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river, where it occurs up to an elevation of about 4000 feet. The male figured was 

 caught at Purula. 



32. Thecla erybathis. (Tab. L. figg. 28, 29 s .) 



Thecla erybathis, Hew. 111. Diurn. Lep. p. 84, t. 34. ff. 58, 59 1 ; Boisd. Lep. Guat. p. 15 a . 



3 alis supra nitide viridescentibus, antieis eosta apice et margine externo late nigricantibus ; posticis quoque 

 extus eodem colore marginatis, lobulo anali nigro, lineola albida notato : subtus schistaceis, antieis lineis 

 tribus albis transfasciatis, una brevi ad cellulse finem, reliquis aliquanto abbreviatis, submarginalibus ; 

 posticis lineis sex albis omnibus plus minusve ab angulo anali radiantibus, quatuor extends costam attin- 

 gentibus, angulo anali nigro lunulis duabus fulvis notato. 



$ nobis ignota. 



Ha I. Mexico \ Orizaba {Salle), Jalapa (H. Edwards) ; Honduras ? (fide JBoisduval 2 ). 



In general coloration of the upper surface this species bears a general resemblance to 

 T. viridicans of Venezuela, and though differing widely on the underside, it probably 

 has a remote relationship to that species. It is evidently a rare insect in Mexico, 

 where alone it has as yet been found. The figure represents a male from Jalapa. 



i". Frontal scales directed downwards. (Species 33-209.) 



g'". Anal angle of secondaries elongated, the anal lobe prominent. (Species 33-52.) 



1 . An alar stigma at the end of the cell of the primaries ; two secondary filaments ; 

 wings beneath rufous, sprinkled with white scales. (Species 33-35.) 



33. Thecla busa, sp. n. (Tab. LI. figg. 1, 2 6 .) 



c? alis lsete eaeruleis fusco marginatis, antieis area interna lsete sericeo-cyanea, parte supra cellulae finem nigri- 

 cante certa luce viridescente ; posticis lineola arcuata ad angulum analem : subtus obscure castaneis dimidio 

 distali albo irroratis, hoc colore in antieis fascias duas transversas formante, maculis duabus ad angulum 

 analem posticarum nigricantibus. 



$ adbuc nobis ignota. 



Hab. Guatemala, Mirandilla (Champion) ; Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt) ; Costa Rica 

 (mus. Staudinger). 



T. undulata, Hewitson, of Venezuela, seems to be the species most nearly allied to 

 this, with the exception of T. perpenna, described below. From T. undulata it differs 

 in the bluer tint of the base of the primaries, and the whole of the secondaries, and the 

 broader outer margin of the former. T. undulata, moreover, has a distinct concentrated 

 brand at the end of the cell which, in T. busa, is larger and more diffused, if, indeed, it 

 may be called a brand at all. T. busa is apparently a very rare species, of which we 

 have only two males from Belt's collection (one of which is figured), and a fragment 

 of a third picked up by Mr. Champion in the forest of Mirandilla, in Guatemala. 

 Dr. Staudinger has lent us the only Costa-Rican specimen we have seen. 



