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MR. H. H. DRUCE OX NEOTROPICAL [June 18, 



Thecla candor, sp. n. (Plate XXXTII. fig. 1.) 



Male. Allied to T. loxurina Feld., and with the small black 

 brand on fore wing as in that species, but smaller, and on the 

 upper side with the blue areas darker and more extensive. On 

 the imder side the basal half of the fore wing is plain greyish 

 brown, not dusted with red as in T. loxurina. 



The shape of the hind wing is entirely different, the anal angle 

 being produced to form one short broad tail without any pro- 

 jecting lobe. The tail is dark reddish brown, and this brown 

 colour runs partially along the anal margin. 



Expanse l-l-ro ii^ch. 



Hah. Huancabamba, N. Peru, 6000-10,000 feet. 



Type, Mus. Druce. 



We have several specimens agreeing with ea,ch other, and I 

 have found two in the Hewitson cabinet in the British Museum, 

 labelled Ecuador and placed with T. atymna Hew., which is 

 another species with a distinct lobe-like appendix. 



Thecla hybla, sp. n. (Plate XXXIIT. fig. 4.) 



Male. Upper side uniform shining greenish blue, with the apex 

 and outer margin of fore wing broadly and costal margin to 

 cell- wall brownish black. Apex of hind wing brownish black, 

 gradually narrowing to anal angle. Under side— Fore wing 

 brownish grey with a darker ultramedian band and some 

 marginal shades ; the lower discal area is shining olivaceous, 

 and from the base reaching to the junction of the median ner- 

 vules and partially into the cell is a streak of opalescent greenish 

 blue. The hind wing is pale greyish with darker mottlings and 

 marbled with dark red towards the base and outer margin, and 

 with a central red zigzag line from the costa to the abdominal 

 margin. The palpi are clothed with long hairs and the terminal 

 joint is very small a,nd completely covered by them. There is no 

 brand on the fore wing. 



Expanse If inch. 



Hab. Ecuador. 



Type, Hew. Coll. British Museum. 



Allied to T. arria Hew.*, but larger, bright blue above, and the 

 marbling on the hind wing below red, not brown, and diflferently 

 placed. 



Thecla tyrrius, sp. n. (Plate XXXIII. fig. 3.) 

 Male. Upper side uniform dull blackish brown with the basal 

 areas, more especially on the hind wing, pale shining blue. An 

 elongate, paler brand at the end of the cell in the fore wing. 

 Und'er side brownish grey ; hind wing dusted with dark red scales, 

 and with red linear markings arranged much as in T. mirma 

 Hew.t' on the fore wing, which has an ultramedian and a sub- 

 maro-inal lunular line, is a discal streak of pale opalescent blue, 



* Thecla a7-ria Hew. 111. Diur. Lep. p. 213, pi. 85. figs. 729, 730. 

 t Thecla mirma Hew. HI. Diur. Lep. p. 212, pi. 85. figs. 718-720. 



