s u. 1262. j\rE W A MERICAN B UTTER FLIES—SCRA US. 411 
metallic blue; the apex and outer margin narrowl}^ black; fringe black 
at base, outwardly whitish. Underneath gray; a terminal darker line 
inwardly shaded with white; subterminal dark gray, lunular. shaded 
on either side with white. Primaries, the outer line dark brown, out- 
wardly shaded with white, wavy from below costa to vein 2, pre- 
ceded below 2 by a grayish line. Secondaries, an inner black line, 
inwardly bordered with white, outwardly with dark red interrupted 
above and below cell; the outer line black, inwardly bordered with 
red, outwardly with Avhite, irregular, angled near inner margin; a red 
marginal spot with black point between veins 2 and 8; a black point 
with a few red scales, and a black line above it at anal angle. 
Expantie. — TwentA^-two millimeters. 
Habitat. — Petropolis, Brazil. 
Type.—'iso. 5929, U.S.N.M. 
THECLA VIECA, new species. 
Dlagmms. — Primaries blackish gray, shaded with lilacine gray at 
base and on inner margin. Secondaries white, shaded with lilacine 
blue; the costal and outer margins blackish gray; a terminal darker 
line; fringe white. Underneath light brown. Primaries, a subter- 
minal broad, darker brown shade from costa to vein 2, outwardly 
lunular and shaded with white, followed by a straight whitish shade; 
inner margin whitish. Secondaries, .an outer irregular lunular white 
line; a white linule near base of costa; a broad median white shade 
from costa to cell posteriori}^, and partly extending below vein 2; outer 
margin broadly whitish, leaving a lunular subterminal light brown 
line, and similar marginal spots between the veins; a small red spot 
and black point on subterminal between veins 2 and 3; an anal black 
spot surmounted with red. 
Expanse. — Twenty-seven millimeters. 
Hahltat. — Cucuta, Venezuela. 
Type.—^o. 5930, U.S.N.M. 
THECLA RICKMANI, new species. 
Diagnosis. — Male. — Primaries black, shaded along submedian vein 
with dark metallic blue. Secondaries dark metallic blue; the costa 
and outer margin narrowly black; a white spot on inner margin near 
anal angle; fringe terminally white. Underneath light olivaceous 
brown. Primaries, a tine black outer line outwardly shaded with buff 
from costa to vein 2; a subterminal dark shade, not reaching apex. 
Secondaries, a black outer line outwardly bordered with white, straight 
from vein 7 to 4, inwardly curved below 3 and below 2, upwardly 
oblique from submedian to inner margin; a black subterminal lunular 
line, touching outer line at vein 2 and submedian, broadly shaded with 
red outwardly below vein 3 to inner margin, and slightly to just above 
