410 RHOPALOCERA. 
2. Limnas jarbas. 
Papilio jarbas, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. p. 83 '. 
Lymnas jarbas, Butl. Cat. Fabr. Diurn. Lep. p. 143°. 
Papilio electron, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. p. 321°. 
Limnas melantho, Ménétr. En. Corp. An. Mus. Petr. i. p. 93, t. 3. f, 7*; Bates, Journ. Linn. Soc. 
Zool. ix. p. 426°; Boisd. Lép. Guat. p. 26°. 
Alis nigris ad basin macula coccinea notatis, anticis fascia transversa ultracellulari, apice (interdum) et 
posticarum margine externo precipue ad angulum analem aurantio-flavis; subtus omnino ut supra venis 
vix pallidioribus. 
Hab. Guatemata, La Tinta (Champion); Honpuras (Dyson ?); Nicaragua 45 6&— 
CoLomBia ; Ecuapor; VENEZUELA ?; Trintpap; Gurana ! 23, 
This Limnas can readily be distinguished from L. pixe by the yellow band which 
crosses the primaries, the apex in the latter species being yellow. 
In Central America L. jarbas appears to be very scarce. Though recorded from 
Nicaragua many years ago, we have only a single specimen from thence, and Mr. Cham- 
pion captured only one during the whole of his stay in Guatemala, and never met with 
it in the State of Panama at all. 
The Nicaraguan insect was described by Ménétriésas L. melantho, but we are unable 
to distinguish it from the South American form. The small yellow spot at the apex 
of the primaries is a very variable character, and of no specific value. The yellow 
edging to the secondaries is also variable, but in Z. yarbas seems always to include, not 
only the fringe, but also a portion of the wing. In ZL. melander, to which L. jarbas 
is intimately allied, the fringe alone is coloured yellow, and is even dark in some 
cases. : 
3. Limnas cephise. 
Lyropteryx cephise, Ménétr. En. Corp. An. Mus. Petrop. i. p. 89, t. 3. f. 8°. 
Limnas cephise, Bates, Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool. ix. p. 427 *. 
Alis sordide nigris, venis omnibus albicantibus macula coccinea ad basin notatis ; subtus omnino ut supra, 
posticis macula altera coccinea ad basin coste ornatis. 
Hab. Muxtco, Mazatlan (Forrer) ; Nicaragua 2 (Delattré '). 
We have recently received from Mr. Forrer a specimen of this species, taken near 
Mazatlan in Mexico, which agrees in all respects with others from Nicaragua, 
and with Ménétriés’s figure. This specimen was captured in the same locality 
as others of L. acrolewca—a somewhat remarkable fact, if the latter species be really 
distinct. 
Like L. jarbas, L. cephise seems to be rare in Central America; besides the Mexican 
locality above mentioned and Nicaragua, we know of no other place where it is 
found. 
