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The type described by Hewitson was taken by us during an expedition to the forest 

 region of Vera Paz, north of Coban, at an elevation of about 1500 feet above the sea. 

 The colouring of the underside of the wings recalls T. avoca of the Amazons region, 

 but the different form of the brand in the cell of the primaries makes it doubtful if 

 there is any real relationship to that species. We have a second example from the 

 Amazons valley agreeing closely with the type; this was formerly in Mr. Bates's 

 collection, but unfortunately it is in bad condition, and the precise locality of its 

 capture has not been recorded. We have refigured the type from Northern Vera Paz. 



80. Thecla primno, sp. n. (Tab. LIII. figg. 25, 26 s .) 



5 alis anticis fusco-nigricantibus, area interna glauco-caerulea ; posticis (prseter eostam et marginem externum 

 et maculas duas ad angulum analem fuscas) glauco-cseruleis : subtus purpureo-fuscis ; anticis area ad 

 angulum analem albida, maculis submarginalibus fuscis albo limbatis, linea ultra cellulam macularum 

 septem composita ad eostam angulata alba ; posticis ad costae medium et area discali maculis et lineis 

 albis irregulariter notatis, linea margini externo subparallela extrorsum albo notata, margine externo late 

 albicante fusco atomato, margine ipso fusco, cilia intus alba, extus fusca, macula parva testacea inter ramos 

 medianos, lobulo anali albo, puncto nigro et introrsum testaceo limbato. 



Eab. Panama, Chiriqui (Trotsch). 



We are unable to identify a female sent us by Dr. Staudinger, and which we now 

 figure, with any species with which we are acquainted : the markings of the under 

 surface of the wings suggest an affinity with T. erema, or perhaps T. avoca ; but in the 

 absence of the male we are unable to speak with certainty as to its relationship. 



13. T. phobe section. 



81. Thecla phobe, sp. n. (Tab. LIII. figg. 27, 28 c? , 29 $ .) 



3 alis fuscescentibus ; anticis ad marginem internum et posticis praeter marginem externum serieeo-cseruleis, 

 stigmate ad cellulse finem : subtus' griseis, linea communi discali alba, introrsum (in posticis latissime) 

 rufo-brunnea limbata, in posticis extrorsum eodem colore dense atomata, linea communi submarginali 

 fusca, lobulo anali rufo-brunneo, macula juxta eum albo atomata, altera ejusdem coloris. 



2 mari similis, colore cseruleo alarum paginse superioris minus nitido. 



Eab. Guatemala, Chisoy valley (F. D. G. &. 0. S.) 9 San Geronimo (Champion), Coban 

 (mm. Staudinger). 



We have a pair of this very beautiful species, and have seen a third from Coban lent 

 us by Dr. Staudinger. It is allied to T. petilla of the Amazons valley, but may be readily 

 recognized by the much greater extension of the rufous-brown colour of the secondaries, 

 which in our species is confluent, and not in semi-isolated spots as in T.petilla. T. velina 

 is another allied species, in which the rufous-brown of the secondaries extends much 

 nearer the base of the wing. The male figured is from the Chisoy valley, the female 

 from San Geronimo. 



