THECLA. 



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Occurs in June and July at Chang-yang, at an elevation of 6000 feet. It 

 does not appear to be found in Western China. 



Thecla inflammata. 



Thecla inflammata, Alpheraky, Rom. sur Lep. v. p. 102, pi. v. fig. 3, ? (1889). 



" A Thecla eximia, Fixsen, cui valde affinis, differt statura minore, disco anticarum supra macula 

 fulva magna, macula anali fulva posticarum nulla. Subtus, statura excepta, ab eximia, 

 Fixsen, non sccerni potest. $ = 31 mm." (Al^iMrahj, I. c.) 



Alpheraky states that T. inflammata, of which a single female specimen 

 was taken in July near Hei-H6 in the province of Kan-sou, is smaller than 

 T. eximia, but agrees exactly with that species on the under surface of the 

 wings. On the upper surface, however, it exhibits the follomng differences : 

 a fulvous patch on disc of primaries which begins a little below the second 

 nervure and finishes above the fourth, being placed as in some female 

 specimens of T. arata, Bremer ; the fulvous spot at anal angle of secondaries 

 which is so distinct in eximia is entirely absent in i')iflammata. 



Alpheraky considers that this species may prove to be a local form of 

 T. eximia ; but I think that it agrees better wdth T. ornata, especially in the 

 character of the tails. Probably these two insects may be specifically 

 identical, but it is not possible to arrive at any decision on this point without 

 comparing the specimens. T. inflammata has nothing to do with the fulvous- 

 marked form of T. eximia (var. Jixseni) described by me in the present work. 



Thecla v-album. 



Thecla v-album, Oberthur, Etud. d'Entora. xi. p. 20, pi. iv. fig. 23, ? (1886) ; Alpheraky, 

 Rom. sur Lep. v. p. 102 (1889). 



" Differe de w-album par ses ailes plus arrondies, sa texture plus delicate, la tachc orangee qui 

 orne I'aile supcrieure en dessus dans les deux sexes et la direction plus arrondie et parallele au 

 bord extcrieur de la ligne blanche qui .traverse I'aile superieure en dessous. 



" En outre, le J de v-album tend a avoir le dessus des ailes assez largement saupoudre d'un semis 

 epais d'atomes oranges." {OberiJiiir, I, c.) 



This species appears to occur commonly in Western China at Wa-ssu-kow, 

 Ta-chien-lu, and Omei-shan, in June and July, up to an elevation of over 

 8000 feet. 



Alpheraky [l. c.) records a female specimen taken by M. Potanine in July 

 1885, at Ou-pin, which he says is without doubt referable to T. v-album, 

 Oberthiir. 



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