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Show 638 MR. H. DRUCE ON THE GENUS PAPHIA. [June 19, in some specimens the dark brown markings are very distinct ; in others they are almost wanting. A specimen in Dr. Staudinger's collection is much brighter blue than any I have seen. The type was from Bahia. 29. P. PITHYUSA, Feld. (Nymph, p.) Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. 1869, p. 473. P. eenomais, Boisd. Lep. Guat. p. 51 (1870). Hab. S. Mexico (Boucard), Guatemala (Hague), Veragua (Arce, Costa Rica (Van Patten). Mus. S. & G., D. The female of this species is much larger than the male, the base of the wings is bluer, and the spots on the anterior wing are larger and almost white. This is a scarce species, allied to P. arginussa, Hiibn., of which I should consider it the Central-American representative. 30. P. HERBACEA, Butl. Cist. Ent. vol. i. p. 100 (1872). Hab. Costa Rica (Van Patten). Mus. D. A well-marked species belonging to the Arginussa group. 31. PAPHIA LEMNOS, n. sp. (Plate LXI. fig. 3.) Upperside blue-black: anterior wing the basal third dull blue, two blue spots near the apex, the first close to the margin, the second below and nearer the middle, followed by three spots in a straight line to the anal angle ; the third is minute : posterior wing dull, blue from the base to the middle of the outer margin, a small white spot just above the tail, which is short and blunt. Underside rich brown ; anterior wing crossed by two undulating bands of pale brown, thickly irrorated with dark brown, the first near the base quite narrow, the second beyond the middle extending to the apex and the anal angle, but not to the outer margin, which is dark brown; posterior wing crossed by two dark brown bands, the first from the middle of the costal margin to nearly the inner margin, the second from the apex to the anal angle, two small silvery spots on the middle of the costal margin. Exp. 2 inches. Hab. Chanchamayo, E. Peru (Thamm). Mus. Staudinger. This is a well-marked species. 32. P. APPIAS, Hiibn. (Corycia a.) Samml. ex. Schmett. (1816- 1841). Hab. Bogota (Birchell) S. Brazil (Royers). Mus. S. & G., D. The female of this species differs from the male in the same way as the sexes of P. pithyusa ; it is a rare species, but most common in S. Brazil. 33. P. ARTAOENA, Hew. Exot. Butt. iv. Paph. t. 2. f. 6, 7 (1869). Hab. Choctum, Vera Paz. (Hague); Nicaragua (Belt and Janson), Veragua (Arce). Mus. S. & G., D. The type was from New Granada, and differs from the five speci- |