THECLA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 805 



discal bands, running rectilinearly on the hindwing from the costal margin to the lower median vein. Expanse 

 of wings: 27 mm. Described from Venezuela (Suapure). 



Th. mathewi Hew. (159 e) does not differ above from cleon, while the ground-colour beneath is lighter, matheu-i. 

 less clouded towards the margin, the postdiscal bands being much finer and more regular. Mexico to Panama. 



Th. verbenaca Dix. (159 e) is above darker and more extensively blue, inclusive of the cell of verieracu. 

 the forewmg, with a black spot behind it; anal lobe orange. Beneath dull lu.strous greenish-grey, the postdiscal 

 band on the forewing only little visible and on the hindwing very fine and narrow, only analwards proximally 

 with some reddish scales, beginning at the costal margin with a distally removed spot; the red anal spots very 

 large. Brazil. 



Th. sesara Godm. cD Salv. is allied to mathewi (159 e) and has the same markings beneath, but above it ^esam. 

 is entirely brownish-black, not blue, the hindwing with 3 dark submarginal spots at the anal angle. Colombia. 



Th. normahal Schs. (159 e) likewise differs little from matheivi; above the forewings are quite normahal. 

 brown, only at the proximal margin with some lilac-white hairs, the hindwings being haked lilac-white only 

 in the proximal halves; in front of the black marginal line there is a lilac-white line. On the under sur-face 

 the postdiscal band on the forewing extends only to the lower median vein and is not distally bordered by 

 white. Expanse of wings: 21 mm. Peru. 



Th. chonida Heio. (159 e) differs above by its dull grey-brown coloiu- being more blue-gi'ey in the inner cTionida. 

 space, and a very large black discal spot, the hindwing being white in the anal half, with small, black ante- 

 marginal spots, the spot between the tails and the anal lobe being bordered with orange. Beneath lighter than 

 mathewi, the postdiscal band on the hindwing straighter and not so much curved to the proximal niargin. Mexico. 



Th. leda Edw. is above black-brown, the forewing in the basal half of the proximal n:argin and the Jcda. 

 hindwing at the apex blue-grey; at the anal angle two black-brown spots, and in the middle of the forewing 

 a black discal spot ; beneath grey, similarly marked as mathewi, the postdiscal bands proximally bordered with 

 red-yellow, distally with white, on the hindwings more strongly undulate; the submarginal band dark, on both 

 sides bordered with white, with two red-yellow, black-pupilled anal spots. Arizona, Mexico. 



Th. clytie Edw. (159 e) is above whitish lilac-blue with a broad black apex and small black anal spots cJyiie. 

 of the hindwing; beneath white, marked very much like leda, but the lines much finer and feebler, without 

 any orange. Texas, Arizona. 



Th. ines Edw. (159 e) greatly resembles clytie, but it is smaller, the forewing somewhat more \nes. 

 extensively blue, the hindwing with a blackish costal region, beneath slate-colom'ed with more numerous trans- 

 verse lines and small orange anal spots, and a darker median shade of the hindwing. Arizona. 



Th. avalona Wright (159 f) seems to be allied to ines; above brown-grey, towards the base a little avalona. 

 more bluish, small dark marginal spots on the hindwing are proximally bordered with a lighter tinge. Beneath 

 more of the colour of a grey horse with a very indistinct marking. California. 



Th. cinniana Hew. (159 f). Forewing black-brown, hindwing dull blue, in the (J with a dark costal cinniana. 

 area; at the anal angle two small black spots. Beneath light brownish-grey, the postdiscal bands proxmially 

 broadly bordered with red, the spots of the tails double like in the vesulus-giouTp (p. 800), connected with the 

 red anal spot by a red bridge proximally to the white-dusted spot. Amazon. 



Th. plumans Drc. may be only a local race of the preceding, the blue having almost disappeared plumans. 

 above and being noticeable only at the anal margin of the hindwing. Brazil (Chapada Campo). 



114. Azia- Group. 



Th. azia Heiv. (= nipona Hew.) (159 f) and its allies are characterized by having only 1 little tail azia. 

 at the lower median vein and by a dark scent-spot in the cell of the forewing. Above bro^ n, at the proximal 

 margin of the hindwing in the $ narrowly bluish-white with dark, small marginal spots in the anal part. Beneath 

 light grey, marked very much like dicaea (159 b) the fine orange-red postdiscal band of the hmdwing projectmg 

 distally at the costal margin and between the radial veins. The 2 red anal spots are large. Mexico to Brazil 

 and Paraguay. 



Th. centuncula sp. nov. (159 f) is somewhat smaller, above the same; beneath the ground-colour ccufmicula. 

 is of a carmine or lilac tinge, the postdiscal band is much finer, carmme, on the hindwing broken up mto spots 

 and much more strongly interrupted, projecting the farthest towards the base between the median vems and 

 below the subcostal vein, the farthest towards the margin between the lower radials ; the sharply defined, brown- 

 grey submarginal lunae almost form right angles and are on both sides bordered by lilac-white; the marginal 

 line is scarlet on both wings, the fringes white, on the forewings somewhat brownish. The small anal spots 

 are reduced, the spot of the tail is only a minute red dot. Forehead, hindhead, and costal base of the forewing 

 brownish-red. 1 $ from Sao Paulo. 



Th. volumetl Drc. is above uniformly dull brown with a small red spot in the anal lobe, beneath vohnnen. 

 coloured and marked as picentia (159 e), but it has only one small tail. Brazil (Rio; Chapada Campo). Expanse 

 of wings: 18 mm. 



