1907.] BUTTERFLIES OF THE FAMILY LYCiENID^. 579 



clearest at the base and becoming obsolescent along the inner 

 margin. 



Expanse 1^ inch. 



JIab. Ecuador. 



Type, Hew. Coll. British Museum. 



Probably not very nearly allied to T. mirma as that species is 

 without a brand. 



This and the preceding T. hyhla were placed at the end of the 

 series of Thecla by Hewitson, and he would doubtless have named 

 them had he been able to do so. 



Thecla alatus, sp. n. 



Male. Upper side pale blue of pinkish-brown tinge, opalescent, 

 with costal, apical, and outer mai-gins blackish brown. Cilia of 

 both Avings uniformly reddish. A small pale brand at end of cell 

 of fore wing. Under-side markings and colour mvich as in 

 T. culminicola Stand. Cilia uniformly reddish. 



Expanse li inch. 



Hah. Cajamarca, IST. Peru, 11,500 feet {0. T. Baron). 



This may prove to be the same as T. (?) culminicola Staud. 

 (Iris, vii. pi. 2. fig. 6, 1894), but it is without the chequered 

 fringes and has an even dark border to the fore wing above. 

 One specimen before me is without the orange on the disc of the 

 fore wing below and the pale blotches of the hind wing are also 

 absent. 



Thecla spurius. 



Pseudolyccena spurius Feld. Reise Nov., Lep. ii. p. 250, pi. 31. 

 figs. 23, 24 (1865). 



"^Thecla clolosa Stand. Exot. Schmett. p. 286, pi. 97 (as dolylab 

 Cr.) (1888). 



Both described from Venezuela. Staudinger compares his 

 species with Cramer's dohjlas, but does not mention P. spitrius 

 Feld. They are certainly the same species. Mr. Kirby in his 

 Catalogue (p. 385) considered T. spicrius synonymous with 

 dolylas. 



Thecla talayra Hew., var. castitas, nov. 



Male. Diflers from typical T. talayra Hew.* in the blue upper 

 surface being duller in tone and in having broader black apical 

 margins. On the under side the ground-colour is pale grey in 

 place of pure white, and the anal angle of the hind wings is more 

 heavily marked with red. 



Hah. Para {B. M. Coll.) ; Espiritu Santo, Brazil {Hew. Coll. 

 B. M.). 



This may prove to be a distinct species, as it has a very difierent 

 appearance below. The Hewitson Collection contains two speci- 

 mens which were placed with T. heera Hew., an insect which has 

 a large brand on the fore wing. 



* Thecla talayra Hew. Desc. Lye. p. 1 (1868). 



