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Show 1879.] NEW SPECIES O F R H O P A L O C E R A . 153 bands. Beneath, primaries as above, secondaries crossed with three blue-grey bands, the submarginal one being somewhat broken. Hub. Cosnipata, Peru ( Whitely) ; Apolobamba, Bolivia (Pearce). Obs. Allied to P. iphinous, Latr.; differing chiefly in the more elongated hind wings, the narrower cross band of the primaries, and the greater breadth of the blue-grey bands of the secondaries beneath. PYRRHOPYGA MALIS. (Plate XIV. fig. 6.) Exp. 2*5 in. Body and wings black ; primaries with a central red band crossing the cell from the subcostal to the submedian nervure; two obsolete bluish bands parallel to the outer margin of the secondaries. Beneath, the lower third of the red band of the primaries is yellow; three greyish-blue obsolete bands cross the secondaries- one near the base, one through the middle, and one parallel to the outer margin. Hab. Frontino, Antioquia (Salmon). Obs. Allied to P. nurscia, Swains., but differs in having the secondaries beneath crossed with obsolete blue-grey bands, instead of the whole inner area of the wing being nearly uniformly of that colour. PYRRHOPYGA ERYTHROSTICTA. Allied to P. maculosa, Hew. (Tamyris agathon, Feld. Reise Nov. Lep. iii. t. 70. f. 2, 3). Differing in being browner, in having a rufous spot on the primaries in the angle between the median and submedian nervures, and in the narrower black margin to the secondaries beneath. Hab. Chontales, Nicaragua (Belt) ; Veragua (Arce). Obs. Certainly a close ally of P. maculosa ; but all our specimens show the above differences are constant. MYSCELUS BELTI. cS. Exp. 2*2 in. Allied to M. epimachia H.-S. (Hew. Exot. Butt. Pyrrhopyga, iv. f. 26, 27), but rather deeper in colour above, and there are no white marks on the cilia of the secondaries. Beneath, the whole of the base of the primaries inside the inner hyaline spot is yellow, the black transverse band being absent, the inner black band of the secondaries is also absent, there being merely an obsolete black spot between the median and submedian nervures. In the female the secondary wings above are almost uniform rusty brown ; beneath, the base of both wings is yellow, that of the secondaries including a few black spots : there are no black bands on the wings ; but the distal half is uniform black. Hab. Chontales, Nicaragua (Belt fy Janson) ; Polochic valley, Guatemala (Hague). Obs. In the late Mr. Belt's collection several specimens of this species occur. Its nearest ally is no doubt M. epimachia as represented by Hewitson ; but the differences pointed out above seem associated with its distinct habitat, and thus the species requires separation. W e have loiig had a single Guatemalan example in our collection, |