204 RHOPALOCERA. 
P. ardys group. Bands of secondaries broken into spots in the male, evanescent 
or absent. 
27. Phyciodes ardys. (Tab. XXII. figg. 8,4¢,59.) 
Eresia ardys, Hew. Ex. Butt., Eresia, t. 5. f. 35, 36°. 
Phyciodes ardys, Butl. & Druce, P. Z. 8. 1874, p. 348”. 
Alis fuscis, anticis fere ut in P. texana flavido maculatis, posticis fasciis tribus submarginalibus notatis, intima 
in maculis fracta, externa lunulosa; subtus anticis sicut in P. ptolyca, posticis ferrugineis fusco irregu- 
lariter marmoratis. 
Hab. Mexico !, Cordova (Riimeli); Costa Rica (Van Patten”), Cache, San Franciso, 
and Irazu (fogers). 
Originally described from Mexican specimens!, where it is not uncommon. In 
Guatemala it has not yet been noticed, its place being probably taken by P. sudota. 
In Costa Rica it is quite abundant at elevations varying from 2000 to 4000 feet. 
Two specimens from Mexico vary considerably from the ordinary type; the spots of 
the upper surface are white, without any tinge of yellow; beneath they are paler, and 
have the markings of the secondaries distinct and not suffused, as usual in P. ardys. 
With so few specimens of this form before us, we hardly think it expedient to describe 
them under another name. 
Our figure is taken from a male captured by Herr Hoge at Cordova, Mexico. 
28, Phyciodes hermas. 
Eresia hermas, Hew. Ex. Butt., Eresia, t. 5. f. 32°. 
Melitea hermas, Strecker, Cat. Butt. N. Am. p. 119”. 
Eresia genigueh, Reak. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. v. p. 225°. 
P. ardys valde similis, sed maculis alarum paging superioris albis et subtus multo pallidioribus et maculis magis | 
distinctis forsan distinguendus. 
Hab. Mexico 2, Cordova (Riimelt). 
Hewitson originally described this insect from specimens in the British Museum }, 
but gave no locality for it. We have since received two specimens from Mexico and 
seen others. Reakirt gives Los Angelos in California as the origin of the type of his 
E. genigueh; but this statement requires confirmation. According to Mr. Strecker, this 
name is a synonym of P. hermas. 
29. Phyciodes subota. (Tab. XXII. figg. 7, 8.) 
Phyciodes subota, Godm. & Salv. P. Z. 8. 1878, p. 268°. 
P. ardys affinis, sed lineis posticarum submarginalibus fere obsoletis, alarum basi unicolori fusco-nigra ; subtus 
posticis purpureo-cinereo nec ferrugineo lavatis. 
Hab. GoateMaLa, Polochic valley (fF. D. G. & O. 8.1, Hague), Purula, Panima, and 
Sinanja (Champion) ; Costa Rica, Irazu (Rogers 1). 
A species on the upperside very similar to P. ardys; but the narrow submarginal 
