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Thecla madie sp. nov. Expanse 1.10 inches. Female. — Head, palpi, 

 thorax and abdomen above, dark mouse color ; beneath, light mouse 

 color. Antennae black, with white annulation at base of each joint. Club 

 black, with tawny tip. Legs light mouse color, with white annulations 



Upper side of fore wing dark mouse color. The basal area slightly blue. 



Upper side of hind wing dark mouse color. Basal area light blue, 

 dusted with mouse colored scales, shading of! to mouse color toward 

 upper angle and hind margin. From the lower submedian nervule, ex- 

 tends a delicate tail one-eighth of an inch long, tipped with white, and 

 above it a similar but shorter tail extending from the submedian nervule. 

 From anal angle a delicate white thread, following contour of hind margin, 

 extends toward upper angle, disappearing almost midway. At anal an- 

 gle is a tawny dot. Inner margin light gray. 



Under side of fore wing light mouse color. A conspicuous dark line 

 bordered with a white thread on outer side extends downwards from near 

 costa to submedian nervule. The hind marginal area, for one-sixteenth 

 of an inch inward, is somewhat lighter than ground color, and has sugges- 

 tion of darker half circles in the interspaces. The inner margin is lighter 

 than ground color, gradually shading into it. 



Under side of hind wing light mouse color. A dark line, dusted with 

 tawny and bordered by a white thread on its outer side, extends from 

 centre of costa to centre of second submedian nervule, then turning up- 

 wards to centre of inner margin. This line is jagged, with angles in each 

 interspace, and forms a continuation of the line on the fore wing, but 

 more fully developed. There is a tawny spot at anal angle, blackish at 

 angle. In interspaces, between the two tails, is another spot of lighter 

 shade. The white marginal thread of the upper surface is repeated. The 

 light hind marginal area of under side of fore wing is continued on hind 

 wing. 



The hind margins have a slight fringe of the ground color. 



Hab. — Suapure, Venezuela. 



This species could not be found in the larger collections in 

 this country, nor in the collection of Druce, the British Mus- 

 eum, etc. It resembles T. cleon Fabr. 



Thecla carter! sp. nov. Expanse .80 inch. — Head, thorax and abdo- 

 men nearly black above, with a few light blue hairs. Beneath, gray. 

 Palpi white. Antennae black, with indistinct white annulations at base of 

 each joint. Club above, black ; below, tawny. Legs gray. 



Upper side of fore wing nearly black. The space within a line drawn 

 from a point on inner margin just inside lower angle up to centre of mt" 

 dian nervure and thence to base, is light blue. 



Upper side of hind wing light blue at base, nearly white as it approaches 

 costa and hind margin. There is a blackish border along costa, extend- 

 ing half way down hind margin. At end of submedian nervule is a deli- 



