408 MR, H. W. BATES— CATALOGUE OF EETCIXIDiE. 



(liscal and inner portions blue, traversed by black nervures ; a sub- 

 marginal row of black dots. Fringe dark brown. 



Beneath brown, hind wing witb a submarginal row of black dots. 



Hab. Ega. 



Differs from Th.foliorum in the streaks of blue of fore wing 

 above, and in the much darker hue of the under surface. 



Theope levcanthe. 



c? & 5 . 1 ". A small delicate species ; costa of fore wing slightly arched 

 towards the base, scarcely arched near the apex ; outer margin of hind 

 wing regularly rounded in both sexes. Above, fore wing brown, spot- 

 less. Hind wing light greyish blue, the base in the <S and a broad 

 costal border in the 5 brown; outer margin narrowly edged with brown, 

 and with a submarginal row of dusky specks encircled with paler grey. 



Beneath ashy white ; a submarginal row of black specks surrounded by 

 purer white on both wings. 



Hab. Para and Santarem, Rio Tapajos. 



Theope tetrastigma. 



J & $ • 1" 2'". A slender species with elongated fore wings. The fore- 

 wing costa is slightly arched near the base and a])ex, the latter dis~ 

 tinctly produced ; the outer margin bowed outwards towards the hind 

 angle, very strongly so in the $ . Hind wing small, subtriangular. 

 Above dark brown, spotless ; fringe concolorous. Beneath darkish 

 brown, with a short pale streak across the end of the cells of both 

 wings, and a submarginal row, in both wings, of black spots encu'cled 

 by pale brown. 



Hab. Forests of the Cupari and R. Tapajos, Amazons. 



Theope methemona. 



(S . 1" 6'". Fore wing triangular, costa arched towards the base and 

 apex, straight in the middle ; outer margins nearly straight. Above 

 black, with the disk and base of both wings occupied by a large, 

 common, shining blue patch, leaving somewhat regular and broad 

 black borders. Fringe dark brown. 



Beneath very light brown, with a submarginal row of small black specks 

 on both wings. 



Hab. Santarem, Amazons. 



Theope c^rulea. 



$. 1" 6'". Closely allied to Th. Virgilius, Fab. (E. S. iii. 1. 323. 226), 

 which is found in Honduras and Nicaragua. Fore-wing costa strongly 

 arched near the base, incurved in the middle and gently arched at a 

 distance before the apex. Above dark brown, basal half of fore wing 

 and whole of hind wing, except the brown apical portion, light cseru- 

 lean blue ; the brov/n apical portion of fore wing has also in the 

 middle a blue spot. The hind wing has a submarginal row of dusky 

 longitudinal lineoles, and the nervures are dark in colour. Fringe 

 dark brown. 



