90 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



marked with four striga?, arranged in two pairs ; the anterior pair, consisting of partially inter- 

 rupted portions, crosses the middle of the wing, being suddenly curved inwards in the anal 

 region, and bearing a faint intermediate streak on the disk ; the posterior pair is more regularly 

 transverse, and terminates abruptly at its contact with the marginal series; there are two anal 

 ocelli, the largest, exterior to the caudal appendage, has in place of a pupil, an intensely black 

 orbicular spot, and is surrounded by a very broad fulvous iris ; the other occupies the anal 

 appendage itself, and is surrounded by a delicate narrow white ring, between these is a roundish 

 group of greenish silvery irrorations, and along one-third of the inner margin passes a narrow 

 fulvous streak, bordered with black and ornamented, as well as the inner edge of the anal 

 appendage, with a faint metallic striga. The body is brown above, with an obscure greenish tint, 

 and agrees underneath in colour with the wings ; the antenna are faintly banded with white; the 

 tails are long, slender, black, with a white extremity. 



In the markings of the underside this insect resembles the Lycoence of the second section, particularly L. 

 Celerio and Elpis ; I have therefore placed it at the commencement of the genus ; but in all essential points 

 it it a true Thecla ; the club of the antennae, though not very prominent, is distinctly marked ; the anal 

 appendage is fully developed. A single female specimen is contained in our museum. 



22. Thecla Malika. Alee posticce maris subelongata, margine apicali levissimi sinuato, dente 

 prominiUo rotundato ad basin cauda ; supra antica nigrce in certd luce cyaneo relucentes, posticce 

 saturate cyanece margine exteriore et canali abdomen recipiendo fuscis : subtus alba? in cozrulescen- 

 tem vergentes, antica limbo postico apiceque ochraceo fuscis ; singula liturd lata utrinque trans- 

 verse guadratd obliqud ante medium sitd, antica pone discum striga punctorum sex in medio 

 interruptd, posticce striga subconformi pone discum -ex maculis minutis subovatis in paribus 

 inaqualibus arcuatim per paginam ductd, macula interiore insigniore transversa ; tunc serie 

 tnaailarum ad marginem posticum striga undulatd interiore cinctd et denique ocelli anales duo 

 altera exteriore orbiculato nigro, in tanidflavd subundulatd marginali nidulante, altero in appen- 

 diculo anali sito fimbria alba cincto, maculdque virescente-argenteo irroratd ocellulis intermedia. 

 (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 1 lin. maris.) 



Hinder Wings, in the male narrow and somewhat lengthened, with a slight oblong excavation alone; 

 the posterior margin, succeeded by an obtusely rounded tooth exterior of the caudal appendage ; 

 upper surface deep blackish brown, the anterior with a shade of dark blue from the base to the 

 middle, which only appears in a certain light, the hinder wings covered with a rich cyaneous tint 

 excepting the exterior and interior borders ; the latter is gray, and constitutes a canal to receive 

 the abdomen : under surface white with a bluish shade, and in the fore wings a yellowish brown, 

 somewhat cupreous posterior margin, spreading along the tip ; a short brown streak, transversely 

 truncated at each end, stands a little before the disk on each of the wings ; exterior to this the 

 fore wings bear a transverse striga of six or seven oblong subconfluent dots, which is interrupted 

 on the disk, the continuation from the medial area being somewhat posteriorly disposed ; a simi- 

 lar series is continued, at a corresponding distance from the base, through" the hinder wings, 

 consisting of oval dots disposed in interrupted and somewhat unequal pairs, passing in an irre- 

 gular curve across the wing, the terminal streak at the inner margin bein« transversely 

 disposed, oblong and larger than the others; along the posterior margin passes aperies of dots, 

 decreasing successively in size and strength of tint from the outer apical angle towards the caudal 

 appendage, being confined internally by an undulated brown band; of two occllatc spots in 



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