198 entomological news. [June, *o6 



cate thread-like tail, one-eighth of an inch long, tipped with white. Hind 

 margin has a delicate gray fringe. The edge of hind margin has a fine 

 whitish line, inside of which is a black thread. The submedian interspa- 

 ces show the dark interspacial markings of the under side. Inner margin 

 white. 



Under side of fore wing grayish white, dusted with brown towards 

 base. One-sixteenth of an inch within hind margin is a wavy line of 

 blackish brown extending down to inner margin. The space between 

 this and the margin is light gray, with prominent interspacial triangular 

 spots of blackish brown, one-sixteenth of an inch within this line is 

 another line extending from costa down to second submedian nervule, 

 the intermediate space being nearly white. There is another similar line 

 running across the end of the discoidal space only. From this line the 

 dusting of darker color increases towards the base. 



Under side of hind wing the same ground color. At centre of costa is 

 a lunule, brown on its outer edge, white within with a black spot at its 

 centre. From upper angle a brown line extends straight across the wing 

 to the centre of the inner margin. Outside of this is a space one-sixteenth 

 of an inch wide, of light gray. Outside of this, the area to hind margin 

 is dark brown, broken by a series of interspacial lighter brown semicircles 

 near the margin, the interior portion these semicircles being nearly black. 



The hind margins have a thread of white. 



Hab. — Suapure, Venezuela. 



This species is nearly identical with T. argiva Hew., which 

 has no tails. It is also near T. tadita Hew., which is in the 

 Hewitson collection. 



Thecla hosmeri sp. nov. Expanse .95 inch. — Head, thorax, abdomen 

 above, black. Below gray. Palpi gray. Antennae black, with micro- 

 scopic white annulations at base of each joint. Club black. 



Upper side of hind wing black, with slaty lustre. At the end of subme- 

 dian nervule is a short thread-like tail. Below this, at end of second sub" 

 median nervule, is another longer tail, both black, with a white tip. 



Under side of fore wing brownish slate color. From a point on costa, 

 two-thirds distance to apex, runs a brick- red line, bordered on its outer 

 edge with a white thread, down to submedian nervule. 



Under side of hind wing brownish slate color. The brick-red line of 

 fore wing is continued running downwards parallel to hind margin and 

 meeting inner margin just above the anal angle. In the four lower inter- 

 spaces this line becomes jagged, forming a series of semicircles. Outside 

 of the first two of these semicircles are patches of brick- red, the lower one 

 having a black point on its lower edge. At the angle is another brick-red 

 patch or spot, smaller than the others, with a black point on its lower 

 edge. Just within the hind margin, running from anal angle to the me- 

 dian nervure is a white thread. 



Wings have a slight fringe of the ground color. 



