256 EHOPALOCEEA. 



Hab. Mexico 1 , Jalisco (Schumann), San Bias (Mathew 2 , Richardson), Putla 

 (Rebouch), Kincon, Acapulco in Guerrero (H. H. Smith); Guatemala, Rio Naranjo 

 (Champion). 



Hewitson described this species from Mexican specimens in his own and Saunders's 

 collections ; those of the latter are now before us ; and we have received several examples 

 from different parts of Western Mexico, where this species has a somewhat extensive 

 range. Our only Guatemalan specimen was taken by Mr. Champion on the Bio Naranjo, 

 close to the frontier of Mexico, at an elevation of about 400 feet above the sea. 



Mr. Gervase F. Mathew says 2 that M. amra " was noticed at San Bias, on the coast 

 of Mexico, in December 1873 ; it was taken for some species of day-flying moth, for its 

 habits were quite unlike those of any butterfly I had previously met with. They flew 

 very rapidly during the hottest part of the day, and were fond of passing backwards 

 and forwards in front of some favourite bush, before which they occasionally stopped 

 and hovered, their wings being moved with extreme rapidity. Sometimes they would 

 suddenly alight on the underside of a leaf and were lost to view, and one's beating- 

 stick had to be brought into requisition to dislodge them. At other times before 

 settling they would fly in a short jerking manner, somewhat after the fashion of the 

 Long-tailed Skippers (Eudamus)" 



The lateral points in the tegumen are short, nearly straight, and directed forwards 

 and upwards ; the dorsal edge of the extremity of the harpes is undulating and serrate, 

 but without prominent spines. (See Tab. LXXIII. fig. 18.) 



4. Mysoria galgala. (Tab. LXXIII. fig. 22.) 



Pyrrhopyga galgala, Hew. Trans. Ent. Soc. ser. 3, ii. p. 483 1 ; Plotz, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1879, 



p. 531 2 . 

 Tamyris strigifera, Feld. Voy. Nov., Lep. p. 505, t. 70. ff. 7, 8 3 . 

 Pyrrhopyga strigifera, Plotz, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1879, p. 531 4 . 



Alis chalybeo-nigris ad apicem viridescentioribus, ciliis albis ; anticis stria niediana transversa rufescente ; 

 capite summo, palporuin apicibus et corpore toto purpureo-nigris ; maculis duabus inter oculos, capitis 

 basi, maculis dorsalibus, palpis, et maculis abdominalibus utrinque ferrugmeo-coccineis : subtus ut supra, 

 stria transversa anticarum per posticas extendente. 



Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (Ribbe, Zahn), David (Champion). — Colombia 23 ; Vene- 

 zuela 12S . 



JP. galgala of Hewitson and T. strigifera of Felder were both based upon Vene- 

 zuelan specimens, though the latter name also included others from Colombia. Plotz 

 recognized both names ; but as specimens from both localities and also from the State 

 of Panama show no practical difference, we use Hewitson's older title for the species 

 as a whole. The transverse bands of the primaries vary somewhat in width, but appa- 

 rently without reference to locality. 



