NEW BRAZILIAX BUTTERFLIES. 899 



ThECLA FERNANDA, sp. n. (PI. XCVII. fig. 7.) 



Allied to T. nuhilum H. H. Drnce. 



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

 a few white scales at tornus ; 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. mtbilum 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. 



Hab. Fernandes Pinheiro, Parana, Brazil, 



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



3Iale. Upper side dark metallic lilacine blue ; costa and termen 

 of fore wings narrowly black, bi'oader 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 suffused 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 Avhite, strongly 

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

 a series of subterminal lunular spots shaded inwardly Avith white, 

 followed by orange spot at tornus, a dark s2:)ot irrorated with 

 white below vein 2 and an orange spot containing black point 

 below 3 ; a narrow white terminal line ; cilia dark brown with 

 bluish-white tips. 



Expanse 24 mm. 



Hab. Castro, ParanA, Brazil. 



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



Closely allied to T. lemona Hew. 



Male. Upper side dull dark metallic blue ; fore Avings : 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 

 wdiite ; a red spot on lobe. Under side brown witii 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 

 T. lemona, but they are much mor-e diffused and subdued ; this 

 difference and the lilacine reflection readilj^ distinguish the 

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



