252 BJtfOPALOCEKA. 



Alis cyaneo nigricantibus, raedialiter nitidis, ciliis fuscis ; posticis macula magna coccinea ad angulum analem : 

 subtus ut supra, sed pallidioribus et omnino nitidis. 



Hob. Costa Eica {fide Standing w 3 ); Panama, Chiriqui (Bibbe, in mus. Standing w% 

 Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion), Calobre (Arce 1 ). 



This beautiful species was described from a single specimen sent us by our collector 

 iVrce from Calobre in the State of Panama, and he subsequently obtained another in 

 the same district. Dr. Staudinger's type was taken by Ribbe at Chiriqui, where 

 Mr. Champion also found it at an elevation of about 4000 feet above the sea. 



Dr. Staudinger has kindly lent us the type of his P. cyclops, and we find it agrees in 

 every respect with P. creon. 



The harpes in the specimen dissected are not quite symmetrical. (See Tab. LXXIII. 



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7. P. maculosa section. Primaries with diaphanous spots. 



11. Pyrrhopyge erythrosticta. (Tab. LXXIII. %. 13 <s .) 



Pyrrhopyga erythrosticta, Godm. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 153 \ 



Alis purpureo-nigris ; anticis maculis decern semihyalinis, tribus medianis in linea transversa positis, una costali 

 ultra cellulam, quatuor subapicalibus et duabus discalibus (una vena mediana utrinque) ; macula ad basin 

 inter venam medianam et submedianam rufa, ciliis omnibus inter venas albis : subtus ut supra; anticis ad 

 basin, posticis praeter marginem latum externum nigrum aurantiis ; capite toco et palpis albo punctatis ; 

 macula ad basin tegularum, pedibus externe et fasciis abdominalibus aurantiis. 



Hab. Guatemala, Cubilguitz (Champion); Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt 1 )-, Panama, 

 Bugaba (Champion), Chiriqui (Bibbe, in mus. Staudinger), Calobre (Arce 1 ). 



This species is closely allied to P. maculosa of Hewitson, figured by Felder under 

 the name of P. agathon, but differs in having a rufous spot on the primaries in the 

 angle between the median and submedian nervures, and in the narrower black margin 

 to the secondaries beneath. 



The range of P. erythrosticta is general on the Atlantic side of the mountains of 

 Central America up to an elevation of 1500 feet. In Colombia P. maculosa takes its 

 place. 



The genitalia of the male are very peculiar, and depart widely from those of typical 

 Pyrrhopyge. A lobe which usually lies at the base of the harpes, and has sometimes a 

 serrated edge, is in this species carried forward until it crosses the dorsal margin ; the 

 tegumen is forked at the end, and has a point on either side rising from its base ; the 

 scaphium is distinctly chitinized. (See Tab. LXXIII. fig. 13.) 



12. Pyrrhopyge araxes. (Tab. LXXIII. figg. 14, 15, 16 <s .) 



Erycidcs araxes, Hew. Descr. Hesp. p. 2 1 . 



Pyrrhopyga cyrilius, Plotz, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1879, p. 529, no. 38 2 . 



Alis saturate brunneis, ciliis albis brunneo interruptis ; anticis maculis decern semihyalinis, tribus medianis 

 tribus discalibus, tribus subapicalibus, decima parva ad costam : subtus brunneis, anticis ut supra ad basin 



