1907.] BUTTERFLIES OF THE FAMILY LYCiENID.E. 617 



specimens the lobe only is red.) Cilia as in male. Abdomen 

 rown above, j)ale below. 



Exjmnse <S 2 l^^-lf inch. 



Rab. Ohapada Campo, Brazil (IT. U. Smith), September and 

 November. 



Tyj)es, Mas. Godman. 



Mr. H. H. Smith obtained a good series of this curious species, 

 but Mr. E. I). Jones, who collected in this district for some years, 

 informs me that he never met with it. 



Thecla c.esaries, sp. n. (Plate XXXYI. iig. 19.) 



Male. Allied to T. ledcea Hew. *, but smaller. Upper side dark 

 indigo-blue, with apex and outer margins of lioth wings broadly 

 black. Under side : ground-colour steely grey, with the yellow 

 anal area as in T. ledcea, but more exteiisive, and the ultramedian 

 line on both wings placed further in and in the hind wing touching 

 the white mark at the end of the cell. 



Expanse 1^-^^ inch. 



Hah. Bartica, British Guiana (ZT. S. Parish). 



Type, Mus. Druce. 



Mr. Godman has a female specimen labelled "Santa Martha" 

 which may belong to this species, but the ground-colour below is 

 a creamy shade and the brownish inner border to the linear bands 

 is wider, so that in the absence of the male it must remain doubt- 

 ful. The female of T. ledcea is undescribed. T. ccescories, like 

 T. ledcea, is without any trace of a brand. 



Thecla palumbes, sp. n. 



Mcde. Allied to T. cerata Hew.t, which it closely resembles on 

 the up23er side. On the under side it is quite diilerent, being 

 entirely without the distinct linear band common to both wings, 

 also the red spot Avithin its angles towards the anal margin of 

 hind wing. The ground-colour is more creamy and less shining. 



Expanse 1-^^^ inch. 



Ilab. Cayenne, Guiana. 



Type, Mus. Godman. 



The type has a red spot in the lobe al:)0ve, but this is not a 

 constant character in T. cerata. 



Thecla pekj^atus, sp. n. 



Male. Allied to T. anthora, Hew. % Upper side uniform dark 

 brown, with inner mai-gin of fore wing narrowly, and discal and 

 basal ai-eas of hind wing shining opalescent indigo-blue. Under 

 side : ground-colour duller ; the linear bands narrower, placed 

 further in from the margin and in the hind wing not inwardly 

 bordered with red. The upper red marginal spot with the black 

 pupil of T. anthora is absent, and the large red spot contained 



* Thecla ledaa Hew. Descr. of Thecla, p. 8. 



t Thecla cerata Hew. HI. Diur. Lep. p. 191, pi. 76. fiais. 607, 608 (1877). 



X Thecla anthora Hew. 111. Diur. Lep. p. 191, pi. 76. figs. 604-606. 



