612 MR. H. H. DRUCE ON NEOTROPICAL [Juiie 1 8, 



marginal spot. A patch of greyish scales beyond. Lobe black, 

 crowned by an orange streak and a minute white dot. Abdomen 

 brown above, white below. 



Female. Upper side paler than in male ; hind wing with orange 

 marginal spots between veins one and two and two and three. 

 Under side as in male, but ground-colour paler and orange band 

 broader. 



Expanse, r? ly^^, $ 1 inch. 



Hah. Yina, N.W. Peru, 5500 ft. {0. T. Baron). 



Types, Mus. Godman. 



Allied to T. denarius Butl. & Druce, and T.sethon G.(t S., but 

 has many points of distinction. 



Thecla nubilum, sp. n. 



Male. Allied to T. sethon G. & S.* UjDper side uniform dark 

 blackish brown with no cupreous on the discal areas, a minute 

 orange spot on lobe. Under side : ground-colour of a greyer 

 shade and the transverse bands much nariower, straighter in the 

 fore wing, and placed nearer to the outer margins. Tails black, 

 tipped with white. 



Expanse Ij^ inch. 



Hah. Castro, Parana, Brazil {^E. D. Jones). 



Type, Mus. Druce. 



Mr. Jones obtained a series of this insect, which was considered 

 by Mr. Schaus to be T. sv.ada Hew., but that name Avas sunk by 

 Hewitson himself as a synonym of his T. ceromia, 111. D. Lep. 

 p. 207, which belongs to another group. 



Thecla cupa, sp. n. (Plate XXXYI. fig. 12.) 



Male. Upper side much like T. laconia Hew. S t, but blue 

 extending over cell of fore wing, and costal margin of hind wing- 

 more broadly black. A small indistinct circular brand at the 

 end of the cell of fore wing, in place of the elongate oval brand of 

 T. laconia. Under side with markings and shades much as in 

 T. laconia ; ground-colour paler and the transverse bands on both 

 wings inwardly bordered with brown, that on the fore wing- 

 having its lower half placed further out towards the mai^gin. 



Female. Upper side uniform dull brown ; under side as in male. 



Expanse, c? 1^0' 2 tir ii^ch. 



Hah. Rio Grande, Brazil. 



Types, Mus. Druce. 



It is also much like T. opliia, Hew. % (the type of which to- 

 gether with that of T. laconia is now in Mr. Godman's collection), 

 but that insect is without the brand on the fore wing. The 

 discal spot on the fore wing of T. ojjhia mentioned by Hewitson 

 is very diiScult to see, but can be best observed by holding the 

 insect against a strong light. 



* Thecla sethon G. & S., B. C.-A., Lep. Rhop. vol. ii. p. 77, pi. 57. figs. 14, 15 (1887). 

 f Thecla laconia Hew. Descr. of Thecla, p. 10. 

 J Thecla ojihia, Hew. ibid. p. 6. 



