436 RHOPALOCERA. 
cellule finem, altera inter ramos medianos et tribus subapicalibus albis, posticis maculis tribus indistinctis 
inter venam medianam et angulum analem nigricantibus, vix albido circumcinctis ; subtus gilvis maculis 
albis, nigris, castaneis, et metallicis undique marmoratis, posticis vena mediana et ramis suis productis ad 
finem distinete ciliatis, angulo anali quoque producto et ciliato; cruribus fulvis. 
2 subtus pallidior, anticis ad basin et posticis sordide cinerescentibus, anticis macula altera alba inter ramum 
primum et submedianum. 
Hab. Guatema.a, Chisoy valley (Hague); San Gerénimo, San Isidro, Panima (Cham- 
pton); Honpuras’*; Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt); Panama, Bugaba, Calobre (Arcé).— 
CoLtomsia ; Amazons?; Gutana!. 
Guatemala specimens of this species are darker beneath than those from the State of 
Panama ; this is due to the black markings being slightly larger, at the expense of the 
chestnut marks surrounding them. Examples from the Lower Amazons are somewhat 
intermediate in this respect, and we find it inexpedient to attempt any separation, no 
points of apparent difference forming tangible characters. The range, too, of the 
species as a whole seems uninterrupted from Guatemala to the Amazons valley. 
Frequents second-growth woods (Champion). 
6. Secondaries rounded or uniformly serrate. 
2. Sarota gyas. 
Papilio gyas, Cram. Pap. Exot. t. 28. ff. F, Gl. 
Alis fusco-nigricantibus unicoloribus, marginibus externis integris, ciliis omnino fuscis ; subtus rubidis, margi- 
nibus externis fulvis, linea nigra, deinde altera metallica, intus limbatis; anticis linea metallica margini 
externo parallela a vena mediana ad marginem internum extensa, intra eam plaga irregulari nigra, linea 
metallica subcostali partim interrupta, altera infra eam ad angulum apicalem, maculis duabus nigris, una 
ad cellule finem, altera infra eam ; posticis plaga magna ad cellule finem, altera ultra eam, nigris, ultra et 
intra et lineis variis metallicis; cruribus sordide fulvo-albidis. 
Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt); Panama, Bugaba (Champion), Lion Hill 
(M‘Leannan).—Sovurn America from Colombia and Guiana! to Brazil. 
This species has been associated with A. acantus of Cramer, to which no doubt it 
bears a very strong resemblance; but the anterior legs are pale fulvous, whereas 
in A. acantus they are black. The two lines parallel to the costa near the apex of 
the primaries in S. gyas are not seen in the allied species ; the line parallel to the outer 
margin, which in S. gyas terminates at the median nervure, is carried forward almost 
to the costa. 
Mr. Belt procured several specimens of this species; but unfortunately all more or 
ess In a bad condition. 
3. Sarota gamelia, sp. n. 
A, gyadi similis, cruribus eodem modo pictis, subtus anticis maculis submarginalibus elongatis, serie positis, 
haud linea conjunctis, costa ipsa metullica, haud fulva, et maculis multis disjunctis nigris castaneo circum- 
cinctis, angulo anali magis producto et ciliis posticarum leviter sinuatis. 
