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obtuse, outer margin of both wings slightly rounded. Above black, 

 with discal area of both wings dark blue, scarcely shining, leaving 

 blackish borders very indistinctly limited from the blue. 



Beneath very light brown, nearly white ; hind wing with a submarginal 

 row of dusky spots, distinct only towards the anal angle. 



Fringe light brown. 



Hab, Para and Santarem, Lower Amazons. 



Theope foliorum. 



(S • 1" 2'"- 1" 4'". Fore wing triangular ; costa arched near the base, 

 then straight until just before the apex, where it curves down to the 

 acute apical angle ; outer margin straight ; outer margin of the hind 

 wing gently rounded. Above, fore wing black ; with a discal spot, 

 touching the hind margin and embracing about one-third of the 

 surface, dull blue, sometimes obscure with blackish scales. Hind 

 wing light blue, with ill-defined costal and apical brown border, outer 

 edge dark brown, with a submarginal row of black spots edged with 

 whitish. Fringe pale brown or white. 



Beneath very light brown, nearly white. Hind wing with a row of black 

 spots towards the anal angle. 



5 . Fore wing much less acute at the apex, and outer margins rounded. 

 Hind wing broadly rounded, as much advanced as the anal angle. 

 Above brown, with the blue patch and marginal black spots of the 

 hind wing as in the c? • Beneath, the same as in the S , except that 

 the black spots of hind wing form a continuous row from anal angle 

 to apex. 



Hab. Para and Santarem, Lower Amazons ; a common insect. 



Theope punctipennis. 



c?& $. 1" 3'". Fore wing triangular ; costa slightly arched, apical angle 

 subobtuse ; outer margins gently curved outwards, less so in the c? 

 than in the $ . Above dark brown, a patch of light greyish blue on the 

 inner portion of the fore wing near the base in the c? , very indistinct 

 in the $ . Hind wing in the c? greyish blue, outer edge brown ; in 

 the $ brown, tinged with blue towards the base ; a submarginal 

 row of blackish dots in both sexes. Fringe light brown, nearly 

 white. 



Beneath very light brown, sometimes nearly white ; a submarginal row 

 of blackish dots in both wings. 



Hab. Tapajos and Ega, Upper Amazons. 



Differs from Th. foliorum only in the lighter shade of blue and 

 the rovsr of submarginal spots beneath in both wings. 



Theope atima. 



cJ . 1" 3'". Fore wing triangular, costa slightly arched, nearly straight 

 in the middle, apical angle distinct. Above black. Fore wing with 

 the cell and several longitudinal streaks blue ; hind wing with the 



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