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Thecla ornata, sp. n. 



£ . Primaries blackish, with a large reddish- orange patch on the disc, 

 intersected by the second and third median nervules; fringes dark grey. 

 Secondaries fuliginous brown, with a short tail at the extremity of the second, 

 and a much longer one at the extremity of the third median nervule; both 

 are black, tipped with white ; fringes white, tipped with black and preceded 

 by a black line which towards anal angle is edged internally with whitish. 

 Under surface olivaceous grey; central transverse line of primaries white- 

 edged internally with black; submarginal series of black spots bordered 

 with white and increasing in size towards inner margin : secondaries have 

 a white central line inwardly edged with black, and uniting in the second 

 median interspace with a submarginal line composed of white-edged black 

 spots, and followed by a reddish-orange patch, which is widest between the 

 second and third median nervules, and hardly to be traced beyond the first 

 median branch ; from the abdominal margin, above the orange patch, are 

 two short black-edged oblique lines, approximating at their discal ex- 

 tremities; between the termination of these lines and the juncture of central 

 and submarginal lines is a black-edged white curve; a black spot at anal 

 angle, between which, and one in the second median interspace is a pale blue 

 patch edged internally with black ; fringes of all the wings olivaceous grey, 

 preceded by a dark line, which is edged internally with white, especially on 

 the secondaries. 



2 . Fuliginous brown, without reddish-orange patch. Under surface as 

 in the male. Expanse, $ 32 — 34 mm., ? 35 mm. 



Two male and one female specimens taken in July at Chang 

 Yang. 



Allied to T. v-album, Oberth. Etud. d'Ent. xi. pi. iv. fig. 23, 

 but the reddish-orange patch on upper surface of primaries is 

 more in the centre of wing, and the markings of under surface 

 are of a very different character. 



Thecla rubicundula, sp. n. 



$■ . Fuliginous-brown. Primaries with a discal reddish orange suffusion. 

 The tail of secondaries hardly darker, narrowly tipped with white ; fringes 

 grey. Under surface brown ; outer margin of primaries broadly tinged with 

 reddish orange ; central transverse line white, bordered internally with dark 

 brownish ; there are some indications of a submarginal series of black dots ; 

 central transverse line of secondaries white, bordered internally with dark 

 brownish, and bidentated before reaching the abdominal margin ; outer 

 margin broadly bordered with reddish orange, and preceded by a submarginal 

 series of small black spots, edged internally with bluish ; a black spot at 

 anal angle, and one in the second median interspace ; between these is a 

 faintly blue triangular spot. Expanse, 31 mm. 



Two male specimens, Chang Yang ; June. 



Allied to Thecla ornata, but the primaries are paler and the 

 reddish orange colour does not form a distinct patch ; on the 

 under surface the red markings at once separate it both from 

 T. ornata and T. v-album. 



DlPSAS MINERVA, Sp. n. 



? . Pale orange-brown ; outer margin of primaries narrowly bordered 



with black, broader at the apex. Secondaries with a black spot on outer 



margin between second and third median nervules, and another at anal 



angle ; fringes grey, darker at the tips and extremities of nervules, preceded 



