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Duenas (Champion); Costa Kica (Van Patten 12 ), Irazu, Eio Sucio (Rogers); Panama, 

 Bugaba (Champion), Chiriqui (Tr'otsch). 



This well-marked species may readily be distinguished from those with green on the 

 underside of the wings in having the secondaries dark at the base, and with a broad 

 rufous outer margin sprinkled with white scales. 



; T. remus and T. longula * are allied species ; but both of them have the upperside 

 of the wings in the male brilliant blue. A male from Jalapa, Mexico, is figured. 



10. Wings beneath drab or ochraceous. (Species 52.) 



52. Thecla jada. (Tab. Lll. figg. 13, 14 * .) 



Theclajada, Hew. 111. Diurn. Lep. p. 87, t. 34. ff. 67, 68 \ 



<S alis cseruleis ; anticis costaet dimidio apicali fuscescentibus, macula triangulari ad celluhe finem fusco-nigra ; 

 posticis maculis submarginalibus indistinctis nigris, ea lobulo anali proxima et lobulo ipso rubidis, margine 

 externo ipso nigro, introrsum albo limbato, ciliis albis : subtus pallide gilvis, lineis quatuor communibus 

 transversis fuscis, duabus submarginalibus (una discali in posticis linea gilva includente) quarta per cellule 

 finem, lobulo anali rufo puncto nigro, macula juxta eum quoque rufa. 



2 mari persimilis, sed major et colore caeruleo alarum paginse superioris paullo dilutiore. 



Eab. Mexico (Deppe), Presidio (Forrer), Jalapa (Edge, W. Schaus), Cordova (Mumeli), 

 Oaxaca (Fenoehio) ; Guatemala, Polochic and Chisoy valleys (F. B. G. <& 0. S.), San 

 Geronimo (F. D. G. & 0. S., Champion), Duenas (Champion), Coban (Von Turckheim). 



Originally described from Mexican specimens, whence we also have examples from 

 as far north as Presidio near Mazatlan. In Guatemala T. jada is very common near 

 Duenas and elsewhere. The tail of the secondaries is barely developed in southern 

 individuals, but in Mexican examples it is much more evident. A male from Jalapa, 

 Mexico, is figured. 



h'". Anal angle of secondaries less elongated, the anal lobe less prominent. 



(Species 53-209.) 



a"". One subcostal branch emitted before the end of the cell of the primaries and one 



after it. (Species 53, 54.) 



53. Thecla janias. (Tab. Lll. fig. 15 <j .) 



Papiliojanias, Cram. Pap. Ex. t. 213. D, E 1 . 



Papilio hassan, Stoll, Suppl. Cram. Pap. Ex. t. 38. ff. 4, 4D 2 . 



Thecla cecina, Hew. Descr. Lye. p. 34 3 ; 111. Diurn. Lep. p. 202 4 . 



S alis supra saturate cyaneis ; anticis costa late, margine externo et venis omnibus nigris, stigmate nigro ad 



* This species was originally described as from Mexico (Hew. Descr. Lye. p. 34), but subsequently (111. 

 Diurn. Lep. p. 200) stated to be from New Granada, Ecuador, and Bolivia. We have specimens from Colombia 

 and Venezuela, but none from our country. 



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