^02 THECLA. By Dr. M. Draudi\ 



caesaries. Th. caesaries Drc. (1581) is smaller, above mdigo-blue with a broad black apex; beneath more steel- 



grey, the yellow anal area more extensive, the postdiscal bands removed more mward, proximally and in the 

 angle of the W also distally bordered with orange-reddish; a double cell-streak. This species is undoubtedly 

 only a modification of the vesidus-growp. British Guiana, Colombia. 



107. Mantica- Group. 



mantica. Th. matitica Drc. (158 1) is an isolated species. Above dark brown, at the proximal margin, and in 



the disc of the hindwing dull grey-blue with a large oval, dull black scent-spot in the cell, bordered with a 

 silky grey; anal lobe spotted orange-red. The $ is above much less blue. Beneath light brown, the postdiscal 

 band composed of small separate black spots being distally white, the second of the topmost spots of the hindwing 

 removed far inward; a submarginal broad red band. Brazil (Chapada Canipo). 



108, Celmus-Group. 



cehnus. Th. celitius Cr. (= echion var. Godt., pereza Bllr.) (158 1) is a small delicate species, above with a 



violet lustrous light blue, with a broad brownish-grey costal margin, apex and distal margin, on the hindwings 

 only very narrowly bordered with white fringes and a white marginal line at the anal angle. Beneath white, 

 the postdiscal band orange brownish, distally bordered with brown, on the forewing coherent, on the hindwing 

 broken up into 5 spots; at the base of the costal margin another 6th spot. The submarginal band is composed 

 of brown crescentiform streaks, being on the forewing more coherent than on the hindwing, here at the anal 

 angle with a small yellow spot, between the median veins a somewhat larger black-pupilled spot. The $ is 

 above of a plain brown colour. Distributed from Mexico as far as South Brazil. 

 lollia. Th. lollia Godm. di Salv. (158 1) is above deep violettish blue, with a somewhat more narrowly black 



apex and costal margin, beneath more grey-white, whereby the submarginal band is proximally bordered with 

 a brighter white, the markings otherwise very similar except the absence of the basal spot on the hindwing. 

 Mexico to Costa Rica. 



seudiga. Th. seudiga Heiv. (158 1) differs by a still narrower black apex and distal margin, of the costal margin 



only the base is black, the other part of it like the wing deep ultramarine. The under sm-face is of a stUl darker 

 ashy grey, at the cell-end a black fine streak-spot, otherwise marked as lollia, the discal bands and spots, however, 

 of a deeper copper-red. Brazil, Bolivia. 

 jambe. Th. jaiTibe Godm. cfc Salv. (158 1) has above a much broader black-brown apex and costal margin 



than the preceding, something like in cehnus, so that the cell gi'ows dark, too. Beneath marked and coloured 

 like seudiga; the dark submarginal area grows broader, so that t\YO undulate white lunular lines become more 

 prominent on each side of it. 



hicagus. Th. lucagus Godm. & Salv. (158 1) is likewise similar, above more extensively blue as far as the costal 



margin. Beneath the ground-colour is somewhat more brownish, the dark submarginal band is situate nearer 

 to the border, the red anal spots greatly reduced. Mexico. 

 asa. Th. asa Hew. (158 k) is above of the same blue as cehnus (158 k), but in the whole distal half of the 



forewing black-brown, in the centre of a darker lustre and with a dark brown scent-spot in the middle of the 

 cell; beneath like jambe, the proximal white submarginal series of lunae on the hindwing above the upper and 

 beneath the lower radial vein protruding far inward. Amazon, Colombia. 



carnica. Th. camica Hew. (158 k) is beneath coloured and marked like asa, the proximal submarginal band, 



however, runs much more regularly. Above deep violet-blue with very narrow black margins. The diminutive 

 animal is smaller on the whole, only northern specimens are somewhat larger and have broader wings. Mexico 

 to the Amazon. 

 ?mendatus. Th. emcndatus Drc. (158 k) is allied to the preceding, above lighter and more brilliant blue, the 



apex of the forewing broader and more uniformly black, the costal margin and apex of the hindwing, however, 

 narrower than in carnica. Beneath like carnica, but the white submarginal lunae are more prominent. Bolivia. 

 calchinia. Th. calchitiia Hew. (158 k). Above blue with a broad black-brown apex and costal margin of the 



forewing. Beneath whitish, similarly marked as the preceding, with fine cell-end streaks and on the hindwing 

 a somewhat more coherent postdiscal band; the submarginal bands are composed of dull grey-brown lunular 

 lines; at the anal angle 2 minute orange-yellow spots. Amazon. 



hyccara. Th. hyccara Hew. (158 k) is above very similar, at the anal angle of the hindwing the minute black 



■ spots of calchinia are absent. Beneath light gi-ey-brownish ; on the forewings the postdiscal band which runs 

 straight and equally broad to the proximal margin, is distally bordered with white, while in calchinia it is bent 

 somewhat outA^ard and behind the cell broader than at the costal margin. The $ is above brown. Amazon. 

 \tzza. Th. uzza Hew. (158 k) is above lighter blue, beneath distinguishable by 2 or 3 small basal brown 



punctiform spots on the hindwings, and extensive red-brownish, small submarginal spots being distally bor- 

 dered with white. BrazO. 



