NEW BRAZILIAN BUTTERFLIES. 899 



ThECLA FERNANDA, Sp. n. (PI. XOVII. fig. 7.) 



Allied to T. nuhiltmi H. H. Drnce. 



Male. Upper side dark blackish brown ; a red spot on lobe and 

 a few white scales at toi'nus ; tails black tipped with white. 

 Under side yellowish grey-brown ; fore wings : a dark postmedial 

 band outwardly bordered with white, nearly straight from costa 

 to vein 2 ; hind wings : postmedial band inwardly shaded with 

 red and outwardly with white, angled on veins 1 and 2, proximate 

 between veins 3 and 4, straight from 4 to 7, distal above 7 

 forming conspicuous spot at costa. Differs from T. nuhihim in 

 the band on fore wing being straighter, that on the hind wing- 

 less acutely angled on veins 1 and 2 and in the distal spot at costa, 

 also in absence of discocellular bar. 



Expanse 29 mm. 



Hah. Fernandes Pinheiro, Parana, Brazil. 



Thecla NORA, sp. n. (PI, XCVII. fig, 8,) 



Male, Upper side dark metallic lilacine blue ; costa and termen 

 of fore wings narrowly black, broader at apex ; a large black 

 brand beyond cell ; cilia black at base, whitish metallic blue at 

 tips ; hind wings : costal area greyish brown ; a fine black 

 terminal line ; cilia black with bluish-white band. Under side 

 brownish grey : fore wings sufi'used with steel-blue on submedian 

 area ; postmedial band inwardly dark brown, outwardly white 

 from costa to vein 3, below vein 3 the brown changes to blue ; 

 a very indistinct subterminal line, inwardly white, outwardly 

 brown; cilia brown; hind wings : postmedial band dark brown, 

 shaded inwardly with orange and outwardly with white, strongly 

 angled on veins 1 and 2, outwardly displaced between 4 and 5 ; 

 a series of subterminal lunular spots shaded inwardly with white, 

 followed by orange spot at tornus, a dark spot irrorated with 

 white below vein 2 and an orange spot containing black point 

 below 3 ; a nari'ow white terminal line ; cilia dark brown with 

 bluish-white tips. 



Expanse 24 mm. 



Hab. Castro, Parand, Brazil. 



Thecla molena, sp. n. (PI. XCYIL fig, 9,) 



Closely allied to T. lemona Hew. 



Male. Upper side dull dark metallic blue ; fore wings : outer 

 half of costa, apex and termen black ; a large oval black brand 

 crossed by blue discocellular bar ; extreme costa tawny at base ; 

 hind wings : termen narrowly black ; tails black tipped with 

 white ; a red spot on lobe. Under side brown with a lilacine 

 reflection on terminal area of fore wings and the whole of the 

 hind wings. The bands and lines are much the same as in 

 2\ lemona, but they are much more diffused and subdued ; this 

 difference and the lilacine reflection readily distinguish the 

 species. T. lemona is also a larger insect than the present. 



