806 THECLA. By Dr. M. Deaitdt. 



vkhdus. Th. vidulus Drc. The forewiiigs are above dull black, the hindwiiags light blue, warmhig towards 



the base mto black like at the costal margm and apex. Beneath like cinniana (159 f), but the ground-colour 

 is darker and the red band of the hindwing much broader, in front of it t-«'o parallel red discal streaks. Expanse 

 of wings: 34 mm, thus very large. Ecuador. 

 rufofusca. Th. rufofusca Heiv. (= lucaris Weeks) (159 f ) is above brown, in the (J with an indistmct, large, 



dark discal spot; before the anal margin of the hind^-ing a black line being proximally white, before it 3 or 4 

 small black spots, 2 or 3 of which are inwardly spotted orange. Beneath light grey, marked very much like 

 azia, but the jDostdiscal band has regular orange demi-arcs; the anal spots are minute, orange. Mexico to Brazil, 

 also in the West Indies. 



115. Badaca-Group. 



badaca. Th. badaca Heiv. (= collucia Hew.) (159 f) is above black-brown, in the $ towards the base tinted 



grey-blue. Beneath reddish brown-grey, the postdiscal bands brown, particularly on the hindwings bordered 

 proximally with red, distally with white; the dark, undulate submarginal band is on both sides bordered with 

 a light colovu:, between it and the postdiscal band on the hindwing dark clouds; the two red anal spots 

 are large. Panama, Brazil, Colombia. 



ceromia. Th. ccromia Hew. (= suada Hew.) (159 g) is above the same, beneath more red-brown, the post- 



discal bands are proximally not bordered with red or orange, the dark clouds beyond them are absent on the 

 hindwing. Amazon, Bolivia. 



opacifas. Th. opacitas Drc. is closely allied to ceromia, above in the disc with a slight copper lustre; beneath 



the same, but the black anal spots are more prominent, and the postdiscal band is jjroximally some^^ilat orange. 

 Forehead, collar, and costal base of the forewing copper-red. Mexico. 

 canus. Th. canus Drc. (159 g) has above in the disc a still more pronounced copper lustre; beneath lighter, 



with a more olive tinge, the postdiscal band of the hindwmg broader light orange, the red spot of the tail smaller 

 and crescent if orm; easily distinguishable from the preceding species with black palpi by the palpi being almost 

 entirely white. Mexico to the Amazon. 

 nubes. Th. nubes Drc. is smaller, the shape of the hindM-ing not so long-stretched, shorter and rounder; 



the ground-colour is above blacker, in the disc with a coppery lustre, beneath more olive, the postdiscal bands 

 placed nearer to the margin. Trinidad. 



sangala. Th. sangala Heiv. (= autoclea Hew.) (159 g). Above like ceromia, in both sexes brown, beneath 



brown, the postdiscal bands of a bright orange-red, distally bordered sharply with white, particularly broad 

 in the $, at the costal margin of the forewing with a spot being distally removed and bordered also proxi- 

 mally with brown and then somewhat with whitish ; the anal spots are large, of a bright red, the subniai-ginal 

 spots rusty-brownish, towards the costal angle sometimes orange, distinctly bordered with grey-white on both 

 sides. Nicaragua. Venezuela to Bolivia. 



poHtus. Th. politus Drc. (159 g) is above colovtred like sangala, but the $ dull lavender-blue on the hindwings 



and narrowly also at the proximal margin of the forewing. Beneath like saiigala, but the red spot of the tail 

 is removed nearer to the distal margm. Widely distributed in Guatemala, Guiana, Colombia, Amazon, Trinidad. 

 sylUs. Th. syllis G. cfc S. (159 g) is closely allied to ceromia, but the hindwings are above scaled in blue, 



and beneath the postdiscal band is broadly bordered \\\i\\ red; the red spot of the tail is proximally bordered 

 with an oclu'cous yellow, extended as far as the anal angle. Mexico, Guatemala, ' Nicaragua, Colombia, 

 Amazon. 

 amphrade. Th. amphrade Schs. (159 g) of which only the $ is known hitherto looks above like politus, only darker 



slate-blue, on the forewmg as far as up to the cell; beneath the postdiscal band is proximally dark brown, 

 not orange, on the forewmg very indistmct, on the hind«"ing it runs from the costal margin straight to the lower 

 radial; the spot on the tail and the anal spot are very mdistmct reddish. Costa Rica. 



116. Melinus-Group. {Uranotes Scudd.) 



incUmi.'s. Th. melinus Hbn. (= hyperici Bsd., favonius Bsd., humuli Harris, pan Harris, silenus Dbl., pudica 



Edw.) (159 g). Above brown, the hind\A'mg at the anal angle with a double, blue-white marginal line, between, 

 beginning from the median veins, with small black veins, the uppermost proximally orange-red, like the anal 

 lobe. Beneath light grey, the postdiscal band shaped very much like in maihewi (159 e), but finer and at the 

 aab'in us. anal angle with two large orange spots. North America to Venezuela. — sabinus Fldr. is probably only the southern 

 form of the preceding, with more extensive and more intensely red anal spots beneath, touching the postdiscal 

 band; the species, however, is on the whole very variable. From Colombia and Brazil. 

 valcntina. Th. valcntina Berg differs from melinus by more irregular rusty-brown postdiscal bands being on 



the hindwmg interrupted m some places, beginning much farther distally at the costal margin, and by a red- 

 browTti, not black marginal line; on the hindwing there are two very distinct rows of white submarginal lunae. 

 From Argentina. 



