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discocellular absent, the upper radial being a branch of the subcostal; female of Sec- 
tion 6 unknown. 
(Types: Sec. a, H. libera, nob.; Sec. b, Ithomia polissena, Hew.) 
This genus has many of the characters of Hymenitis, but differs in not having one of 
the peculiarities of that genus, in which the upper radial and subcostal of the 
secondaries in the male unite at their extremities instead of running free to the margin 
as in the present genus. Five species of the group appear to belong to Central 
America; but the limits of the genus in South America we have not yet been able to 
ascertain. Of these five species, H. libera and H. cassotis are certainly congeneric ; the 
position of H. fumosa must remain doubtful until male examples have been examined, 
so also must that of H. rhene, of which we have no specimen at hand for reexamination ; 
the fifth, H. polissena, is aberrant, inasmuch as the costal and subcostal nervures of the 
secondaries of the male lie close together, instead of diverging to enclose an elliptical 
space as in HT. libera. 
a. Costal and subcostal nervures of secondaries of male divergent in the middle, 
where they embrace an elliptical space not closed at its distal end. 
1. Hypoleria libera, n. sp. (Tab. IV. figg. 12, 13.) 
& alis anticis sordide hyalinis, costa, marginibus, macula subquadrata apud cellule finem et venis nigris, 
dimidio apicali maculis decem pellucido-albis ornato (tribus conjunctis ultra cellulam) ; posticis dimidio 
interiore rufescente, reliquo pellucido venis nigris diviso, margine externo fusco: subtus sicut supra, sed 
posticarum costa rufo notata. 
mari similis, sed obscurior, maculis anticarum hyalinis minoribus, posticis fere omnino rufis. 
Hab. Panama, Chiriqui, Calobre, and Santa Fé (Arcé), Lion Hill (I Leannan). 
This is a local race of [thomia lavinia, Hew., a species found in Colombia as far north 
as the neighbourhood of Santa Marta. The Central-American race differs constantly in 
the greater distinctness of the dark marks of the male, and in the female also being 
darker and the secondaries of a duller red, which is more generally suffused over the 
wing. H. libera has a very limited range in Central America, being not found outside 
the State of Panama. 
Our descriptions and figures are taken, that of the male from a specimen captured at 
Lion Hill, that of the female from a Calobre example. 
2. Hypoleria fumosa, n.sp. (Tab. IV. fig. 14.) 
Q H. libere similis, sed alis anticis fuscescentioribus, maculis apicalibus nullis, fascia ultra cellulam magis dis- 
tincta, posticis fumoso-rufescenti tinctis: subtus ut supra, sed posticarum costa fulvo tincta. 
Hab. Panama, Santa Fé (Arcé). 
The description and figure of this species are taken from a single female specimen 
sent us from Santa Fé by Arcé. This differs so much from H. libera that we cannot 
but consider it distinct. The position of the species must remain somewhat doubtful 
until males of it have been examined. 
