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Show 1879.] ON B U T T E R F L I E S F R O M N E W I R E L A N D ETC. 155 HESPERIA AURIFER. Exp. 2*1 in. Above brownish black ; two spots at the end of the cell, and a row of eight running more or less parallel from the inner margin to the costa, diaphanous, that between the first and second median branches being the largest. Beneath rich dark brown, the central portion of primaries black ; the spots of the primaries as above ; a row of seven golden spots across the secondaries, one at the end of the cell, six in a linear series beyond it ; cilia of secondaries alternately black and white. Hab. Irazu, Costa Rica (Rogers). HESPERIA SAPTINE. Exp. 2*2 in. Upperside deep brown, a large semidiaphanous yellow spot, divided into five by the nervules, crosses the middle of the wing from the costa nearly to the anal angle, the inner edge of this spot is deeply sinuated ; apical margin of secondaries narrowly bordered with yellow. Beneath rich dark brown, the band of the primaries as above, apex enclosing three dark spots pinkish brown ; outer margin, costal region, and a band crossing the wing from the middle of the abdominal margin towards the apex dark brown ; the rest, including the apex, pinkish brown. Antennae brown above and yellow beneath. Hab. Iraza, Costa Rica (Rogers). HESPERIA SYRNA. Exp. 2*3 in. Upper surface dark brown, paler towards the apices of the primaries ; the cell of the primaries, except the proximal end, a large trifid spot with deeply sinuated inner edge cut by the first and second median branches, a small trifid spot near the costa between the end of the cell and the apex, and three small spots between the apex and the cell of the secondaries semidiaphanous yellow. Beneath exactly as above ; antennae wholly brown. Hab. Irazu, Costa Rica (Rogers). EXPLANATION OF PLATE XIV. Fig. 1. Eresia laias, p. 151. Fig. 5. Pyrrhopyga eupheme, p. 152. 2. Adelpha hypsenor, p. 151. 6. malis, p. 153. 3. Pyrrhopyga eerata, p. 152. 7. Hesperia polites, p. 154. 4. minthe, p. 152. 8. sacrator, p. 154. 4. On a Collection of Diurnal Lepidoptera made by the Rev. G. Brown in New Ireland and New Britain. By F. D U C A N E GODMAN, F.Z.S., and OSBERT SALVIN, F.R.S. [Eeceived January 29, 1879.] (Plate XV.) In the Proceedings of the Society for 1877 (page 139), we had the pleasure of describing the collection of Lepidoptera formed by the Rev. G. Brown in the neighbourhood of Duke-of-York Island. W e now |