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Show 368 MESSRS. GODMAN AND SALVIN ON [Mar. 19, 28. N Y M P H I D I U M SICYON. d. Exp. 1*6 in. Costa of primaries, base, and outer margin of both wings dark brownish-black ; inner margin and central area of both wings yellowish ochre; in the dark margin of the secondaries are two parallel yellowish submarginal lines, between which are a series of black spots : beneath paler than above ; the submarginal lines in the border of the secondaries are absent; but the black spots are present. Hab. Guatemala, Polochic valley (H. Hague). Mus. nostr. Obs. Allied to N. agle, but the outer margin darker, and the margin of the primaries and secondaries are without the rufous band contained in that of N. agle. 29. NYMPHIDIUM ADELPHINUM. d . Exp. 1*85 in.; §, exp. 2*15 in. Closely allied to N. lycorias, of which it is a more southern race; it differs in having the white band in the dark margin of the secondaries almost obsolete in the male instead of a biconvex conspicuous spot; the white spot near the middle of the outer margin of the primaries is much smaller: beneath, these spots, though more distinct, are not nearly so large as in the allied species. Hab. Costa Rica, Irazu (Rogers) ; Veragua, Calobre (Arce). Mus. nostr. 30. NYMPHIDIUM VELABRUM. d. Exp. 1*8 in.; 5 , exp. 1*95. Allied to N. phliasus; but the white band common to the two wings is broader, and on the primaries extends just into the cell instead of merging in the fulvous band of the same wings ; this fulvous mark, in the present species, is restricted to au isolated spot in the apical area of the primaries. In the relative position of the white band and the fulvous spot this species resembles Adelpha iphicla and its allies, whereas N. phliasus resembles A. cocala. Hab. Veragua, Calobre (Arce). Mus. nostr. 31. THEOPE ISIA. d. Exp. 1*25 in. Costa, apex (narrowly), outer margin of primaries, and cilia of secondaries dark brownish-black; secondaries and a subtriangular patch occupying from the inner margin to the end of the cell of primaries blue : beneath uniform orange. Hab. Guatemala, Polochic valley (H. Hague). Mus. nostr. Obs. The distribution of the blue of the upper surface resembles that of T. hypoxanthe ; the colour of the under surface is paler and purer yellow, being almost exactly the tint of the under surface of T. eudocia. |