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THECLA ZENATDA, new species. 



Black, the male overspread with metallic blue except the margins 

 of the \nngs; an elliptical brown sex mark occup^ang the outer half 

 of the cell; female with pale blue at base of fore wing and over- 

 spreading most of hind wing except the costal area. Beneath 

 dark brown-gi-ay; fore ^ying ^^-ith a fine white submarginal lunu- 

 lated line, terminating at vein 2, preceded by a broad dark gray 

 shade; hind wang mth a dark gray shade at base and subtermin- 

 ally; an inner lunulated white line which forms a number of irreg- 

 ular marks at the end of the cell; an outer irregularly lunulated line 

 across the wing; a submarginal wavy dark line in a whitish field, 

 with a black dot preceded by red above vein 2; edge wliite, with a 

 black line at base of fringe; long tail tipped with white. Expanse, 

 29-31 mm. 



Coty pes.— One male, one female, No. 14278, U.S.N.M., Santa 

 Rosa, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico, August, 1906 (W. Schaus). 



THECLA GREPPA, new species. 



Black above, the fore wings dark blue on basal three-fourths in 

 and below cell, the hind wing blue except extreme margin and 

 costal area; long tail at vein 2 and short one at vein 3 tipped with 

 white; sex mark double, the upper portion generally appearing 

 slaty gray, the lower blackish brown. Beneath Ught silvery gray, 

 nearly white; on fore wing a slightly bent white line beyond the 

 middle preceded by a gray and red shade, which is cut by the white 

 veins; the Hne stops at vein 2; submarginal line slender, gray, cut 

 by the veins; liind wing with a mesial row of light red spots of 

 irregular sizes, the second from the costa small and placed somewhat 

 inward, the two next the inner margin forming a line and placed 

 somewhat outwardly; a submarginal gray line, broken into lunules, 

 covering a red spot with black center above vein 2; another red 

 spot at anal angle; slight gray spottings along the margin. Expanse, 

 29 mm. 



Coty pes. — Three males. No. 14279, U.S.N.M., Misantla, Mexico,. 

 June, 1911 (R. Mtiller); Santa Rosa, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico, 

 May and August, 1906 (W. Schaus). 



This species is allied to T. pJiilinna Hewitson, but is much wliiter 

 below. 



Family HESPERIID.E. 



Genus HETEROPIA Mabille.i 



HETEROPIA CYLEDIS, new species. 



Bronzy brown, the mngs above washed with yellowish at base, 

 on the fore mng to the middle, on the hind wing nearly throughout, 



' Not Heteropia Carter, which has precedence. 



