1907.] BUTTERFLIES OF THE FAMILY LYC^NID^. 577 



Thecla chlamydem, sp. n. (Plate XXXII. fig. 10.) 



Male. Allied to T. auda Hew., but blue areas above are of an 

 indigo shade, and the costal margin of fore wing and apex, outei- 

 margin, and anal angle of hind wing are much more broadly 

 black. On the under side the arrangement of the linear trans- 

 verse markings is much the same, but the two outer whitish shades 

 are more prominent in both wings, and on the hind wing the 

 discal markings appear to be doubled or dusted inwardly with 

 whitish scales. 



Expanse 1-| inch. 



Hah. Pozuzo, Peru, 5000-6000 feet. 



Type, Mus. Druce. 



Thecla thara. 



Thecla tJiara Hew, 111. Diur. Lep., Lycfenidae, p. 83, pi. 32. 



figs. 45, 46, c? . 



Thecla ivelia C4osse, Entomologist, vol. xiii. p. 205, pi. 2. 

 fig. 3, $ . 



Hah. Rio de Janeiro (Hew.) ; Paraguay (Gosse). 



There is no doubt that Gosse has described the female. 

 His type, which is now in the Bi-itish Museum, is in bad 

 condition and stained, but enough of it remains to prove that it 

 is T. thara HeAv. The figure given in the ' Entomologist ' is a 

 bad one. 



Thecla anna, sp. n. (Plate XXXIII. fig. 2.) 



Male. Upper side brilliant shining light bkie, with the costa 

 narrowly and the apex and outer margin of fore wing and the 

 apex and outer margin of hind wing broadly brownish black. 

 Underside — Fore wing pale opalescent blue, richest towards the 

 centre of the disc ; the costa, apex, outer and inner margins 

 brownish grey ; the apex and outer margin dusted with whitish 

 scales. Hind wing : ground-colour brown, mottled irregularly 

 with dark brown and more especially towards the anal angle with 

 yellow blotches, the whole ground being dusted with whitish 

 scales ; a paler blotch near the middle. Thorax above bluish, 

 covered with bluish hairs, as are the wings towards the ab- 

 dominal margin, below brown. Cilia on both surfaces reddish 

 brown. Abdomen reddish. Legs brown, white-spotted. Palpi 

 black, thickly clothed with hairs ; the terminal joint very 

 small . 



Expanse \-^j^ inch. 



Hah. Interior of Colombia ( Wheeler). 



Type, Mus. Godman. 



This beautiful species is not nearly allied to any described and 

 belongs to a group by itself. It is without any brand or silky 

 patch. The type appears to be slightly torn towards the anal 

 angle of hind wing, so that the figure does not represent it in 

 quite its natural perfect state. 



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