630 MK. H. H. DRUCE ON NEOTROPICAL [June 18, 



Thecla faunalia. 



Thecla faunalia Hew. Descr. of Lycpenidfe, p. 31 (1868); 111. 

 Dim-. Lep., Lye. p. 161, pi. 63. figs. 437, 438 (1874). 



Thecla deborrei Capr. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xvii. p. 17, pi. i. 

 fig. 4 (1874). 



Mr. Godman's collection contains a female from Venta de 

 Zopilote, Guerrero, Mexico (2800 feet), captured in October by 

 H. H. Smith, which is certainly referable to this species, but is 

 lai'ger than specimens from the Amazon regions and Venezuela. 



Capronier has given an excellent figure ( $ ) of this species 

 from a Brazilian specimen. 



Thecla thius. 



TMjreus thius Hiibn. Zutr. Ex. Schmett. figs. 743, 744 (1832). 



Thecla agra Hew. 111. Diur. Lep., Lye. p. 147, pi. 58. figs. 369, 

 370 ; Godm. & Salv. B. C.-A., Rhop. ii. p. 97 (1887). 



Thecla infrequens Weeks, Ent. News Phil. xii. (1901); 111. 

 Dim-. Lep. p. 37, pi. v. fig. 3 (1905). 



Hewitson apparently recognised, although he does not seem 

 to have published the fact, that his name agra was a synonym, 

 as the specimens in his collection stand under the name thius ; 

 neither one of them being mai-ked agra. No mention of T. agra 

 is made by Mr. Kirby in his Catalogue of the Hewitson Collec- 

 tion, Hlibner's figure is a good one, and the species should be 

 easily made out. Mr. Weeks's excellent figure shows that he is 

 dealing with this well-known species. The sex is not stated, but 

 it a,ppears to represent a female. 



Thecla teg^a. 



Thecla tegcea Hew. Descr. of Thecla, p. 2 ; 111. Diur. Lep., Lye. 

 p. 131, pi. 54. figs. 308, 309 (1869). 



JIab. British Guiana {Whitely) (Mus. Druce) ; Brazil, Chapada 

 Campo {H. H. Smith) (Miis. Godman). 



Described by Hewitson from an unknown locality. The female 

 differs from the male only in the absence of the dark patch in 

 the cell of the fore wing, and in the mai-ginal oi-ange border on 

 the hind wing being narrower. 



Thecla dumenilii. 



Polyommatus dumenilii Godt. Enc. Meth. ix. ]d. 677 (1823). 



Thecla argiva Hew. 111. Diui*. Lep., Lye. p. 208, pi. 83. 

 figs. 700-702. 



Thecla argiva, var. ohscura Stand. Exot. Schmett. p. 286, pi. 97 

 (1888). 



Mr. Godman has specimens from Colombia obtained by 

 Wheeler and F. Simons. 



It is a variable species on the under side, some examples being 

 very faintly marked and lacking the black spot on the costa of 

 hind wing, and also that between the nei vules near tl te anal angle. 



