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Show 154 ON NEW SPECIES OF RHOPALOCERA. [Feb. 18, but have always considered that the differences observable the confirmation of a larger series of specimens, such as we now possess. ERYCIDES PYRES. Exp. 2*8 in. Allied to E. urania (Doubl. and Hew.) ; but both wings suffused with a shining green gloss not seen in the Mexican species ; the green markings of the wings are in all cases brighter; the submarginal band of spots on the secondaries are much closer together than in E. urania. Hab. Haiti, Porto Rico. ERYCIDES SCYTHON. Exp. 2*4 in. Uniform dark greenish above and beneath ; cilia of outer margin of both wings white, at the anal angle of secondaries rufous. Hab. Paraguay (Keith Johnson). Obs. Allied to E. palemon, Cram., but differs in the absence of the red spots in the centre of the costa of the primaries ; and the palpi are black instead of being red. ENTHEUS MATHO. <5 . Exp. 2*2 in. Allied to F. peleus (Linn.). The orange spot between the two cross bands of the primaries, instead of joining the proximal one as in E. peleus, lies close to the inner edge but does not join the band which crosses the apex ; there is a large oval yellow spot close to the abdominal margin of the secondaries not seen at all in E. peleus. Hab. Choctum, Guatemala (Hague) ; Chontales, Nicaragua (Belt). HESPERIA POLITES. (Plate XIV. fig. 7.) Exp. 2*6 in. Above dark brown ; a yellow band common to both wings passes from the end of the cell to between the first and second median branches of the secondaries, and is cut into three by the nervures on the primaries, and into four on the secondaries ; a row of seven nearly equal small spots follows the curve of the apex of the primaries, from between the second and third median branches to the costa. Beneath the same as above, except that the band on the secondaries is larger and paler in colour. Hab. Frontino, Antioquia (Salmon). HESPERIA SACRATOR. (Plate XIV. fig. 8.) Exp. 25 in. Above uniform dull brown. Beneath a broad yellow band crosses the primaries through the cell, and then passes on to the secondaries beyond the cell, and, extending nearly to the outer margin, tapers towards the anal angle. Where this band meets the brown of the basal portion of the secondaries are four white spots. Hub. Frontino, Antioquia (Salmon). |