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Theope HYPOXANTHE. 



c?. 1" 6'". Closely allied to Th. pedias, Herr.-Seliaff. (Exot. Schm. f. 

 24, 25). Fore-wing costa more strongly arched near the base, nearly 

 straight from beyond the middle to the apex; the latter rectangular, 

 with the outer border rounded only from the middle to the hind angle. 

 Hind-wing outer border nearly in a line with the apex of abdomen. 

 Above black, with fore-wing costa and the fringes lightish brown ; 

 a large spot, occupying moi'e than the basal half of the fore wing 

 (except a broad costal border) and the whole of the hind wing (except 

 a narrowish outer border), glossy blue. 



Beneath yellow, without gloss. 



2 . Same form as the c? • Blue colour less glossy, and contracted in 

 area on the hind wing by a broad costal black border, and on the fore 

 wing by the costal border becoming suddenly wider at the end of the 

 cell. 



Beneath yellow, without gloss, as in the c? . 



Hub. Para. 



Theope sobrina. 



5 . I" 6'". Closely allied to Th. Thootes (Hewits. Exot. Butt. Theope, 

 f. 9, 10) ; the fore- wing costa very abruptly arched from the base. Basal 

 half of the fore wing and the whole of hind wing, except the costal 

 borders and outer margins, glossy blue, more violaceous than in Th. 

 l%ootes; the blue area of fore wing deeply bisinuated, as in Th. 

 Thootes. 



Beneath, differs from Th. Thootes in being of a brownish golden tawny 

 hue, glossy. In Th. Thootes the $ is of the same brown colour be- 

 neath as the d • 



Hab. Forests of the Tapnjos, Amazons. 



Theope apheles. 



(5 & $ . 1" 3'" Also closely allied to Th. Thootes, Hewits. ; smaller, but 

 wings of the same shape ; the fore-wing costa very strongly arched 

 at the base, and slightly arched near the apex, which is a little pro- 

 duced in both sexes. Colour lighter blue ; the blue area of fore wing 

 bisinuate, as in Th. Thootes, and of the same extent. 



Beneath very light brown. 



Hab. Upper Amazons. 



Theope Zostera. 



5 . 1" 6'". Very similar to Th. Thootes in shape and colours above . 



but the blue of the fore wing is of greater extent, leaving only a broad 



apical border deeply indented in the middle. 

 Beneath tawny-yellow, with an obscure brownish belt across the disk of 



both wings beyond the middle. 

 Hab. St. Paulo, Upper Amazons. 



Theope aureonitens. 



cJ. 1" 2'". Fore-wing costa gently curved, apex obtuse; outer m:n-gins 

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