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medianos, aliis fasciam transversam valde irregularem formantibus ; posticis fascia maculosa ultra 
cellulam et altera lunulosa submarginali albidis: subtus anticis dimidio basali ferrugineo, dimidio apicali 
nigricante maculis variis notato; posticis fascia albida indistincte notata, alarum reliquo griseo et fusco 
maculis varlis irrorato. 
. Major et alarum basi maculis ferrugineis notata. 
Hab. Norta America, Texas, Florida ?.—Mexico 2, Acatlan (Hedemann), Ventanas 
and Milpas (forrer), Oaxaca (Fenochio). 
This is a common species in Texas and some of the other southern States of North 
America. In Mexico it appears to be less frequent, though it occurs in the southern 
parts of the country. In Guatemala its place seems to be taken by the next species, 
which is restricted to a limited district in the high mountains of Vera Paz. An allied 
species in South America is P. hera, which is found in South Brazil and the Argentine 
Republic. P. ¢exana and its allies may easily be recognized by the base of the 
primaries beneath being of a rich rusty red. 
The butterfly described by Hewitson, from an unknown locality, as Eresia smerdis? 
is evidently the same as P. texana. 
23. Phyciodes sitalces, sp. n. (Tab. XXI. figg. 30, 31.) 
P. texane forsan affinis, sed alis brevioribus, posticis fascia maculosa transversa vix notatis; subtus posticis valde 
ferrugineis, linea alba transversa absente. 
Hab. Guatema.a, Chilasco (Champion). 
We only know this species from specimens sent us by Mr. Champion from the Santa 
Cruz or Chilasco district of Vera Paz. He there found it not uncommon at an elevation 
of about 6000 feet above the sea. Its chief difference from P. fexana consists in the 
band of spots on the secondaries being almost obsolete. ‘The secondaries beneath, too, 
have a more rufous tinge. 
P. ptolyca group. Marks at the base of the wings indistinct ; bands of the 
secondaries tawny or buff and continuous. 
24. Phyciodes ptolyca. (Tab. XXI. figg. 32, 33, 34, 35, 36.) 
Melitea ptolyca, Bates, Ent. Monthl. Mag. i. p. 81°. 
Melitea alethes, Bates, loc. cit. p. 82°. 
Melitea stesilea, Bates, loc. cit. p. 82°. 
Melitea lelex, Bates, loc. cit. p. 81 *. 
P. tecane similis quoad alarum paginam superiorem, sed maculis et fasciis omnibus fulvescentioribus ; subtus 
anticis ad basin flavidis plus minusve lineolis variolatis, posticis valde instabilibus, aliquando maculis 
distinctis notatis, aliquando ferrugineis fusco indistincte irroratis. 
Q plerumque major, maculis fasciisque fulvis majoribus. 
Hab. Mexico (Boucard), Palmarito (Forrer), Cordova (Riimeli), Yucatan (Hedemann) ; 
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