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Theclahenrici. n. s. 



Mule and Fonale. — Size and form of Tliecla augustus, Kirhij. 

 Above, of a uniform dark brown, shaded diffusely over the nervules of 

 primaries, ( 9 ,) and on secondaries before anal angle ( S 9 ) with 

 brighter rusty brown ; in the male these latter show a light brassy re- 

 flection. The fringes on the primaries are white, interrupted and en- 

 tirely and very narrowly tipped with blackish. On the secondaries, 

 the fringes are much as on primaries, but more prominently interrupt- 

 ed with black at the extremity of the nervules, where also they are 

 somewhat exerted, especially inferiorly, and most prominently so before 

 anal angle, the latter twisted inwardly, and prominent owing to the 

 excavation of the internal margin within it; the white color is for 

 the most part reduced to a narrow basal line. Beneath : the primaries 

 are of a brighter brown from the base outwardly to the single trans- 

 verse line at apical third running over the nervules. The " veins" are 

 here obsoletely marked with blackish. The single transverse line is 

 straight, once inwardly and slightly notched opposite the disc and, not 

 attainin"- internal margin, is discontinued at the last branch of median 

 nervure. The internal margin, below median nervure, is of a duller 

 and fainter more obscure brown. Outside of the transverse line, the 

 wing is paler, being of an obscure ochreous, divided centrally by a faint 

 light brown shade, and of a similar hue along internal margin inferior- 

 ly, leaving the lighter color to appear as interspaceal blotches; fringes 

 as on up])er surface. Secondaries with the base of an intense black- 

 ish-brown, paler along the costa, and limited outwardly by the median 

 line; this portion of the wing is sparsely clothed with pale and longer 

 hairs, except on costal region outwardly. The median line is shaped 

 as in T. augustus, but is succeeded by white scales. The.se are very 

 prominent at the inception of the line on costa, before the first out- 

 ward inflection, are obsolete centrally, but again appear, edging the 

 line externally, before internal margin. Outside the line, the wing is 

 ochreous brown, (nearly as on primaries outside of the transverse line); 

 this color is most evident superiorly, inferiorly it is obscured by the 

 hoary appearance of the wing and obtains here more narrowly. It is 

 .succeeded by an undulating series of semilunate, black, interspaceal 

 points edged obsoletely inwardly by white scales. Beyond these marks, 

 the terminal space is apically bright intense brown; below this, the 

 wing is entirely hoary, somewhat of a lilac hue. There is a narrow, 

 terminal, interrupted, black line, outside of which the extreme exter- 

 nal margin is again entirely clear brownish; fringes much as on upper 



