THECLA. 365 
Occurs in June and July at Cliang-yang, at an elevation of 6000 feet. It 
does not appear to be found in AVestern Cliina. 
Thecla inflammata. 
Thecla inflammata, Alplieraky, Rom. sur Lep. v. p. 102, pi. v. fig. 3, ? (1889). 
" A Thecla e.clmia, Fixsen, cui valde affinis, differt statura minore, disco anticarum supra macula 
fulva magna, macula anali fulva posticarum nulla. Subtus, statura excepta, ab exiinixi, 
Fixsen, non secerni potest. 5 = 31 mm." {Alplieral-\j, 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 follo-sving diiferences : 
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 inflammata. 
Alpheraky considers that this species may prove to be a local form of 
T. eximia ; but I think that it agrees better with 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 mth the fulvous- 
marked f(jrm of T. eximia (var. fixseni) described by me in the present work. 
Thecla v-album. 
Thecla v-album, Oberthiir, Etud. d'Entora. xi. p. 20, pi. iv. fig. 23, ? (1886) ; Alpheraky, 
Kom. 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 superieure en dessus dans les deux sexes et la direction plus arrondie et parallele au 
bord exterieur de la Ugne blanche qui traverse I'aile superieure en dessous. 
" En outre, le c? de v-album tend a avoir le dessus des ailes assez largement saupoudre' dun semis 
e'pais d'atomes oranges." {ObertJiiir, 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 (/. 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. 
