THECLA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 807 



Th. promissa MscJilr. seems to me to. belong here. Above brown, at the proximal margin of the promifisa. 

 forewiiig and on the hindwing, except the costal part, whitish grey, between the median veins and at the anal 

 angle with orange spots; beneath mai'ked like valentina, the ground-colour is described to be yellowish white- 

 grey, the postdiscal band is proximally not bordered with orange. Paramaribo. 



117. Bebrycia-Group. 



Th. bebrycia Hew. (159 h) is above blackish-brown, with a large black cell-spot, on the hindwing helrycia. 

 with a black spot of the tail, being bordered with orange. Beneath grey-brown, on the hind^ving with a lUac 

 shine, the postdiscal band black-brown, proximally bordered with red, distally with a jDure white ; on the hindwing 

 the costal-marginal spot and the spots between the radial veins are projecting farther towards the margin. 

 Mexico, Guatemala. 



Th. serapio Godm. & Salv. (159 g, h) differs by the violet-blue colour along the proximal margin serapio. 

 of the fore wing and in the inner-marginal half and along the distal margin of the hindwing; beneath the post- 

 discal band is in the middle jet-black, proximally red-brown, distally white. Mexico, Panama. 



Th. azuba Hew. (159 h). Above grey-brown, on the forewing with a large black discal spot, the azuha. 

 hindwing in the larger proximal half dull violet-blue with a black spot between the median veins. Beneath 

 like serapio, but the postdiscal band on the hindwing is more broken up into spots and of a lighter orange. 

 Brazil (Rio Grande, Sao Paulo). 



Th. tella Schs. probably belongs here; above black-brown, the hindwing below the lower median fella. 

 vein dusted with blue. Beneath brown-grey, the postdiscal band reddish brown, distally white, on the forewing 

 as far as the lower median vein, then removed more inward, on the hindwing irregularly broken; before the 

 border there are large submarginal brown spots, being partly surrounded by black; at the anal angle a small 

 black spot. Novo Friburgo. 



Th. lemnos Drc. is closely allied to serapio (159 g, h); on the hindwing the blue is more extensive, lemnos. 

 so that the whole cell is blue; beneath the postmedian bands are more irregular and finer, more like lines. Inner 

 Colombia. 



Th. echinita Sclis. is above diill blue-grey, the apex of the forewing and the distal margin blackish, echinita. 

 on the hindwing towards the anal region a white line, in front of which there are triangular black spots. Beneath 

 grey, the postdiscal band red-brown, distally white, below the lower median vein proximally angled, on the 

 hindwing irregular; small submarginal lunular spots, distally dusted with a reddish brown, the most densely 

 between the median veins and here pupilled black. Mexico. 



Th. thenca Mschlr. (160 d) may yet be placed here. Above brown with a greyish tinge, the marginal ihenca. 

 line dark brown, on the hindwing analwards bordered with white. Beneath light grey-brownish; the postdiscal 

 band is dark brown, distally white, on the forewing undulate, removed somewhat more towards the margin 

 from the costal margin to the lower radial, on the hindwing always projecting in one cell, receding somewhat 

 in the next; the submarginal band is grey-brown, curved, towards the base obsoletely whitish; between the 

 median veins and at the anal angle an orange spot Avith a triangular black pupil. Length of forewings: 13 mm. 

 Surinam. 



118. Oreala-Group. 



Th. oreala Heiv. (159 h) is a very variable insect, particularly as to its size. The (J is above violet- oreala. 

 blue, the apex of the forewing and costal margin of the hindwing black-brown with a large black scent-spot 

 in and behind the cell, in the basal part of the cell there are before it brown scales. Beneath brown-grey, towards 

 the apex on the forewing and hindwing more extensively dusted white, with series of orange-brownish spots 

 being at first encircled by black then by white, also in the basal part of the hindAving; submarginal brownish 

 lunar streaks and the usual orange anal spots. The $ is of a duller and more reduced blue, with black small 

 marginal spots on the upperside of the hindwing. From Brazil. 



Th. lucena Hew. (159 h) is somewhat smaller, the blue on the hindwing confined to a narrow inner- hicena. 

 marginal stripe; the hindwing exhibits also in the cJ black marginal spots. Beneath scarcely different. Venezuela. 



Th, canitus Drc. (159 i) is much smaller, above black-brown, the hindwing in the larger proximal canUu.<i. 

 half dull violet with two small black marginal spots; the under surface is marked almost like \\\ oreala. Paraguay. 



119. Basalides-Group. 



Th. basalides Hhyt. {= ziba Heio.) (159 i) is above black-brown, with a large black discal spot, and basalidc.i. 

 uncommonly variable with respect to the extension of the blue colour: mostly two very narrow stripes along 

 the median and submedian on the forewing and in the disc of the hindwing, so that the cell is yet blue, whereas 

 the space between the radial veins is black; all the blue colour, hoAvever, may also be absent altogether; before 

 the distal margin of the hindwing there are black spots, the largest of which is between the median veins; if 

 the blue is absent, mostly 1 or 2 of them are above bordered with orange. Beneath very much like serapio (159 h). 



