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mediana per cellulam, venis divisa, altera submarginali extrorsum profunda serrata venis quoque divisa, 

 maculis in margine ipso triangularibus aliisque ad basin albidis, lineolis inter venas, nna elongata in 

 cellula et maculisque costalibus, croceis. 

 c? adhuc ignotus. 



Bab. Costa Rica, Irazu {Rogers). 



We have a single female specimen of this species, which is distinct from anything 

 known to us. Perhaps its nearest ally is E. tomyris of Felder, but the distinctions are 

 obvious, as may be seen by comparing the figures. 



b. Sexes dissimilar. 



9. Catasticta teutila. 



Euterpe teutila, Doubl. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. xix. p. 386 '. 



Euterpe sebennica, Luc. Rev. Zool. 1852, p. 294 2 ; Herr.-Schaff. Aussereur. Schmett. p. 54, 



ff . 89-92 3 . 

 Euterpe eudoica, Reak. Pr. Ent. Soc. Phil. ii. p. 345 \ 



Alls nigris, fascia obliqua venis divisa a costa ad cellulae anticarum finem, ad marginis intend posticarum 

 medium, serieque punctorum marginali albidis : subtus pallidioribus fascia communi latiore, anticis punctia 

 exterioribus albis majoribus aliisque quinque elongatis ad marginem ipsum, plerumque flavis ; posticis 

 costa ad venam costalem alba, ad marginem externum punctis sex aut septem elongatis, serieque interiore 

 angulatis, aliisque variis basin versus, flavis. 



$ mari similis, sed fascia communi multo latiore et aurautiaca (nee albida), punctis discalibus absentibus ; 

 subtus maculis omnibus majoribus et aurantiacis (uec flavis). 



Bab. Mexico, Omilteme (B. B. Smith), Amecameca (F. B. G.), Cuesta de Misantla 

 (F. B. G.), Orizaba (//. J. Elwes), Jalapa (H. J. Elwes, F. B. G., Edge), Oaxaca 

 (Fenochio) ; Guatemala, Duefias, Volcan de Fuego, Polochic valley (F. B. G. & 0. S.), 

 Los Altos (0. S.), Duefias, San Lucas (Champion) ; Honduras (Zcettling 4 ) ; Costa Rica, 

 Irazu (Rogers); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion), Chiriqui (Aree, ZahnX). 



Mr. Butler has explained how this name of Doubleday's became associated with the 

 species we refer to C.flisa, Bdv. (P. Z. S. 1874, p. 357), and we have no doubt as to the 

 correctness of his view. The title C. teutila, therefore, however much we may regret 

 the circumstance, must supplant Lucas's name E. sebennica, which was given five years 

 later. Both types were sent from Mexico. 



The species appears to be fairly constant in its markings throughout its range; we 

 notice, however, that females from Costa Rica have the orange band rather wider than 

 in the typical Mexican form, but the difference is not material. 



C. teutila is an upland species, common in all the mountainous regions of Mexico 

 and Central America. In Guatemala we used to find it in the second-growth woods of 

 the Volcan de Fuego at an altitude of 6000 or 7000 feet above the sea, and Mr. Cham- 

 pion took it on the Volcan de Chiriqui between 4000 and 6000 feet. Where the species 

 occurs individuals are usually found in considerable numbers, and are easily captured, 

 being of a sluggish habit. 



biol. centr.-amer., Rhopal., Vol. II., August 1889. R 



