1907.] BUTTERFLIES OF THE FAMILY LYCiENID^. 603 



Thecla lbnitas, sp. n. (Plate XXXVI. fig. 5.) 



Male. Upper side : fore wing uniform dull brown, paler towards 

 centre of disc, inner margin very narrowly dusted with blue. 

 Hind wing pale violaceous blue, with the costa, apex, and outer 

 margin rather broadly brown ; abdominal fold })aler brown. Cilia 

 of fore wing brownish, of hind wing white. Underside : ground- 

 colour uniform pale grey. Fore wing : a linear dark ultramedian 

 band, outwardly bordered with white, from the costa to the lower 

 median nervule, followed by a faint submarginal lunular line. A 

 very fine anteciliary dark line. Cilia yellowish grey, darker at 

 the tips. Hind wing : a median linear band as on fore wing but 

 more sinuous, commencing on the costa and reaching to the 

 abdominal margin, followed by a submarginal faint lunular line 

 which becomes more distinct towards the anal angle. A black 

 anteciliary line from the apex to the anal angle broadest at the 

 base of the tails. Cilia pale grey. Tails blackish, tipped with 

 white. 



Female. Upper side uniform dull brown. Under side as in male. 



Expanse J 5 l-^l" ii^ch. 



Hah. Chapada Camjjo, Brazil {II. II. Smith) ; Paraguay {Perrens). 

 Mus. Druce. 



Types, Mus. Godman. 



A species with no brand or perceptible patch on the fore wing 

 and not allied to any with which I am acquainted, but perhaps 

 belonging to the group which contains T. dindyimis Cr. 



Mr. Smith's specimens were captured in January and February. 



Thecla stilbia. 



Thecla stilhia Hew. 111. Diur. Lep., Lye. p. 107, pi. 39. fig. 127, cJ . 



This species is very near to T. dindymus Cr., but can be distin- 

 guished by the ultramedian linear band, which is common to both 

 wings on the under side, being composed of crescent-shaped 

 mai-kings, and by possessing an extra dot on the costa placed 

 away towards the apex. We have several specimens from Espiritu 

 Santo, Brazil, agreeing with the type in the British Museum. 

 Mr. Godman also has a specimen from the same locality. 

 Hewitson does not state whence he received his type. 



Thecla orcynta. 



Thecla orcyvia Hew. Descr. Lvc. p. 11 : 111. Diur. Lep. p. 121, 

 pi. 50. figs. 262-265. 



Thecla anthraciaJlew. 111. Diur. Lep. p. 166, pi. 65. figs. 461-3, 

 must be added to the synonymy of this species, the types from 

 Brazil not differing in any important details from those from 

 Guatemala and {T. anina) from Venezuela. 



Thecla ahola. 



Thecla ahola Hew. 111. Diur. Lep. p. 82, pi. 35. figs. 73, 74, c? 

 (1867). 



