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THECLA HOSTIS, new species. 
Diagnosis. — Male. — Primaries, a brown brand at end of cell; a gray 
brand beyond it, separated and encircled by blue; the costa above cell 
and brands, the apex and outer margin black, otherwise dark metallic 
blue. Secondaries dark metallic blue; the costal margin l^lack; the 
outer margin hnely black; the fringe black, terminally white. Under- 
neath brownish gray. Primaries, a curved whitish outer line, inwardly 
edged with darker gray from veins 7 to 2; faint subterminal darker 
shades between the veins Secondaries, an outer line, slightly irregular, 
cut by the veins, white, inwardly edged with dark gray; subterminal 
dark-gray crescents between the veins, shaded with white and inter- 
rupted between veins 2 and 3 by a large red spot containing a black 
point outwardly; a terminal white line below vein 5; fringe dark 
brown at base, terminally white; a black spot at anal angle. 
- Expanse. — Twenty-eight millimeters. 
Habitat. — Nova Friburgo, Brazil. 
Allied to T. tephnmis Hiibner. 
TyjM.—^o. 5950, U.S.N.M. 
THECLA GENTILLA, new species. 
Diagnosis. — Male. — Wings dark bluish gray, without any metallic 
shading; the outer margins finel}^ blackish. Underneath, light grayish 
brown; whitish discocelluhir streaks. Primaries, a fine darker outer 
line, straight from costa to vein 2, outwardl}^ shaded with whitish. 
Secondaries, a terminal black line inwardly shaded with white below 
3; the outer line blackish, outwardly shaded with white, inwardly 
oblique from costa to vein 7, then straight to vein 4, inwardly curved 
below 3, and below vein 2, angled before inner margin; the two 
lunules tilled in with black, which is irrorated with red in the lunule 
below vein 2, and is also followed by a black space thickly irrorated 
with white; the lunule below vein 3 is followed by a large black spot 
containing a red lunule; some black and white at anal angle. 
Expanse. — Twenty millimeters. 
Habitat. — Petropolis, Brazil. 
Type.—^o. 5951, U.S.N.M. 
THECLA GUZANTA, new species. 
Diagnosis. — Male. — No brands; wings darkish brown; fringe still 
darker at base, terminally grayer. Secondaries, a red spot at anal 
angle; also some long white hairs. Underneath lighter brown; a pale 
discocellular streak. Primaries, a dark outer line shaded inwardly 
with red, outwardl}^ with white, straight from costa to vein 4, then 
bent in slightly and straight to vein 2; a fine dark subterminal line. 
Secondaries, the outer line much more heavily shaded with red, nearly 
