NO. 2239. NEW LEPIDOPTERA FROM MEXICO— DYAR. 337 



THECLA NIPPIA, new speciea. 



Fore wing blackish, shaded with light blue on basal third below 

 cell and in cell to its end. Hind wing blue to vein 6 ; fringe white ; 

 a black terminal line ; tail at vein 2 long, white margined and tipped ; 

 tail on vein 3 short, white. Below, white; fore wing with faint 

 whiter outer line, dislocated at the veins. Hind wing with the outer 

 line slender, blackish, edged without by white, forming a shallow 

 W from vein 3 to margin; a faint submarginal line; a red spot in the 

 interspace 2-3 with outer black center; a black and red speck at tor- 

 nus. Expanse, 25 mm. 



Type.— Female, Cat. No. 21201, U.S.N.M.; Sierra de Guerrero, 

 Mexico, January, 1911 (R. Miiller). 



THECLA JANTHODONIA. new species. 



Fore wing black, shaded with dark metallic blue below cell for 

 two-thirds. Hind wing blue almost to the margin; tail at vein 2 

 long, black; at vein 3, short. Below, dark slate-gray; fore wing 

 with a bluish white line from vein 9 to 2 just beyond cell, broken on 

 the veins, and a similar fainter submarginal one. Hind wing with a 

 blue dash below vein 8, one-third out; outer and submarginal lines 

 approximated, similar, of bluish, edged respectively within and with- 

 out with black, broken into spots by the veins ; the outer line forms a 

 confused W from vein 3 to the margin, running into the submarginal 

 line; a large black space with blue scales at tornus to above vein 3; 

 a black spot and red crescent in interspace 2-3. Expanse, 25 mm. 



Type.—Csit No. 21202, U.S.N.M.; Santa Rosa, Vera Cruz, Mexico, 

 August, 1906 (W. Schaus). 



THECLA VEVENAE, new species. 



Wings black above, with dark blue luster, which reaches to the 

 margin according to the light. No tails, the anal angle a little hairy. 

 Beneath, shining dark green; fore wing gray along inner margin; 

 hind wing with traces of an outer broken white line with blackish 

 inner edging; a terminal black line on both wings, the fringe gray. 

 Expanse, 21 mm. 



Type.— Cat. No. 21203, U.S.N.M.; Misantla, Vera Cruz, Mexico, 

 June, 1910 (R. Miiller). 



Near T. semones Godman and Salvin. 



THECLA MURIDOSCA, new species. 



Wings black ; fore wing violet blue in and below cell to two-thirds. 

 Hind wing tinged with blue below cell ; a large patch of rough scales 

 nearly covering cell, around which the color is gray. No tails, the 

 anal angle a little hairy. Below glaucous green; fore wing brown 



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