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Show 362 MESSRS. GODMAN AND SALVIN ON [Mar. 19, white on the secondaries, that between second median branch and lower radial the largest. Hab. Veragua, Chiriqui (Arce). Mus. H. Druce. 6. LIMNAS MELANOCHLORA. cJ. Exp. 1*3 in. Above black, with a broad central stripe of rich orange passing longitudinally through both primaries and secondaries from base to outer margin : beneath, as above, but somewhat more subdued in colour. Hab. Veragua, Chiriqui (Ribbe). Mus. nostr. et Dr. Staudinger. Obs. Allied to L. bryaxis, but the wing-stripes narrower and their edges parallel; their colour, too, is orange instead of yellow. 7. LIMNAS CERULEATA. d. Exp. 1*55 in. Above dark, with a rich blue gloss ; across the primaries to the costa, a little beyond the middle, a distinct orange-yellow band with parallel edges : beneath dark blue-black, with the band of the primaries as above ; between the submedian and median nervures, and between the median branches of the secondaries are blue-grey streaks, which become more distinct near the anal angle. Hab. Veragua, Chiriqui (Ribbe). Mus. nostr. It will probably be necessary to remove this species, L. bryaxis, and L. melanochlora from Limnas and place them in a distinct genus. 8. CYRENIA PYRIPPE. d • Exp. 1*8 in. Allied to C. martia. Secondaries shorter, and outer margin less produced and rounded; the white and red spots of the secondaries above nearly obsolete; beneath the white spot of the same wings is oval instead of round, and placed nearer the outer margin. Hab. Veragua (Arci). Mus. nostr. 9. ITHOMEIS IMITATRIX. Ithomeis eulema, Butl. & Druce, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 353 (nee Hew.). d • Exp. 2*15 in. Primaries and margin of the secondaries black; a curved row of six ochraceous spots nearly parallel to the outer margin of the primaries, the three nearest the costa elongated; three similar spots, one near the end of the cell and one on each side of the second median branch ; an obsolete streak between the median and submedian nervures, and the secondaries (except the margin) tawny red ; four small yellow spots within the black margin of the secondaries: beneath as above, the spots in the margin of the secondaries being larger and seven in number; this black margin passes ou to the base of the wing, leaving the basal half of the costa tawny red. Hab. Veragua and Costa Rica. *. |