OLYRAS. 7 
A. Front leg of male with a well developed tibia and a tarsus always present. 
OLYRAS. 
Olyras, Doubleday, Gen. Diurn. Lep. i. p. 107 (1847). 
Femur of front legs of male longer than coxa, tibia and tarsus together longer than 
femur; subcostal pencil of hair of secondaries of male in a single patch, costa of 
secondaries abruptly arched, middle discocellular bent to an acute angle in the middle, 
where the recurrent nervule is emitted. 
This genus, though having a strong general resemblance to J¢twna, really belongs to 
the section of the Danainze which contains the genus /thomia and its allies—the 
secondary wings in the male having a costal tuft of hair, the abdominal tufts of 
Danais and its allies being absent. Five members at present constitute the genus, 
two of which are peculiar to Central America, one is common to Central America 
and Colombia; Venezuela and Ecuador have each a peculiar species. All the species 
seem to affect mountain-regions, some being found as high as 7000 or 8000 feet. 
1. Olyras theon. (Tab. I. fig. 2.) 
Olyras theon, Bates, Ent. Month. Mag. iii. p. 50°. 
Alis anticis fusco-nigris, stria longitudinali venam medianam occupante fulva, fasciis tribus subhyalinis arcuatis 
yenis divisis in dimidio apicali; posticis fulvis, extus nigro marginatis: subtus pallidior, alis ambabus 
margine externo albo punctulatis; posticarum costa nigra, maculis tribus magnis albis notata, area interna 
albicante. 
Hab. Mexico (Sallé, Mus. Brit.); Guatemaua (fF. D. G. & O. S.‘), San Gerdnimo, 
Rio Polochic (aque). 
This species was described by Mr. Bates from a single specimen obtained by us in 
Guatemala in 1862 ; unfortunately the record where we captured it was lost, and the 
specimen, from its likeness to [tuna lamirus, was for some time not recognized as 
distinct from that species. We have little doubt, however, that it was caught in the 
vicinity of San Gerdénimo, in the department of Vera Paz, Guatemala, where we 
made considerable collections, and whence Mr. Hague subsequently transmitted more 
examples. The same gentleman’s collectors in the valley of the Rio Polochic also 
met with it. The Mexican specimen in the British Museum, obtained by M. Sallé 
was doubtless from the southern and more tropical portion of the Republic. 
Our figure is taken from a male specimen captured by Mr. Hague near San 
Geronimo. 
2. Olyras montagui. 
Olyras montagui, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1870, p. 490'; Lep. Ex. p. 138, t. 50. f. 17; Butl. & 
Druce, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 331°. 
