248 EHOPALOCEEA. 



diverging projections from the middle of the dorsal edge of the harpes being less 

 developed. (See Tab. LXXIII. fig. 3.) 



3. Pyrrhopyge gellias, sp. n. 



Alis supra saturate olivaceo-nigris ad basin saturatioribus, ciliis albis j posticis margine externo ad ramuin 

 medianum primum sensim dentato, fascia submarginali nitida olivacea venis nigris divisa : subtus fere 

 unicoloribus obscure olivaceo-nigris, anticis ad basin posticis medialiter pilis nigris vestitis ; capite, palpis, 

 coxis anterioribus et abdominis apice fulvescenti-rufis. 



Hab. Costa Rica (mus. Staudinger). 



Dr. Staudinger has lent us a single specimen of this species, apparently a male, 

 which differs sufficiently from P. gazer a, Hew., its nearest ally, to justify its separation. 

 The secondaries are much more lengthened than in P. gazera, and bear a distinct pro- 

 jection at the end of the first median branch, the submarginal bright band is hardly so 

 distinct and less broken by the dark nervules, the colour generally is of a more olive 

 tint, and the head and tip of the abdomen are tawny red instead of crimson. Not 

 possessing specimens of P. gazera or of this species for dissection, their position in the 

 genus must at present remain uncertain. 



2. P. hadassa, Hew., section. Fringe of both wings reddish orange. 



4. Pyrrhopyge hsemon, sp. n. 



Alis brunneo-nigricantibus ; anticis ciliis, posticis margine externo (introrsum profunde sinuato) cum ciliis rUfo- 

 aurantiis : subtus ut supra, posticis ad basin immaculatis ; capite, palpis et abdominis apice coceineis, coxis- 

 anterioribus nigris. 

 $ adhuc ignotus. 



Hal. Costa Rica (mus. Staudinger). 



This species comes close to P. phylleia, Hew., of Bolivia, but differs in having a 

 rather wide rufous-orange margin to the secondaries instead of a narrow one as in the 

 allied form. Like P. phylleia it has a red head and black coxae to the anterior legs, 

 in the former character differing from P. hadassa and its allies. 



The specimen we describe is a female and belongs to Dr. Staudinger, who kindly 

 lent it to us for examination and description. It is the only example of this section of 

 Pyrrhopyge we have seen from Central America. 



3. P. scylla section. Male genitalia widely aberrant. 



5. Pyrrhopyge menecrates. 



Pyrrhopyga menecrates, Mab. Ann. Soc. Ent. Beige, xxi. p. 13 (1878) \ 

 Pyrrhopyge menecrates, Wats. P. Z. S. 1893, p. 11 \ 



Alis cbalybeo-nigris, albo ciliatis ; capite, palpis, prothorace et abdominis apice coccineis : subtus fere ut supra,, 

 coxis anterioribus cbalybeo-nigris. 



