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bars, the last spot of central series almost touches the sixth crescent ; beyond the submar- 

 ginal band are some velvety-black spots, edged outwardly with white towards costa, and 

 followed by a broad deep fulvous band towards anal angle ; there are three conspicuous spots 

 on the outer portion of this band — one in first median interspace velvety black, a bright bluish 

 one in submedian interspace, aud a velvety-black one occupying the whole of the anal lobe ; 

 marginal line black, edged inwardly with white. 

 Expanse 30 millim. 



One female specimen was taken by a native collector at Wa-ssu-kow in 

 July, at an elevation of 5000 feet. 



On the upper surface this species resembles T. v-alhum, Oberthiir, but, 

 apart from the orange band on secondaries, it may be distinguished by the 

 much less conspicuous orange patch on primaries. The ornamentation of 

 the under surface is also similar to that of T. v-alhum, but the arrangement 

 of the white markings is different, and the blue and black spots on outer 

 margin of secondaries are more distinct ; the tails also are rather shorter and 

 broader. 



Thecla ornata. (Plate XXIX. fig. 7, j .) 



Theda oniutu, Leech, EntomolGgistj xxiii. p. 40 (1890). 



Male. Primaries blackish, with a large reddish-orange patch on the disc, intersected by the second 

 and third median norvules ; friuges dark grey. (Secondaries fuliginous brown, with a short 

 tail at the extremity of the second, and a much longer one at the extremity of the third 

 median nervule ; both are black, tipped with white ; fringes white, tipped with black aud 

 preceded by a black line, which towards anal angle is edged internally with whitish. Under 

 surface olivaceous grey ; central transverse line of primaries white, edged internally with 

 black ; submargiiial series of black spots bordered with white and increasing in size towards 

 inner margin ; secondaries liavc a white central lino inwardly edged with black, and uniting 

 in tlie second median interspace with a submarginal line composed of white-edged black 

 Hpots, and f(jllo\vcd by a reddish-orango patcli, which is widest between the second and tliird 

 median nervules, and liardly to be traced beyond the first median branch ; from the abdo- 

 minal margin, above the orange patch, are two short black-edged oblinuo lines, approximating 

 at (heir diseal extremities; between the termination of these linos and tlio juncture of central 

 and submarginal lines is a black-edged white curve; a black spot at anal angle, between 

 which and one in the second median interspace is a pale blue i)atch, edged internally with 

 black ; fringes of all the wings olivaceous grey, preceded by a dark line, which is edged in- 

 ternally with wliito, esi)ecially on the Hocondaries. 



I<\nuile. Fuliginous brown, sometinu^H without reddisli-orango patch. Under surface as in tlic 

 male. Expanse, ^ '62-'.i^ mWWm., J 3.3 millim. 



vMlicd to T. v-alhum, Obcrth., but the reddish-orange patch on upper 

 surface of primaries is more; in tlie centre of wing, and the markings of under 

 surface arc of a very difrcreiit character. 



