1907.] BUTTERFLIES OF THE FAMILY LYC^NID^-E. 589 



I have been unable to trace that it has been described, but it 

 seems to be near to Thecla nugar Schaus, P. U.S. N. M. vol. xxiv. 

 p. 408 (1902). Mr. Godman's collection contains a single male from 

 Temax, N. Yucatan, which appears to agree with Mr. Schaus's 

 description. T. literatus is much more strongly marked on the 

 under side and the transverse band on the fore wing is much 

 straighter. It is also a lai-ger insect. 



Thecla xorema. 



Thecla xorema Schaus, P. U.S. Nat. Mus. vol. xxiv. p. 408 

 (1902). 



Male. Allied to T. obelus, which it closely resembles on the 

 upper side and is branded in the same position. On the under 

 side the ground-colour is paler and the transverse bands are 

 dark brown, and on the hind wing broken up into irregular 

 spots, followed by a good deal of whitish shading. On the fore 

 wing this band is notched inwardly at the upper radial, and 

 beyund is a submarginal row of distinct dark lunules bordered 

 with whitish and extending from the apex to the outer angle. 



Female. Dark brown above, strongly suffused with blue towards 

 the base of fore wing and over the disc of the hind wing. Under 

 side as in male. 



Expanse, c? $ lyo inch. 



Hab. Rio Grande, and Castro, Parana, Brazil. 



Type S, Mus. Druce. 



Since the above description was written Mr. E. D. Jones ha,s 

 lent me a specimen of 2\ xoreina Schaus, which agrees with one 

 in our own collection from Rio Grande and which is a female. 

 The specimen I have described with a brand is exactly like it on 

 the under side, and there can be no doubt that Mr. Schaus was 

 mistaken in considering his type to be a male, unless, indeed, he 

 has omitted to mention the brand. 



Thecla cauter, sp. n. (Plate XXXIV. fig. 15 S ) 



Male. Upper side much like T. obelus, blue areas more slaty, 

 outer margin of hind wing more broadly brown and red anal spot 

 large and prominent. Under -side uniform clear brown. Fore 

 wing : an ultramedian central band composed of five confluent 

 red lunules, outwardly bordered with pure white, the two lower 

 luntiles being detached and placed further inwards ; beyond this 

 band is a submarginal row of bright red lunules faintly bordered 

 inwardly with blackish. A dark anteciliary line. Hind wing : 

 an ultramedian much-broken band, commencing on the costa and 

 reaching to the abdominal margin, consisting of large bright red 

 patches, bordered inwardly and outwardly with black and again 

 with clear white. A large red patch al)ove the lobe which is 

 black, and a broad red marginal band, inwardly edged Avith black, 

 commencing at the apex and gradually widening to the lower 

 median nervule, where it contains a black dot on the margin. 



