428 RHOPALOCERA. 
The only Central-American specimens we have received of this fine species are from 
Costa Rica; these agree accurately with specimens from the Amazons. 
2. Charis zama. 
Charis zama, Bates, Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool. ix. p. 392’. 
C. hermodore similis quoad alarum paginam superiorem ; alis subtus purpureo-rufescentibus lineis nigris trans- 
fasciatis; posticis linea plumbea unica tantum notatis. 
mari similis sed alis subtus ferrugineis, ambabus linea unica submarginali plumbea notatis. 
Hab. Guatemaua, Polochic and Chisoy valleys (Hague), San Gerénimo, Panima, San 
Juan, Lanquin, Cahabon (Champion); Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt, Janson); Costa 
Rica, Cache (Rogers); Panama (Hepburn), Volcan de Chiriqui, Bugaba, David (Cham- 
pton).—CoLoMBIA ; Ecuapor; Amazons VALLEY}. 
As Mr. Bates says, this is a common species throughout Tropical America, being 
abundant in the Amazons valley; it is equally so in Central America from Guatemala 
southwards. The purplish red tint of the primaries beneath renders it easily distin- 
guishable from its allies; this colour varies to some extent in richness. 
The females of typical Amazons examples are more distinctly spotted and altogether 
lighter in colour than is the case with our Central-American specimens, though we 
notice some variation in this respect. 
Mr. Champion took specimens in second-growth woods and margins of the forest 
from sea-level to 3000 feet. 
3. Charis velutina. (Tab. XLIV. figg. 3, 4.) 
Charis velutina, Godm. & Salv. P. Z. 8. 1878, p. 364". 
Alis nigricanti-fuscis, lineis nigricantibus ad basin obsolete notatis, fasciolis plus minusve integris ferrugineo- 
nigris, una ultra cellulas, altera submarginali, fasciis duabus plumbeis submarginalibus, interiori valde 
irregulari, exteriori integra; subtus saturate purpurescentibus lineolis valde obsoletis ad basin, lineola 
submarginali unica plumbea in anticis interrupta, cilia alterne fusca et alba. 
Q mari similis sed alis pallidioribus ; subtus ferrugineo-fuscis, lineola anticarum submarginali plumbea haud 
interrupta. 
Hab. Muxtco (Deppe); Guatemaza, Polochic ! and Chisoy valleys, Choctum (Hague), 
Zapote, Panima, Cahabon (Champion). 
This very distinct Charis has its head quarters in Guatemala, where it is abundant, 
especially at Panima in the Sinanja valley. Like C. avius and C. iris the colouring of 
the under surface of the wings in the male is of a rich tint, but the colour itself is deep 
purple, and not blue as in those species. 
4, Charis avius. 
Papilio avius, Cram. Pap. Ex. t. 92 B’. 
Charis avius, Bates, Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool. ix. p. 443°. 
Supra C. zame similis, alis subtus letissime ceruleis certa luce viridi-micantibus, maculis quibusdam evanescen- 
tibus obscuris, lineola submarginali plumbea aut evanescente aut omnino absente, cilia alterne fusca et alba. 
© alis subtus obscure fuscis, haud ferrugineis, nigro distincte maculatis, 
