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white both above and below, slightly dusky towards the apex of the primaries, and 

 apparently with a small spot at the end of the cell on the secondaries beneath. We 

 await more specimens before attempting to determine its position. 



DAPTONOUEA. 



Daptonoura, Butler, Cat. Fabr. Diurn. Lep. p. 209 ; Cist. Ent. pp. 37, 50, 55, t. 3. f. 3. 



This genus contains a small number of species distributed over the greater part of 

 Tropical America ; they are very uniform in their structure and general appearance. 

 The third branch of the subcostal nervure of the primaries is emitted some distance 

 before the apex, and in this respect the species resemble the common Pieris margarita 

 of the same region. The anal angle of the secondaries is also produced in a similar 

 way and not rounded as in the majority of more typical Pieris. The chief grounds for 

 separating Daptonoura from Pieris rests on the form of the harpagones of the male, the 

 ventral edge of which is produced into a long, slightly incurved rod, above which the 

 outer margin is undulating with a ragged edge. 



1. Daptonoura panamensis. (Tab. LXI. figg. 9, 10 <? , 11 $ .) 



Baptonura florinda, var. monstrosa, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, xv. p. 224 x . 

 Daptonoura panamensis, Staud. Verh. k.-k. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1875, p. 94 2 . 

 Daptonoura panamensis, var. anceps, Staud. Verh. k.-k. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1875, p. 95 s . 

 Daptonoura panamensis, var. chagris, Staud. Verh. k.-k. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1875, p. 95*. 



Alis pallide sulphureis, anticis limbo costali, apice anguste, ad ramum medianum primum. evanescente, fuscis ; 

 posticis flavescentioribus et margine externo fusco angustissime Hmbato : subtus multo flavescentioribus et 

 colore fusco rufescentiore, anticis linea transversa ad cellula? finem. 

 2 mari similis, sed flavescentioribus ; anticis macula elongata ad cellulae finem pallide fusca, margine externo 

 fusco ad angulum analem extensa ; posticis limbo externo indistincte flavo maculato : subtus ut supra, sed 

 posticis flavo-aurantiis. 



Hab. Panama, Bugaba 1 , Veraguas (Arce), David, Bugaba 1 , Volcan de Chiriqui 

 (Champion), Paraiso Station (Hughes 1 ). 



Mr. Butler considered this to be a variety of P. florinda, but as we have several 

 examples of both sexes showing that each form keeps its character with precision their 

 distinctness as species seems obvious, and this is further proved from the fact of the two 

 forms having almost precisely the same range. Mr. Butler's type was obtained by Arce 

 at Bugaba, and is the male specimen figured ; the female came from Paraiso on the 

 Isthmus of Panama. Though Mr. Butler's name monstrosa has a slight priority over 

 Dr, Staudinger's panamensis, we give precedence to the latter as the former was only 

 used in a varietal or subspecific sense. 



2. Daptonoura florinda, (Tab. LXI. fig. 12.) 



Daptonur a florinda, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, xv. p. 224 \ 

 Daptonoura chiricana, Staud. Verh. k.-k. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1875, p. 95 2 . 



