1907.] BUTTERFLIES OF THE FAMILY LYC^NID^E. 587 



Thecla jactator, sp. n. (Plate XXXIY. fig. 9.) 



Male. Upper side : fore wing black, a jet-black, large, circular 

 brand at the end of the cell, bright shining blue along the inner 

 margin for about two-thirds its length from the base, and extend- 

 ing upwards to the lower wall of the cell. Hind wing bright 

 shining blue, wdth the costal margin black. Under side peaidy 

 grey, with linear mai'kings as in T. thyesta. and two red spots on 

 hind wing as in that species. 



Expanse li inch. 



Hah. Paraguay {Perrens). 



Type, Mus. Druce. ■ 



I have compared this insect with T. thyesta Hew., but besides 

 having only one distinct brand the outer margin of the fore wing- 

 is very concave, consequently the apex is less acute. It . is pro- 

 bably not closely allied and should, I think, be placed in a group 

 by itself. 



Thecla ocrisia. 



Thecla ocrisia Hew. Descr. of Thecla, p. 5 (1868) ; 111. Diur. 

 Lep., Lyca^nidffi, p. 122, pi. 48. figs. 236, 235 (1869). 



Thecla 2}ertiviana Ersch. Trud. Russk. x. p. 57, pi. i. fig. 4 

 (1876). 



Sccb. Mexico to S. Paraguay. 



Thecla elsa. 



Thecla elsa Hew. 111. Diur. Lep. p. 198, pi. 79. figs. 639. 640 

 (1877). 



Sab. Chiriqui. 



Described from Staudinger's collection and not referred to by 

 Messrs. Godman & Salvin in B. C.-A., who, however, describe and 

 figure another $ from Chiriqui, also from Staudinger's collection, 

 under the name 1\ 2)rimno, vol. ii. p. 47, pi. liii. figs. 25, 26 (1887). 



I know these insects only from the descriptions and figures and 

 can detect no difi:erences. 



Thecla besidia. 



Thecla besidia Hew. Descr. of Thecla, p. 24, 5 . 



Male. Upper side : blue areas more extensive and shining and 

 richer in intensity. A rather large, dark, pear-shaped brand 

 situated at the end of and jjartly beyond the cell. Under side as 

 in female, but ground-colour darker and red bands narrower. 



Hab. Chapada Campo, Brazil i^H. H. Smith). ( d $ Mus. 

 Godman.) 



Hewitson's type is also in Mr. Godman's collection. 



Thecla torris, sp. n. (Plate XXXIY. fig. 16.) 



Male. Allied to T. besidia Hew. Upper side : blue areas dai-ker 

 and less clearly defined and steely in shade. Under side : ground- 

 colour pale greyish bi-own without the purple shading of T. besidia. 



