178 DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 



Underside pale rufous-brown. Both wings crossed beyond the middle by a band of dark 

 brown bordered outwardly with white, straight on the anterior wing, zigzag and without a 

 distinct W on the posterior wing. Anterior wing with two or three submarginal brown spots. 

 Posterior wing with a submarginal band of lunular spots bordered inwardly with white, red- 

 brown near the apex which is clouded with brown, scarlet near the anal angle : a minute 

 black spot above the tail crowned with scarlet : a brown spot bordered outwardly with white 

 near the middle of the costal margin. 



Exp. l-^> inch. 



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



328. Thecla Arza, Hewitson. Plate LXX. figs. 523, 524. 



Upperside rufous-brown. Posterior wing with two tails : two brown spots at the base of 

 the tails : the lobe orange : a submarginal line of white. 



Underside white tinted with yellow. Both wings with the base and a broad band beyond 

 the middle rufous-brown, bordered outwardly with white on the anterior wing, inwardly with 

 white on the posterior wing. Both wings with a submarginal series of lunular spots marked 

 with pale rufous-brown. Posterior wing with the lobe and spot at the base of the tails 

 black bordered above with orange : a black spot between these irrorated with white. 



Exp. ] inch. 



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



329. Thecla Cleon, var. 



Thecla Ecbatana. Plate LXX. figs. 525, 526. 

 Thecla Ecbatana, Hewitson, Descr. of Lyccenidce, p. 24. 



Upperside. Anterior wing dark rufous-brown with the costal margin pale lilac-blue. 

 Posterior wing with two tails : pale lilac-blue, the costal margin broadly brown, the outer margin 

 black, narrow. 



Underside white slightly tinted with carmine. Both wings with the base brown : both 

 with a linear black spot at the end of the cell and a broad continuous red-brown band beyond 

 the middle bordered outwardly with white. Anterior wing with a submarginal pale brown band. 

 Posterior wing with the lobe and caudal spot black crowned with orange : a black spot between 

 them irrorated with white : a submarginal series of minute brown spots. 



Exp. 1 inch. 



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



I have figured this to show what I mean by T. Ecbatana. It was described before 1 had 

 seen the butterfly which I have figured (fig. 348) as a dark variety of T. Cleon, from which it 

 differs only in having the central band of the underside unbroken. 



