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3. Thracides luda. (Tab. cv. figg. 13, 14, 15, a .) 



Hesperia luda, Hew. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) xix. p. 80 \ 



Proteides hundurensis, Mab. Compt. rend. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxxv. p. lxxxv ( ? ) 2 . 



Ahs obscure fuscis, anticis ad basin ca^ruleis, maculis tribus in linea obliqua, una supra venam submedianam, 

 secunda majore inter ramos medianos, tertia inter ramos secundum et tertium, alia geminata in cellula, 

 hyalinis ; posticis eseruleo tinctis : subtus nigro-fuscis, anticis maculis ut supra, sed infiina elongata et 

 multo majore, margine exteriore pallidiore ; posticis puncto albido ad cellula? finem, margine externo 

 et ad angulum analem griseis ; ciliis ad angulum analem anticarum et posticis omnino albidis ; capite et 

 corpore supra viridi-ca:ruleis ; palpis subtus griseis. 



2 nobis ignota. 



Hab. Hondueas (mus. Staudinger 2 ), San Pedro Sula (Wittkugel) ; Panama, 

 Chiriqui (Bibbe, in mus. Staudinger 1 ), Yeraguas (ArcS). — Guiana. 



Three males of this species, two from within our limits and one from Guiana, are 

 before us. T. luda differs from T. phidon in the absence of the brand on the primaries 

 of the male ; the blue colour on the upper surface is less brilliant, there is a large 

 geminate hyaline spot in the cell of the primaries, and the underside of the body and 

 the legs are darker. For the genitalia of the male, see Tab. CV. fig. 15. 



4. Thracides molion, s P . n. (Tab. CV. figg. 16, 17, 18, d .) 



Alis fuscis, triente basali nitide eseruleo, anticis infra venam submedianam pilis longis vestitis, maculis duabus 

 magnis, una geminata in cellula, altera subquadrata infra earn inter ramos medianos primum et 

 secundum, punctisque duobus in linea transversa subapicalibus, omnibus hyalinis : subtus colore f usco 

 pallidiore, maculis ut supra, anticis regione costali et plaga angulum analem versus albidis, posticis quoque 

 ad costse basin late albis ; capite et corpore supra viridi-caeruleis, subtus ochraceo-fuscis ; palpis et corpore 

 subtus pallide ochraceis. 



$ ignota. 



Bab. Mexico, Teapa (If. H. Smith). 



Mr. H. H. Smith has sent us a single male example of this species from Eastern 

 Mexico. T. motion is not unlike T. cincia (Hew.), from Para, but the blue is of a 

 lighter tint above and the base of the costa of the secondaries beneath is white ; the 

 primaries have a dense fringe of very long hairs beneath the submedian nervure, 

 a mark of the male sex. T. braescia (Hew.), from Para, is another allied form, but 

 it has no subapical spots on the primaries and the wings are not metallic blue at 

 the base. For the genitalia, see Tab. CV. fig. 18. 



5. Thracides seron, s P . n. (Tab. CV. figg. 19, 20, s .) 



Alis fuscis, triente basali nitente caeruleo, anticis maculis tribus in linea obliqua infra et ultra cellulam, infima 

 fere obsoleta, secunda inter ramos medianos primum et secundum transversa et maxima, hyalinis : subtus 

 rubiginosis, anticis area mediana obscuriore, maculis ut supra, sed infima majore, posticis ad basin nitide 

 caeruleis; corpore supra et subtus coloris ejusdem; ciliis ad angulum analem anticar am et posticis omnino 

 ochraceis. 



$ ignota. 



Hob. Hondueas (Wittkugel, in mus. Staudinger). 



