THECLA. By Dr. M. Deaudt. S03 



Th. dicaea Hew. (= farmina Schs.) (159 b) is above more extensively blue than the preceding, the dicaea. 

 costal margin remains blue. Beneath darker grey without the cell-end streaks; the postdiscal bands dark red, 

 distally bordered with black, then with black, on the hindwings broken up into spots, between the radial veins 

 removed outward. Brazil (Parana). 



Th. dicina sp. nov. (159 b) differs above by the deep violet colour and a sc^uare black scent-spot in duina. 

 the cell-end, the apex and distal margin narrowly black-brown. Beneath like dicaea, but with a much darker, 

 almost blackish-grey ground-colour; both wings exhibit white cell-streaks being on both sides bordered with 

 black. Colombia. 



109. Celida- Group. 



Th. celida Luc. (159 b) is above opalescent sky-blue, the broad apex and a fine marginal line on the celida. 

 hindwing black-brown, a rather large scent-spot behind the cell black. Beneath brownish-grey with fine irregu- 

 larly undulate transverse lines behind the middle, on the hindwings also before the middle, and with fine 

 discal streaks; before the border a fine lunular line, between the tails an orange spot, the anal-angular spot 

 black, strewn with blue. Cuba. 



Th. tera Hew. (159 b) is closely allied, with broader wings, above more violet; the under smrface is iera. 

 white, the lines similar, but the basal one is absent on the hindwing, the postdiscal band is proximally bordered 

 with reddish -yellow, the discal streaks are double, at the anal angle there is another small orange spot. Panama, 

 Colombia, Peru. 



Th. celona Heiv. (159 b) is much smaller, of a more radiant blue and more narrowly bordered with celona. 

 black, so that the black scent-spot stands out isolated in the blue area. Beneath very much like tera, the post- 

 discal band more coherent. Brazil. 



Th. chilica Schs., being unknown to me, is described as follows: forewing blackish, cell and iimer- chiUca. 

 marginal area metallic blue with a large black round scent-spot behind the cell ; hindwing metallic blue, costal 

 margin and proximal margin grey, analwards a white marginal line. Beneath whitish with dark cell-streaks, 

 the postdiscal band undulate, red-brown, on the hindwing broken up into spots, distally bordered with black, 

 and with a distinct W towards the proximal margin; small subterminal brown lunae are interrupted between 

 the tails by an ochreous-yellow spot pupilled in black. Expanse of wings: 19 mm. Castro (Parana). 



110. Alda-Group. 



Th. alda Hew. (159 b). Upper surface violettish-blue, with a small round dark brown scent-spot alda. 

 behind the cell and a broad black-brown costal and distal margin. Beneath light reddish-brown with fine cell-end 

 streaks; the postdiscal band similar as in the celmus-group, but coherent also on the hindwings, here also with 

 some small basal spots, the one at the costal margin being the largest ; the $ is above brown. Amazon. 



Th. hesychia Godm. & Salv. (159 c) is allied, above of a purer violet, beneath without the basal spots lie-sychia. 

 of the hindwing. Costa Rica. 



Th. hicetas Godm. & Salv. (159 c) is above much darker purple violet, the scent-spot deep velvety Mceias. ' 

 black. Beneath dark brown-grey, on the forewing in the middle of the cell with a dark brown transverse streak, 

 at the cell-end a double streak filled up with whitish; the hindwing exhibits 3 dark basal spots; distal margm 

 with whitish and dark clouds. Mexico. 



Th. pactus Godm. & Salv. (159 c) greatly resembles hicetas, the wings are more purple, beneath the padus. 

 discal lines much broader, scarcely bordered with brown; towards the border there are more intense whitish 

 and dark clouds. 



111. Phrutus- Group. 



Th. phrutus Hhn. (= fidentia Hew.) (159 c). Forewing brown with a large darker scent-spot; in the phrutus. 

 (J in the larger, jiroximal half of the hindwing blue, metallic, in the $ the whole hindwing and an mner-marginal 

 stripe of the forewing is duller and more whitish lilac-blue with 2 small black spots at the anal angle ; beneath 

 variable, brown, in the distal third whitish, particularly on the hindwing strewn over with carmine, with 2 

 dentate red lines and a similar cell-streak. Guiana, Amazon, South Peru. 



Th. inoa G. &. S. (159 c) is similar, but above almost white, and beneath the red clouding of inoa. 

 the border is absent. Mexico. 



Th. zilda Heiv. (159 c) is above lilve phrutus, the blue lighter and more reduced. Beneath the huid- -i'W-a. 

 wings are more extensively whitish and the 2 red dentate lines combined into a middle line; the red strewing 

 of the marginal area is absent. Panama. Costa Rica, Colombia, Brazil. 



Th. cruenta Gosse is larger than phrutus, above very similar, the hindwings more violet m the cruenfa. 

 disc; fringes brown; the underside is much lighter brown, the red strewing of the margin not so intense, the 

 marking otherwise almost the same. Brazil. 



