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Show 1877.] MR. H. DRUCE ON THE GENUS PAPHIA. 649 90. P. PANARISTE, Hew. Exot. Butt. i. Paphia & Siderone, f. 3 (1856). New Granada (Chesterton). Mus. S. & G., D. A very beautiful species, very unlike any other, and belonging to a little group almost entirely Central-American. 91. P. BERTHA. (Plate LXIV. fig. 3.) P. bertha, Druce, Cist. Ent. vol. i.p. 359 (1875). Hab. New Granada (Chesterton). Mus. D. I have only seen a single specimen of this fine species. 92. P. JANSONI, Salv. Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. vii. p. 1 75 (1871). Hab. Nicaragua (Belt and Janson). Mus. S. & G. and Hewitson. 93. P. EXCELLENS, Bates, Ent. Mo. Mag. i. p. 162 (1864). Hab. Guatemala, central valleys (Godman $• Salvin). Mus. S. & G., D. This beautiful species is extremely rare ; I only know of the specimens taken by Messrs. Salvin and Godman. 94. P. ELECTRA, Westw. Gen. D. L. p. 319. no. 12, note (1&50) ; Hew. Ex. Butt. i. Paphia and Siderone, f. 1. 2. (1856). Hab. Vera Paz (Hague) ; Polochic valley, Guatemala. Corosal, Honduras' (Roe) ; Costa Rica (Van Patten); Chiriqui (Arce). Mus. S. & G., D. The Honduras specimen is the smallest I have seen. This species is the commonest of the group, and has a pretty wide range in Central America. I have not seen it from Mexico, Corosal being the most northern point from which we have received it. 95. P. CALLIDRYAS, Feld. (Nymph, c.) Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. 1869, p. 474. Hab. Rio Polochic, Guatemala. Mus. S. & G. A very curious species, reminding one at first sight of a Callidryas. It is extremely rare ; I have only seen the single specimen in Messrs. Godman and Salvin's collection. The last six species are very different from all the other Paphiee ; the bodies are more slender, the anterior wing is much more arched, and the apex terminates in a hook; the posterior wing has two tails. In form they very closely resemble Hypna huebneri. The subjoined Table will show at a glance the distribution of the species of this genus of Lepidoptera. PROC. ZOOL. SOC-1877, No. XLII. 42 |