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THECLA ECHINITA, new species. 
Diac/nosis. — Female. — Wings, dull bluish gruy. Primaries, apex and 
outer margin blackish; fringe, buff. Secondaries, a terminal white 
line preceded by blackish triangular spots; fringe black at base, out- 
wardly white. Underneath, gray. Primaries, a reddish brown outer 
curved band outwardly shaded with white, tine and inwardly angled 
below vein 2; a subterminal dull brownish shade interrupted by the 
veins; the costa finely, and base of fringe reddish brown. Secondaries, 
an irregular outer brown band, outwardly shaded with white; the sub- 
terminal dull ])rown, lunular, outwardl}^ shaded with reddish brown 
below vein 6, more thickly so between veins "2 and 3 and there fol- 
lowed by a black point; a black streak at anal angle; a fine terminal 
brown line; fringe, white. 
Expanse. — Twenty-four millimeters. 
Ilahltat. — Orizaba. Mexico. 
Ti/2)e.—l^o. 5946, U.S.N.M. 
THECLA GUADALA, new species. 
Diagnosis. — Male. — Primaries, metallic steel blue; the apex broadly 
black; a somewhat oval black brand at the end of cell; fringe, light 
brown. Secondaries, metallic steel blue, the costa narrowl}^ black; 
the outer margin finely black; fringe, grayish; a white line and a red 
spot at anal angle. Underneath, dark gray. Primaries, a white outer 
line inwardly shaded with dark gray, ver}- indistinct and inwardly 
angled below vein 2; a darker gray subterminal line interrupted by 
the veins. Secondariei^, the outer line as on primaries, nearly straight, 
curved near inner margin and broken at vein 2; the subterminal darker 
gray, inwardly shaded with bluish white, interrupted by a round red 
spot below vein 3, this spot inwardly limited by a black crescent, out- 
wardly by a black point; anal angle red, with two black spots and 
some bluish white irrorations; a terminal dark brown line preceded 
b}' white below vein 4. 
Female. — Primaries black, the basal third bluish gray. Second- 
aries, bluish gra}^; the outer margin narrowly, the costal margin 
broadly black; a terminal black line preceded by white below vein 4; 
a black marginal spot between veins 3 and 4; a red spot at anal angle. 
Underneath, similar to the male. 
Exjxinse. — Male, 30 millimeters; female, 28 millimeters. 
Hahitat. — Guadalajara, Mexico. 
Allied to T. hrescia Hewitson. 
Type.—^o. 5947, U.S.N.M. 
