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Show 360 MESSRS. GODMAN AND SALVIN ON [Mar. 19, 5. Descriptions of new Species of Central-American Butterflies of the Family Erycinidse. By F. D U C A N E GODM A N and OSBERT SALVIN. [Received March 7, 1878.] The species of Erycinidae described in the present paper are some that we have been unable to find names for when examining the Central-American representatives of the family. Specimens of the greater part of them are in our collection ; but some have been described from examples in that of Mr. H. Druce, whilst others have been lent to us by Dr. O. Staudinger of Dresden, and by Mr. T. Belt. W e hope, before long, to publish figures of the whole of them. 1. EURYGONA HYPOPH^EA. d. Exp. 1*15 in. Outer margin of secondaries slightly angulated; above nearly uniform dark brown with a slight rufous tint in the centre of each wing ; beneath brown ; across the primaries beyond the cell a broad, indistinct, dark band; across the middle of the secondaries a similar band ; a submarginal row of nearly obsolete black spots on the secondaries. 2 . Exp. 1*2 in. Outer margin of secondaries more strongly angu. lated in the middle than in the male ; above dull brown, slightly paler on the distal half of the secondaries ; three white spots on the primaries, one at the end of the cell and two beyond it, one on either side of the second median branch : beneath, much paler, nearly uniform ; an indistinct, narrow, dark band passes from the costa of the primaries inside the two outermost of the white spots and across the secondaries, curving round to near the middle of the inner margin ; a submarginal row of black spots with minute white ones associated with them on the secondaries. Hab. Veragua, Chiriqui (Ribbe). Mus. nostr. ( d) et Dr. O. Staudinger ( $ ). 2. EURYGONA LEUCORRHOA. d- Exp. 1*25 in. Secondaries slightly produced, margin entire; above deep red-brown; costa, apex, and outer margin pure dark brown : beneath pale earthy brown, distal third of the primaries and the apex of the secondaries darker ; distal half of the secondaries silvery grey ; a narrow brown line crosses the middle of the median branches of the primaries, and crossing to the secondaries curves within the space between the first median branch and the submedian nervure and passes to the inner margin ; the secondaries have a submarginal row of black spots surrounded by silvery white, that between the lower radial and second median branch being the largest; the margin itself at its most prominent part is rufous. Hab. Veragua, Chiriqui (Ribbe). Mus. nostr. et Dr. O. Staudinger. |