JEMADIA.— MYSCELUS. 265 



caeruleo albo punctatis ; tliorace longitudinaliter striato, abdomine stria dorsali nigra, lateribus caeruleo 

 semicinctis, subtus lineis maculosis binotatis. 



Hab. Panama, Chiriqui {fide Moschler 1 ). 



We have a single specimen, apparently a female, answering to Moschler's description 

 of this species. Unfortunately it is without locality, so that we cannot confirm the 

 domicile attributed to the species by its describer, and, moreover, Dr. Staudinger's 

 collection is silent on the subject. 



J. licinus in the coloration of its wings is almost exactly like Proteides pygmalion, 

 the blue lines radiating from the base of the primaries in the same way ; but the head 

 and antennae are those of a Jemadia. We have examined our specimen very closely 

 with a view to ascertain if the head with its antennae had been placed on the body and 

 wings of a specimen of P. pygmalion, but we cannot find that this has been done; and, 

 of course, Moschler's description taken from another specimen confirms the opinion that 

 the species is quite distinct. 



Dissection of the male organs would here be very valuable, but unfortunately we have 

 no materials at present to enable us to make the investigation. 



MYSCELUS. 



Myscelus, Hiibner, Vers. bek. Schmett. p. 110 (1816) ; Watson, P. Z. S. 1893, p. 15. 



This genus, the type of which is M. nobilis (Cramer), contains ten or eleven species, 

 only two of which occur within our limits, the rest being spread over the tropical 

 regions of South America as far as South Brazil. 



The antennae, including the club, are rather slender, the latter hooked and ending in 

 a blunt point. The second median segment of the primaries is more than twice the length 

 of the third, the subcostal branches are distinctly separate, the second subcostal segment 

 is more than double the length of the third, and the third is longer than the fourth. 

 In the secondaries the second median branch is emitted after the cell, and the outer 

 margin is deeply crenulate. The hind tibiae have a dorsal ridge of hairs. 



l. Myscelus belti. (Tab. LXXIV. figg. 21, 22, 23 s .) 

 Myscelus belti, Godm. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 153 \ 



Alis ferrugineis ; anticis ad apicem saturatioribus, maculis decern hyalinis omnibus nigro circumcinctis, tribus 

 medianis magnis in linea transversa positis, duabus ultra cellulam, una venam medianam utrinque, 

 quinque parvis subapicalibus in linea arcuata positis; posticis margine nigricante, ciliis inter venas 

 indistincte albidis, fasciis duabus indistinctis fuseis, una per cellulam, altera ultra earn : subtus maculis 

 ut supra dimidio distali fusco, linea indistincta pallida submarginali, parte basali sulphurea; posticis 

 sulphureis, margine externo lato et linea juxta earn interiore nigricanti-fuseis ; palpis albidis; corpore 

 toto subtus sulphureo, abdomine nigro cincto. 



9 mari similis, anticis ad apicem obscurioribus, posticis saturatiore ferrugineis fere unicoloribus. 



Hab. Guatemala, Polochic valley (F. D. G. & 0. S. l ), Tsmtdleon (Champion) ; Njcar- 

 biol. centr.-amek., Khopal., Vol. II., May 1893. 2 m 



