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Show 1878.] DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA FROM CENTRAL AMERICA. 269 species; from both it differs in the absence of the band crossing the secondaries, its place being occupied by a row of very small spots : beneath, the markings of the secondaries are very indistinct, and consist chiefly of dark marks near the region of the anal angle, and one projected from beyond the middle of the costa halfway across the wing. Hab. Guatemala; hacienda "lasNubes;" valleys of the rivers Chisoy and Polochic. Mus. nostr. 12. PHYCIODES CYNEAS, sp. n. cf. Exp. 1*45 in. Allied to P. leanira, Feld., ex California, from which it differs in having a well-defined submarginal row of red spots on the secondaries above, and also some red spots near the middle of the outer margin of the primaries, but none on the inner part of the wing: beneath, the dark markings of P. leanira across the cell and towards the costa of the secondaries are wanting; but, as in that species, the nervules are black. Hab. Mexico, mountains of Oaxaca (Fenocchio). Mus. nostr. 13. PHYCIODES NEBULOSA. cf. Exp. 1*5 in. Belongs to the P.-ardys (Hew.) group. Markings of wings above deep tawny red; wings more elongated than in P. ardys and its allies ; base of the secondaries with obsolete tawny marks; secondaries beneath pale greyish, region of the outer margin dark, and a dark subtriangular mark from the costa halfway across the wing. Hab. Guatemala, hacienda "las Nubes " (0. Si). Mus. nostr. Taken in the beginning of February 1874. 14. ERESIA MECHANITIS, sp. n. 5 . Exp. 2 2 in. Like E. eunice (Hiibn.), but differing in having the apical half of the primaries crossed with two well-defined yellowish bands: the inner one is but slightly indented and not distinctly broken as in E. eunice; the outer one crosses the apex as a distinct band instead of being an obsolete spot. Hab. Nicaragua (Janson). Probably a northern race of E. eunice, but differing slightly from all the forms of that species found in the Amazonian region. 15. ERESIA DRYPETIS, sp. n. cf. Exp. 2*2 in. Differs from E. eunice and the last-described species chiefly in the narrowness and direction of the transverse band of the secondaries. The dark mark over the median nervure of the primaries is obsolete ; the dark band crossing the primaries is continuous. Hab. Panama (McLeannan, type) ; Guatemala, interior (S. 8e G.). |
