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Show 1878.] CENTRAL-AMERICAN BUTTERFLIES. 365 spots nearly evenly distributed over the whole area of the wings submarginal metallic line round the outer margin of both wings : beneath as above, the yellow colour being a little paler and the spots slightly larger. Hab. Veragua (Arce). Mus. nostr. et H. Druce. Obs. Also allied to C. perone, but the ground-colour lemon instead of orange-yellow, and the spots on the wings rather fewer in number. 18. CHARIS POSCILOPTERA. 2 • Exp. *95 in. Above pale greyish brown, profusely spotted with yellowish-white spots, those on the primaries gradually becoming larger towards the outer margin, the margin itself being broadly unspotted, except a submarginal row of minute spots, joining which on their outer sides are small black spots ; the submarginal metallic spots, though present, are scarcely visible : beneath, the primaries as above, but the secondaries are silvery-white with a few irregular dark spots chiefly in the region of the costa. Hab. Veragua, Chiriqui (Ribbe). Mus. Dr. O. Staudinger. 19. CHARIS OCHRIAS. d. Exp. 1*2 in. Above white with a slight yellowish tint; primaries with four black spots along the costa, one at the apical angle, two on the outer margin, one at the anal angle, two on the inner margin, and one within the area of the wing beyond the cell; secondaries with six black spots round the edge and three within the area of the wing ; submarginal metallic line (as usual in the genus) but feebly developed: beneath precisely as above. Hab. Costa Rica, Irazu (H. Rogers). Mus. nostr. Obs. Allied to C. sulphurea, R. Felder (with the type of which it has been compared), from Mexico, from which it differs in being paler in colour and in having all the spots on the outer margin larger; there is also a spot on the inner margin of the primaries, wanting in C. sulphurea. 20. THAROPS PURPURATA. d. Exp. 1*5 in. Above rich purplish blue, apical portion of primaries and apex of secondaries brownish black ; some dark elongated transverse spots on the distal two thirds of the primaries : beneath greyish white, apex of primaries and outer margin of both wings brownish ; small brownish spots over the whole under surface, those nearest the apical and anal angles of the secondaries slightly the largest. 2 like the male, but the wings more obtuse, and the secondaries above, like the primaries, crossed with dark marks. Hab. Guatemala, Polochic valley (Hague) ; Veragua (Arce). Mus. nostr. |