1907.] BUTTERFLIES OF THE FAMILY LYO^NID^. 605 



bla,ck mavginal spot crowned with orange, placed between the 

 lower median nervules. Lobe black, crowned with orange. A 

 dark anteciliary line common to both wings. Cilia of fore wing 

 brownish, of hind wing white. 



Female. Upper side : fore wing uniform brown. Hind wing as 

 in male, blue area slightly less extensive basally and rather paler. 

 Under side as in male. 



Expanse, S Iju' $ H inch. 



Hah. Paraguay. 



Types, Mus. Druce. 



5 c? d , 1 $ , Mus. Druce ; c? $ , British Museum (Crowley 

 Bequest). 



Although a very much smaller insect, I believe it to be allied 

 to T. oreala Hew.*, to which it has many points of resemblance. 



ThECLA NISiEE. 



Thecla niscee Godm. & Salv. Biol. Cent.-Am., Rhop. ii. p. 67, 

 pi. 56. figs. 8, 9. 



The black apex on the upper side of the fore wing of this 

 species (which is spelt niccee on the plate) varies a good deal in 

 extent, but this does not appear to be confined to any particular 

 locality, although those from IST. Granada are perhaps broadest. 



In addition to the localities given, Mr. Godman has a male 

 from Rio Juntas, Bolivia, 3000 feet. 



T. galliena Hew., a closely allied species, is described from 

 Chontales, but is not included in B. O.-A. 



Thecla aholiba. 



Thecla aholiba Hew. 111. Diur. Lep. p. 82, pi. 35. figs. 76, 77 

 (1867). 



Thecla aritides Schaus, P. U.S. Nat. Mus. vol. xxiv. p. 417 

 (1902). 



Hah. Venezuela ; New Granada. 



I have examined the specimen in Mr. Godman's collection 

 labelled " aratas" which is referred to by Mr. Schaus, and find it 

 is identical with Hewitson's type of T. aholiba. There is a 

 specimen in the British Museum from the Crowley Collection and 

 we also possess a male ; both these are from Venezuela. 



Thecla upupa, sp. n. (Plate XXXVI. fig. 7.) 



Male. Much like T. cpopea Hew.f Fore wing shorter, outer 

 margin more convex ; hind wing less produced anally. Upper 

 side : blue areas brighter, not lutescent and less violaceous ; fore 

 wing, black costal and apical areas broader and more clearly 

 defined. Under side : ground-colour darker. Fore wing : inner 

 white line placed more obliquely and breaking into a separate 

 streak near the inner margin ; outer white line more continuous 

 and commencing nearer to the apex. Hind wing : both lines 



* Thecla oreala Hew. Descr. of LycenidiB, p. 27 (1868). 

 f Thecla epopea Hew. Equat. Lep. p. 61. 



