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band of the primaries is nearly twice as proad as in Latreille’s species, which is the 
chief distinguishing character. 
Messrs. Butler and Druce described an insect from Costa Rica under the name of 
Tf. valetta, not recognizing that it was the female of this species. We have since 
received other specimens from the same locality. They are very unlike the male, being 
of a dark brown on the upperside, faintly marked with transverse lines, and having a 
white band across the primaries. Like the male it resembles the corresponding sex of 
T. corinna, except that the band is broader. 
_ We trace 7. marcella from Costa Rica southwards to Bolivia; but it does not extend 
further northwards. 
As may be gathered from what has been said above, it is a close ally of 7. corinna, 
which is also found from Colombia to Bolivia, but not within the confines of our 
country. 
3. Timetes corita. (Tab. XXVII. figg. 7,83, 9,109.) 
Timetes corita, Westw. Gen. Diurn. Lep. p. 263'; Bates, Ent. Monthl. Mag. i. p. 129%. 
Timetes theonis, Boisd. Lép. Guat. p. 44°. 
T. marcelle persimilis quoad alarum paginam superiorem, subtus alis magis fusco-ferrugineis linea, communi 
obscura bisectis, intus albido irregulariter marginata, extra eam nigro variegatis, lineis albidis aliis nullis. 
© anticis fascia fulva nec alba transvittatis distinguenda. 
Hab. Guatemata; Mexico (Deppe), Oaxaca (Boisduval *), Cordova (Riimeli); Guate- 
MALA, Polochic valley (Ff. D. G. & O. S.), San Gerénimo, El Tumbador, Panima, 
Cahabon (Champion) ; Honpuras 3. 
T. corita was first described by Mr. Bates, though the name had been previously 
applied to specimens of this species in the collection of the British Museum, by West- 
wood, in the list of species belonging to this genus, given in the ‘ Genera of Diurnal 
Lepidoptera.’ In the markings of the upperside there is but little difference between 
this insect and 7. marcella; the wings are slightly more pointed at the apex. Beneath, 
as indicated above, they are quite different. The female on the upperside resembles 
that of 7. marcella, except that the band crossing the primaries is tawny instead of 
white; beneath it resembles the male, except that all the markings are much stronger. 
Messrs. Butler and Druce include this species in their list of the Butterflies of Costa 
Rica; but in this they were no doubt in error, as Van Patten’s specimen, formerly in 
Mr. Druce’s collection, belongs to the allied species 7. marcelia. So far as we know, 
T. corita is confined to Mexico and Guatemala; but we have the doubtful authority of 
Boisduval for its occurrence in Honduras. 
Mr. Champion took it in great abundance in the forests of Alta Vera Paz, at an 
elevation of about 4000 feet. It frequents the banks of streams. 
