1907.] BUTTERFLIES OF THE FAMILY LYCLENID.-E. 625 



The white palpi of this insect, which appears to have a wide 

 range, together with the cupreous areas on the upper side, seem 

 to distinguish it from its allies. 



Thecla nubes, sp. n. 



Male. Upper side blackish brown with discal areas of fore wing 

 cupreous. Basal areas of hind wing thickly clothed with cupreous 

 hairs. Lobe orange. Cilia concolorous with wings and sup- 

 porting long white hairs at the anal angle. Under side uniform 

 pale olivaceous brown with an ultramedian linear orange band 

 common to both wings, outwardly bordered by a fine black line 

 and again by a pure white line and showing more prominently 

 on the hind wing. A submarginal row of shades also common 

 to both wings, inwardly bordered with whitish shades. A dark 

 anteciliary line, black towards anal angle of hind wing, where it 

 is inwardly bordered by a pure white line. Lobe black, crowned 

 by an orange dash. Marginal space between submedian and 

 lower median nervure black, thickly dusted with white scales. A 

 small black marginal spot between the lower median nervules 

 broadly crowned with orange. Legs Avhite Avith black spots. 

 Palpi white, with the upper side of the terminal joint only black. 

 Eyes surrounded with pure white scales. Head blackish brown 

 with a central frontal cupreous line ; collar and costal edge of 

 fore wing bright cupreous. 



Female. Upper side uniform dull greyish brown ; cilia pale grey. 

 Lobe orange. Hind wing with an anteciliary black line inwai-dly 

 bordered by a white line towards anal angle. Two dark marginal 

 patches placed between the nervules above the lobe. Under side 

 as in male but paler, and orange band on hind wing broader. 



Expanse, S lyV' 2 l^lyir i^^ch. 



Hah. Tobago I. (Trinidad). 



Types, Mus. Hope, Oxford. 



Captured at Cocoa Wattie on April 7th, and at Scarborough on 

 April 4th, by Dr. G. B. Longstaff, and by him presented to the 

 Hope Museum. Two specimens Mus. Druce kindly presented by 

 the captor. 



This little insect, which I cannot discover to have been 

 described, seems to be near the preceding T. canus, but it is 

 smaller, the ground-colour above is blacker, and on the under 

 side more olivaceous, and the ultramedian bands on both wings 

 appear to be nearer to the margins. The hind wing also ajjpears 

 to be less produced anally. 



Thecla politus, sp. n. (Plate XXXVI. figs. 22 c? , 23 $ .) 



3Iale. Upper side uniform dull broAvn ; lobe dark orange. 

 Under side much like that of T. sangala Hew. {autoclea Hew.), 

 but large red patch on hind wing between lower median nervules 

 placed closer to the margin. 



Female. LTpper side : fore wing uniform dull brown, slightly 

 bluish along inner margin ; hind wing pale lavender-blue, with 



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