X0.1262. XEW AMERICAN BUTTERFLIES— SCHA US. 417 
Expanse. — Male, 35 millimeters; female, 36 millimeters. 
ITahnat. — Petropolis, Castro, Brazil. 
Allied to T. pollhetes Cramer; differs in color, and spots on pri- 
maries below. 
Jy^A.— No. 5943, U.S.N.M. 
THECLA FOYI, new species. 
Diagnosis. — Jifi'A.— Primaries, black; the greater portion of cell, a 
line above it and the space below it to near outer margin, brilliant dark 
blue. Secondaries, brilliant dark blue, outer margin finely black; 
outer half of costa above vein 6, black; inner margin, grayish; some 
white scales at anal angle. Underneath, light grayish brown. Pri- 
maries, a fine outer line from veins 2 to 7, whitish, inwardly shaded 
with brown. Secondaries, a fine white outer line interrupted at veins 
2, 4, and 7, inwardly shaded with brown, darkest toward inner margin; 
a faint whitish subterminal shade divided by fine brownish crescents; a 
small thick red crescent between veins 2 and 3, with a black spot out- 
wardly; a smaller red shade and a black spot at anal angle; a terminal 
brown line inwardly shaded with white below vein 4. Female wings 
dark brown. Primaries shot with blue on inner margin near base. 
Secondaries shot with metallic blue in and below cell to near outer 
margin. Underneath similar to male. 
E,rpanHe. — Male, 27 millimeters; female, 25 millimeters. 
Hah it at. — Peru. 
Type.—^o. 5944, U.S.N.M. 
THECLA ARITIDES, new species. 
Duignos'is. — Male. — Primaries, black; base of cell and below it 
obliqueh' to near inner angle bright cerulean blue; a brownish quad- 
rate brand at end of cell; fringe reddish. Secondaries, bright cerulean 
blue; the apex blackish, becoming narrow at vein 3; fringe brown, 
divided by a white line below vein 4; a subterminal dark broken line 
below vein 3. Underneath, silk}" reddish brown. Primaries, a disco- 
cellular pale-blue streak; a fine pale-blue outer line from costa to 
'submedian vein. Secondaries, lines pale blue; a median line from 
costa-to lower angle of cell; an outer straight line from veins 7 to 4, 
below it a fine W to inner margin; an interrupted subterminal line; a 
reddish brown space with a black spot between veins 2 and 3; some 
reddish brown below vein 2; a dark spot at anal angle surmounted by 
pale blue scales. 
Eitjpanse. — Twenty-four millimeters. 
Haljitat. — Merida, Venezuela. 
There is a specimen of this species in M. Godman's collection 
labeled aratus, hy ^Nloritz. 
Ti/jje.—:^o. 5945. U.S.N.M. 
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