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daik brown, costa a shade lighter, apex ashen-gray, between the median 

 and the lower submedian vein there is a slight scattering of white scales. 

 Tails Yz inch in length. 



Exp. 2^8 inches. Type in cabinet of Ehrmann. Hab. : Rem.edios, 

 U. S. Columbia, S. A. 



Thymele viterboatia, n. sp. — Upper side : antennae brown; head, thorax 

 and abdomen olive-green. On the fore wings the ground colour is of a 

 rich chestnut-brown, but grows a little lighter toward the base. The basal 

 area is slightly sprinkled with bluish-green scales. The transparent spots 

 are situated in a similar position to those in T. harpagus^ Felder, but not 

 so conspicuous. The fringes are brown. On the hind wings the ground 

 colour is much darker than it is on the fore wings, the costa is lighter. 

 The median space, beginning at the base of the wing and shading towards 

 the tails, is a beautiful olive-green. Fringes brown, but dentated with 

 white on the outer margin. 



Under sid5 : palpi buff; thorax, legs and abdomen dark brown. On 

 the fore wings the ground colour is much lighter than it is above, but with 

 a darker shade on the outer marginal space, the spots are all the same 

 as above. On the hind wings the ground colour is dark brown, basal and 

 costal area lighter, then running across the fascia and outer margin there 

 are two lighter brown bars. 



Tails, 3/16 of an inch in length. Expanse of fore wings^ 2j^ inches. 



Hab. — Sacorro, U. S. Columbia, S. A. Type in cabinet of Ehrmann. 



Thymele Guatemalaina, n. sp. — Male. Closely allied to the female 

 of T. proteus, Linn., on the upper surface. The ground colour and spots 

 are very similar, but the spots are not so distinctly separated. The basal 

 area has a tendency to be lighter. 



Under side : palpi fulvous ; thorax and legs brown ; abdomen ashen- 

 gray. Fore wings light brown, inner margin still lighter ; spots same as 

 above. On the hind wings the ground colour is dark chestnut-brown ; 

 there is a narrow buff bar, 1/32 of an inch wide, that begins on the costa 

 near the a])ex, and extends to the lower median vein. All fringes are a 

 shade lighter brown than the ground colour. Tails, }^ of an inch long. 



Expanse, 2 inches. Type in cabinet of Ehrmann. Hab.: Cajabon, 

 Guatemala, Cen. Amer. 



Thymele Thiemei, n. sp. — Upper side : antennae, head, thorax and 

 abdomen dusky brown. On both pair of wings the ground colour is 

 dusky brown ; tails dark, almost black brown ; there is a very faint bar on 

 the fascia of the fore wings. Fringes on all the wings light brown ; on 

 the tails black. 



