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being broader, placed further from the base, moi-e concave, 

 and more sharply angled to the anal margin. Thei-e is also a 

 submarginal indistinct dark shade which is not present in 

 T. tuneta Hew. 



Expanse Ij^q inch. 



Hah. CoJombia. 



Type, Mus. Oxford, Ko. J^^^. Collected 1848-1857 by H.M. 



Vice-Consul Edward W. Mark, and presented to the Museum in 

 1901 by Mr. F. W. Mark. 



The type, which is the only specimen I have seen, is not in 

 very good condition, having lost its antennae and abdomen ; but 

 enough remains to show that it is a very distinct species, and 

 I believe unnamed. 



Thecla gabeiela. 



Pcqnlio gahriela Cr. Pap. Exot. i. jjl. 6. figs. C, D (1775) (nee 

 Godart). 



Mr. Godman's collection contains examjjles of this species from 

 Ega. It is entirely without the patch of difierently foi-med scales 

 on the upper side of the fore wing, and is so figured by Cramer. 

 It was so identified by Bates, and I believe quite correctly. 

 Godart described it as having a large silky spot, and was followed 

 by Hewitson in his determination. 



Thecla sumptuosa, sp. n. (Plate XXXI. fig. 3.) 



Polyom. gahriela Godt. Enc. Meth. ix. p. 622, no. 18 (1823). 



Thecla gahriela Hew. 111. D. Lep. p. 72, pi. 27. fig. 7 (1865). 



Male. Allied to T. gahriela Or., but differs in possessing a 

 large silky patch of diflferently placed scales on the foi-e wing, 

 situated on the disc of the wing and extending below the median 

 nervule but not into the cell. On the under side of the hind 

 wing the dark band is outwardly bordered by a single white band 

 varying in width, whilst in T. gahriela Cr. there are two distinct 

 white bands. 



Expanse 2i inches. 



Hah. Espiritu >Santo, Brazil [Mus. Druce) ; 8. Paulo, Amazons 

 [Mus. Godman), from Bates's Collection. 



Type, Mus. Druce. 



The specimen in the British Museum which was figured by 

 Hewitson as T. gahriela Ci'amei' is a representative of this 

 species. 



Thecla candidus, sp. n. (Plate XXXI. figs. 1 c? , 2 $ .) 



Male. Allied to the preceding, T. sumpUiosa. but difters in the 

 silky patch being produced along the loAver wall of the cell 

 almost to the base. On the under side the black markings are 

 clear and distinct, and there is a good deal more black towards 

 the apex of fore wing. 



Female. On the upper side the apex of the fore wing is broadly 



