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1871.] MR. A. G. BUTLER ON NEW LEPIDOPTERA. 79 incisor ; upper molars with two triangular prisms ; lower incisor very elongated ; lower canine smallest tooth of mandible. Thirteen to fifteen dorsal vertebrae ; five or six lumbar vertebrae ; large cervical hypapophyses ; no lumbar hypapophysial ossicles ; well-marked hyperapophyses ; manubrium broad, but not keeled ; clavicle small and slender, not joining humerus ; scapula short and broad ; a bifurcating acromion process; generally a supracondyloid foramen in humerus ; radius and ulna distinct; no sickle-shaped bone or os intermedium in carpus ; ultimate phalanges not bifurcating ; pelvis narrow, symphysis widely open ; femur with a third trochanter ; tibia and fibula confluent below; five digits to each extremity ; no caecum. Hab. The Old World, and North America. DESCRIPTION OF PLATE V. Fig. 1. Skeleton of Ericulus, slightly less than the natural size. 2. Right humerus, seen in front. 3. Right femur, seen in front. 4. Right carpus and metacarpus, twice the natural size: i, os intermedium ; I, lunare; r, radial sesamoid ossicle; s, scaphoides. 5. Right tarsus and metatarsus, twice the natural size. 6. Pelvis seen on its abdominal side, showing the separation of the pubic bones. 7. Four lumbar vertebrce, once and a half the natural size: h, hyperapo-physis. 5. Descriptions of some new Species of Exotic Lepidoptera. By ARTHUR GARDINER BUTLER, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. [Received January 11, 1871.] Genus AMAURIS, Hiibner. A M A U R I S INFERNA, n. sp. Front wings above as in A. egialea, but the two large central hyaline patches wider apart, and the two central spots of the oblique subapical series placed as in A. echeria. Hind wings above and below almost as in A. hecate, but the shape of A. damocles. Front wings below with paler apical area; three white points at centre of outer margin. Expanse of wings 3 inches 6| lines. Hab. West Africa. Coll. W. W. Saunders. Genus DANAIS, Latreille. DANAIS INO, n. sp. Front wings as in D. limniace, but with only three small spots in the oblique series beyond the cell; the interno-basal streaks united in the middle. Hind wings almost as in D. choaspes; no discoidal black streak, but the basal patch between median and submedian |
