208 DIUKNA.L LEPIDOPTEKA. 



spots. Anterior wing crossed beyond the middle by a band of five distinct black spots. 

 Posterior wing with two brown spots near the base : crossed at the middle by a very irre- 

 gular series of black spots, some of which are bordered above with orange : the lobe and caudal 

 spot black crowned with orange. 



Exp. l ¥ l inch. 



Tn the Collection of W. C. Hewitson, from Chili. 



431. Thecla bicolor. Plate LXXXIII. figs. 3 697, ? 695, 696. 



Lycssena bicolor, Philippi, Lin. Eat. xiv. p. 269. 



Thecla quadrimaculata, Hewitson, Ent. Mon. Mag. p. 106, 1874. 



Upperside. Male. — Dark brown. Both wings with a large orange spot beyond the 



middle. 



Underside cinereous. Both wings crossed by a band of dark brown spots — near the apex 

 on the anterior wing, central and very irregular on the posterior wing : both wings with a 

 submarginal series of dark brown spots. Anterior wing with the orange spot as above. 

 Posterior wing with an indistinct orange caudal spot. 



Female like the male except that it is nearly twice the size. 



Exp. 6 ih 2 Ha inch - 



In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson, from Chili (Mathew). 



| 432. Thecla Tadita, Hewitson. Plate LXXXIII. d figs. 698, 699. 



Upperside. Male. — Anterior wing dark brown with a discal black spot : the inner margin 

 pale blue. Posterior wing cerulean-blue with one tail : the base and margins dark brown : 

 three or four black caudal spots. 



Underside dull white with the base darker. Both wings with a linear spot at the end 

 of the cell : both crossed below the middle by a rufous-brown band, by a paler band undulate 

 on the posterior wing, and by a submarginal series of pale brown spots. Posterior wing with 

 a small black spot bordered with white on the costal margin : a black spot at the base of the tail. 

 Female does not differ from the male except that the bands on the underside 

 are more distinct and the two black spots much less so. 



Exp. 1 5 V inch. 



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



1 433. Thecla Argiva, Hewitson. Plate LXXXIII. figs. 8 702, $ 700, 701. 



Upperside. Male. — White. Anterior wing with the costal and outer margins very 

 broadly dark brown : a large black discal spot. 



