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Th. ismarus Cr. (155 c) of which we reproduce a copy of Cramers figure, seems to me to be closely ismarus. 

 allied to timoclea. The same seems to me to be the case with 



Th. phalantus €'>•., perhaps both are the sexes of one species; at any rate neither of them has been phalantus. 

 identified up to this day, for wliich reason we confine ourselves to this short remark ; both originate from Surinam. 



63. Spurina-Group. 



Th. spurina Heiv. (= stagira Hew., volana Hew., timaea Heiv., lydia Ky.) (152 h, i) is above steel- spurina. 

 or slate-bluish grey, with a dull greasy lustre, narrow black margins and a double scent-spot, the upper distal 

 portion brownish-grey, the lower red-brown. Fringes blackish-grey, at the anal angle white with a black marginal 

 line before it. The $ is dull greyish-brown, towards the base bluish-grey, towards the anal angle with blackish 

 marginal spots and a reddish or bluish spot in the anal lobe. Beneath brown, the 2 lighter. On the forewings 

 a curved or straight row of lunular spots, brown, distally mostly whitish: on the hindwings a strongly curved, 

 postdiscal similar one, and an antemarginal, very dull one, being lighter tinged on both sides; between the 

 median veins a red crescent with a small, black dot; in the anal lobe a black spot with mostly some red above 

 between it light-blue dusting. — The insignificant form erenea Heiv. has a still narrower black distal margin erenea. 

 and on the hindwings beneath a less curved median band. From Panama to Colombia and the Amazon. 



Th. endera Hew. (= thestia Heiv.) (155 c) is above greasy-lustrous greenish-blue, with a broadly endera. 

 blackish-brown apex and margins. Scent-spot large, oval, brown; $ duller greyish-brown, towards the base 

 bluish-grey. Beneath more intensely brown than the preceding with more distinct submarginal lines on both 

 wings and very much larger red spots. Amazon. 



Th. genena Hetc. (155 c) looks almost the same above, but the scent-spot is smaller; on the hindwings genena. 

 beneath, the postdiscal band makes an almost U-shaped curve, whereas in endera it runs almost rectilinearly 

 to the proximal margin. Amazon. 



Th. buris Drc. (155 d) differs from the preceding by its almost purely green upper surface and double hurls. 

 scent-spot: in the cell black, behind it brown; beneath not different. The $ is above brown with an orange 

 anal spot, beneath paler than the ,^ with more red at the anal angle. Amazon. 



Th. illex Schs. seems to approximate the preceding and has the same double scent-spot; above metallic UUx. 

 blue with a broadly black apex and a narrowly black distal margin and a red anal spot. Beneath brown with 

 the same markings as biiris, only somewhat more bluish instead of white. Expanse of wings : 33 mm. Colombia. 



Th. caltha Drc. (154 d) is above dark-brown, towards the base suffused by purple-blue: almost caltha. 

 the whole cell is occupied by a slightly conspicuous, purse-shaped scent-spot with a longitudinal opening from 

 which whitish scent-scales spring forth. Beneath like spurina (152 h, i), but with more red at the anal angle. 

 The is above quite brown with an orange anal spot. Amazon. 



Th. emessa Hew. (155 d) resembles endera (155 c) above, but it is brighter bluish-green, the margins eyne-ssa. 

 are deeper black and more sharply defined, so that the dark-brown scent-spot becomes more prominent. The 

 2$ are in all these species above equally coloured, dull brownish-grey, towards the base tinged bluish-grey. 

 The under surface is lighter than in the others, orange-grey with the usual, little differing lines and small red 

 anal spots. Amazon. 



Th. eliatha Heiv. (155 d) is above more extensively greenish-blue than genena (155 e) and possesses eliatha. 

 a large, double scent-spot, the proximal half of which is orange-brown, the distal half greyish-brown; beneath 

 likewise similar to the said species, but on the hindwing the lines are not so close together and the distal one 

 consists of conical or triangular, whitish spots being distally bordered by brown. Only between the tails there 

 is a small red spot, the anal spot is black, between both there is bluish-white dusting. Brazil. 



Th. ericusa Hew. (= voconia Hew.) (152 g, h) is the most closely allied to the larger spurina (152 h) erimsa. 

 and has the same greasy-lustrous, steel-grey colour, but only a small, brownish-grey scent-spot behind the 

 cell, the proximal part has disappeared except some traces of it. Beneath somewhat lighter, with a lilac tmge, 

 between the anal- and tail-spots dusted more bluishly, the marking the same. Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil. 



Th. sycena Hew. (155 d) presumably also belongs to this group, although the ^J is without the scent- syccna. 

 spot. Above metallic blue with a black apex and a narrow distal margin. Under surface brownish-grej'' with 

 the same markings ; on the forewings the row of spots is almost straight, on the hindwings more strongly broken, 

 than in the other species. Brazil. 



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