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inner margin greyish ; a faint dark marginal line at tornus. 

 Hind wings : outer line fine, f uscoiis, outwardly edged with 

 white, more broadly on costa, vertical from veins 8 to 6, appearing 

 incurved on account of the broader white edging, slightly outset 

 below 6 and below 5, inset below 4, outset below 3, inset and 

 horizontal below 2, downbent on submedian, angled and upbent 

 to inner margin ; a fine subterminal black line from vein 3 to 

 inner margin, and darker spots at apex ; a marginal red spot 

 with black point and terminal white line between 2 and 3 ; a 

 black spot Avith white irrorations below vein 2 ; a black spot at 

 anal angle surmounted by^ a reddish shade. 



Expanse 24 mm. 



Hah. Guapiles, La Florida. 



I do not know any species with which I can compare this. 



In British Museum. 



Thecla melma, sp. n. (PI. LII. fig. 4.) 



J. Palpi black, the base of joints white. Body black ; some 

 white on vertex, and white lines close to eyes. Wings deep blue. 

 Fore wings : costa, apex, and outer margin black, the apical 

 space reaching to near cell ; a black line on discocellular. Hind 

 wings : margins very narrowly black, slightly broader at apex. 

 Wings below bright greyish bistre. Fore wings : an outer 

 vertical fine fuscous line, outwardly edged with white from near 

 costa to vein 2 ; a terminal fine brown line ; cilia fuscous. 

 Hind wings : a white line on discocellular ; outer line black out- 

 wardly edged with white, outset on costa, almost vertical from 

 veins 7 to 4, then inset and downbent to vein 2, forming the 

 usual W to inner margin ; subterminal lunules indicated by 

 greyish shading from vein 7 to vein 2, followed between 2 and 3 

 by a large i-ed space, outwardly broken by a triangular black 

 space ; some reddish scales above vein 3 ; below vein 2, marginal 

 white irrorations ; a terminal white line from vein 5 to sub- 

 median ; anal lobe black inwardly edged with white. 



Expanse 27 mm. 



Hab. Guapiles ; also Bugaba, Panama. 



Thecla guapila, sp. n. (PI. LII. fig. 1.) 



S . Thorax and base of abdomen metallic blue, abdomen 

 otherwise fuscous above, yellowish white below. Head brown, 

 with white lines at eyes. Wings silky blue. Fore wings : costal 

 margin, apex to near glandular spot, arid outer margin, narrowly 

 at tornvis, black ; a small black spot at end of cell followed by 

 an oval brownish glandular spot. Hind wings : apex narrowly, 

 and cilia black. Wings below dark brownish slate-colour. Fore 

 wings : inner margin greyish ; a fine outer fuscous line, almost 

 vertical from below costa to vein 2, outwardly faintly pale-edged ; 

 faint traces of a dark subterminal line. Hind wings : outer line 

 interrupted, dark brown, outwardly edged with white, inbent on 



