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Show 1871.] MR. A. G. BUTLER ON NEW BUTTERFLIES. 251 emisso, secundo et tertio valde oblique pone cellam emissis, quarto et vena superiore discoidali furculam perbrevem forman-tibus; vena superiore discocellulari perbrevi transversa, inferiore profunde introrsum angulata; ramis secundo et tertio medianis modice approximatis: alee posticce velut in Coliade (sect, dimerae, fyc.) : corpus hirtum, palpis elongatis tenuibus cirratis, articulo terminali projedo. Typus S. hermina, sp. n. SCALIDONEURA HERMINA, sp. n. (Plate XIX. fig. 5.) c?. Alee supra fulvee : anticce basi flavida, nigro squamosa ; puncto discocellulari nigro; costa et margine externo (ad angulum analem gradatim decrescente et introrsum arcuato) fuscis ; ciliis roseis ad angulum ani fiavescentibus: posticce area basali flava, plaga magna interna, extrorsum diffusa nigra; margine apicali fusca; ciliis albidis : corpus nigrum, sericeo-albo hirtum; capite fusco viridique hirtum; antennis fuscis, fulvo acuminatis. Alee subtus multo pallidiores, undique fusco roratee; fasciis su-pernis flavo-virescentibus (haud fuscis) ; plaga posticarum viridi: posticce stria discoidali, puncto adhcerente basali, macula discocellulari argenteo pupillata maculisque septem discalibus arcuatim dispositis, roseo-fuscis : corpus virescens, palpis pedibusque roseo tinctis. Exp. alar. une. 1, lin. 7\. Eastern Peru (Degand). B.M. Somewhat resembles the males of C. dimera and euxanthe; but differs in neuration from all the other Pieridian genera. Genus TERIAS. TERIAS MEMULUS, sp. n. (Plate XIX. fig. 6.) cS . Alee supra flavee: anticce margine externo fere velut in T. blanda, ad angulum ani autem arcuatim decrescente, introrsum quinquesinuata, sinibus duobus superioribus multo latioribus; costa et basi nigris: posticce venis nigro acuminatis, margine apicali aurantiaco nebuloso: corpus nigrum, viridi hirtum, abdomine later aliter flavo. Alee subtus fere velut in T. leuce. Exp. alar. une. 1, lin. 8. § . Alee supra flavee, anticce velut in T. leuce $ : posticce maculis tribus increscentibus marginalibus apiceque aurantiacis; venis nigro acuminatis: corpus velut in mare. Alee subtus fere velut in T. dina $; anticce autem area magna apicali triangulari; posticce area subquadrata striolaque externa adhcerente, ferrugineis, violaceo et fusco roratis. Exp. alar. une. 1, lin. 9. Haiti (Tweedie). B.M. A striking new species of the westwoodii group. |