isolated lunular 



