118 KHOPALOCEBA. 



2. Catasticta nimbice. 



Euterpe nimbice, Boisd. Sp. Gen. i. p. 409 * ; Doubl. Gen. Diurn. Lep. p. 34, t. 5. f. 1 a ; Reak. Pr. 

 Ent. Soe. Phil. ii. p. 345 3 . 



Alia fuscis, fascia maculosa communi a costa anticarum ultra cellulam ad marginem internum posticarum 

 straminea, macula ad cellulse finem, serie submarginali communi punetorum colons ejusdem : subtus fere 

 ut supra, sed dilutioribus, anticis apicem versus albicantibus, marginibus anticarum et area tota posticarum 

 flavo maculatis, his punctis stramineis discalibus absentibus, maculis duabus ad basin posticarum 

 coccineis. 



$ mari similis, sed fascia maculisque paginse superioris flavis, subtus quoque flavescentioribus. 



Hab. Mexico \ Xucumanatlan (E. H. Smith), Orizaba (H. J. Elwes, F. D. G., H. H. 

 Smith), Pinal near Puebla (3. J. Elwes), Cordova (Rumeli), Oaxaca (Fenochio), Chiapas 

 (Zcettling 3 ). 



This species of Catasticta seems confined to Southern Mexico, its place being taken 

 in Guatemala, Costa Rica, and the State of Panama by the two following closely allied 

 forms. From both of these the male may at once be distinguished by the dark colour 

 of the base of the wings, which in the primaries embraces nearly the whole of the cell. 



C. nimbice is found in mountainous districts up to an altitude of 8000 feet. 



3. Catasticta OChracea. (Euterpe ochracea, Tab. LIX. figg. 11, 12 6 , 13 ? .) 



Euterpe ochracea, Bates, Ent. Monthly Mag. i. p. 31 \ 



C. nimbice similis, sed area alarum interna (prseter venis) ochracea, maculis submarginalibus majoribus ; subtus 



alis dilutioribus et colore ochracea latiore. 

 2 feminae C. nimbice persimilis. 



Hab. Guatemala, Duefias, Central valleys, Chisoy and Polochic valleys, Tablelands 

 (F. D. G. & 0. S. J ), Senahu, Panima (Champion). 



This is the Guatemala form of C. nimbice, occurring throughout the central part of 

 that country at elevations of 3000 feet and upwards. The male may be readily 

 distinguished from that sex of C. nimbice by the ochraceous colour occupying nearly 

 the whole of the cell of the primaries, as well as the space below it between the median 

 and submedian nervures. 



"We have figured type specimens, the male from Duefias, the female from Central 

 Guatemala. 



4. Catasticta bryson, sp. n. 



Catasticta ochracea et nimbice, Butl. & Druce, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 357 \ 



C. nimbice quoque similis, sed C. ochracece proxima, maculis posticarum submarginalibus majoribus, fascia 



ochracea fere confluentibus ; subtus colore ochracea superante. 

 $ mari similis, sed alis multo pallidioribus. 



Hab. Costa Rica (Van Patten 1 ), Irazu (Rogers); Panama, Veraguas, Chiriqui 

 (ArcS). 



