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Body brown, clothed with long hairs ; anus encircled with long, bright yel- 

 low hairs ; legs reddish ; antennae black, under side of club bright yellow. 



Hah. Brazil. (Coll. Tryon Reakirt.) "Mexico, near Vera Cruz." Wm. 

 H. Edwards. 



43. Thecla cestri, nov. sp. 



Mile. Upper surface brown, glossed with slaty-blue around the body ; a 

 large velvety-black sexual mark on the primaries, and two, rarely three, 

 smaller black spots on the outer margin of the secondaries towards the anal 

 angle ; each of these is preceded by a bluish gray ray ; there is also a narrow 

 terminal black line. Fringe of the primaries brown and white alternately ; 

 that of the secondaries white in the middle, and brown at either angle. 



Expanse 1 1*13 inches ; margin of fore wings sinuated ; of the hind wings 

 rounded, and slightly lobed at the anal angle. 



Underneath : primaries dull brownish-olivaceous, tinged with yellowish, 

 basally ; a sinuated transverse row of six brown or black luues runs down 

 from the costa, midway between the cell and the outer margin, beyond these 

 the space is occupied with gray shades, containing a marginal row of oblong 

 brownish dashes, of which the nearest to the inner angle is most distinct. 



Secondaries grayish, transversed by numerous waved and luuulate lines 

 and rows of spots ; a subbasal row of five extending to both margins, of which 

 the first four are orbicular, and the fifth lunulate ; of these the second from 

 the costa is the largest ; a mesial series likewise stretching to both, and di- 

 minishing towards the abdominal margin ; both of these rows are yellowish- 

 brown, edged posteriorly with blackish curved lines ; from the upper middle 

 of the central one, a diffused shade of the same color extends towards the 

 outer margin ; on the upper angle there is a large lune, followed by several 

 smaller ones, and towards the anal angle the two or three black spots of the 

 upper surface are reproduced. 



Body brown above, clothed with long slaty-blue hairs, whitish beneath ; 

 antennse annulated with black and white ; club black, tipped with yellowish 

 brown. 



Female. The lower half of the secondaries above is bluish gray, containing 

 three marginal black spots, and underneath the markings are reduced in size 

 and become paler. Expanse *95 inches. 



Hah. "Mexico, near Vera Cruz." Wm. H. Edwards. 



44. Thecla jdicha, uov. sp. 



Female. Upper surface brownish black, glossed with bluish gray on the 

 posterior portions of both wings, but slightly upon the primaries, largely so 

 on the secondaries; a narrow terminal black line edges the outer margin of 

 the latter, preceded interiorly by a pale bluish white line ; a single tail, long, 

 black tipped with white. Fringe of primaries orange brown ; of the secon- 

 daries yellowish-ochreous as far as the tail, afterwards bluish gray. Expanse 

 1*25 inches. 



Underneath: primaries brownish gray, suffused with purplish at the base 

 and towards the apex ; a short narrow discal arc, an oblong curved bar be- 

 tween it and the base, an irregular curved broad band beyond the discal arc, 

 and a submarginal series of lunulas, all dark brown ; the second and last of 

 these are edged with white interiorly, the third exteriorly, and the discal 

 curve on both sides ; the outer margin presents a large ochreous patch. 



Secondaries, costa and posterior portions purplish gray, the remainder pale 

 ochrey-yellow ; four transverse lines, all dark ochrey-brown on the anterior 

 half, and olive brown or black edged with white on the posterior half of 

 the wings ; the first and third are most distinct, these and the fourth extend 

 from margin to margin, while the second is simply a discal curve ; some shinr 

 ing orange brown atoms occupy the anal angle. 



Body black above, clothed with bluish gray hairs, yellowish-white beneath ; 



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