THECLA. 181 



344. Thecla Syncellus. Plate LXXII. figs, d 553, 2 554, <j olim figs. 207, 208. 



345. Thecla punctum. Plate LXXII. figs, d 555, 556, ? olim figs. 132, 133. 



346. Thecla Inachus. Plate LXXII. figs. d 557, ? 558, 559. 



Papilio Inachus, Cramer, pi. 36. fig. D. 

 Thecla Baeton, Sepp. Sunn. Wind, vol. i. pi. 8. 



347. Thecla Orcidia, Hewitson. Plate LXXIII. d figs. 560, 561. 



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

 broadly dark brown. Posterior wing with two tails : the outer margin dark brown : the lobe 

 marked by a rufous spot. 



Underside pale rufous-brown. Both wings with the base red-brown : both crossed beyond 

 the middle by a linear black band, straight on the anterior wing, broken into spots bordered 

 outwardly with white on the posterior wing : the lobe black crowned with white, the black 

 spot between the tails slightly bordered above with red-brown. 



Exp. l^V inch. 



In the Collection of H. W. Bates, from Amazon. 



348. Thecla Centoripa. Plate LXXIII. d figs. 562, 563. 

 Thecla Centoripa, Hewitson, Descr. of Lycanidce, p. 23. 



Upperside. Male. — Anterior wing dark blue-brown. Posterior wing with two tails : 

 brilliant lilac-blue, with the outer margins broadly dark brown. 



Underside rufous-brown, clouded with darker lilac-brown. Both wings with a linear 

 spot at the end of the cell : both crossed at the middle by a band of dark brown, commencing 

 on the costal margin of the posterior wing by a large square spot (not isolated) : the angular 

 part of the band near the inner margin bordered with white. Posterior wing with a submar- 

 ginal double series of indistinct lines of paler colour : the lobe black crowned with white, the 

 caudal spot with a rufous border above, the space between them dark brown bordered below 

 with white. 



Exp. 1 aV inch. 



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



2c 

 Published December 1st, 1874. 



