360 EHOPALOCERA. 



The male genitalia differ from those of P. cerialis in having a more slender tegumen ; 

 the dorsal edge of the harpes is much straighter and only slightly undulating from the 

 middle to the extremity, which again is less produced and blunter. (See Tab. LXXXII. 

 fig. 5.) 



3. Pythonides anicius, sp. n. (Tab. LXXXII. figg. 6, 7 c? .) 



P. ceriali quoque similis, sed anticis fere onmino immaculatis, fascia submarginali eserulea multo interrupta, 

 maculis semihyalinis nullis ; posticis sicut in P. contvbernali, sed fasciis casruleis magis saturatis : subtus 

 anticis unicoloribus ; posticis fere omnino cseruleis, angulo apicali et linea interrupta submarginali tantum 

 fuscis. 



Hab. Guatemala, Zapote (Champion). 



We have two males of this form, which appears to be distinct from P. contubernalis, 

 its nearest ally. The secondaries have two transverse blue bands as in P. contub emails, 

 but the primaries both above and beneath are nearly uniform, and with the hyaline 

 spots wholly absent or evanescent. The hind tibiae, as in the allied forms, have two 

 pairs of spurs but no tibial tuft. The harpes of the male genitalia are shorter and 

 more rounded at the extremity, and the dorsal edge is less undulating; the scaphium, 

 too, appears to be more produced. 



4. Pythonides belti, sp. n. (Tab. LXXXII. figg. 8, 9, 10 c? .) 



Helias pater cuius, Hew. Cat. Coll. p. 239 (nee Herr.-Sch.) \ 



Alis fuscis glauco atomatis ; anticis abbreviatis, margine externo convexo ad angulum analem sensim exciso, 

 lineolis irregularibus transversis nigris notatis, punctis tribus medianis semihyalinis nigro limbatis', 

 uno parvo subtriangulari intra cellulam, altero subquadrato infra eum, tertio parvo elongato extra eos ; 

 punctis tribus subapicalibus quoque semihyalinis, margine externo fulvo variegato ; posticis angulo anali 

 producto, lineolis valde irregularibus nigris, una basali, duabus discalibus angulum analem versus concur- 

 rentibus et una submarginali maculosa : subtus anticis nigro-fuscis ad costam et ad marginem externum 

 fulvo variegatis, maculis semihyalinis ut supra ; posticis laete cseruleis, ad angulum apicalem fuscis, punctis 

 nigris juxta eum. 



Hab. Nicaeagua, Chontales (Belt l ). 



We have four male specimens of this pretty species from Belt's collection, and there- 

 are four in the Hewitson collection from the same source under Herrich-Schaffer's name 

 Helias paterculus. Though doubtless belonging to this section of Pythonides, P. belti 

 is rather aberrant, the outer margin of the primaries being more convex than in 

 P. cerialis, giving those wings a somewhat truncate appearance ; the secondaries, too 

 have the anal angle more produced than usual in other members of Pythonides. The' 

 hind tibiae have two pairs of spurs but no tibial tuft. 



The male genitalia have a simple tegumen ending in a single point ; the scaphium is 

 well developed ; the harpes end in a long slightly upturned lobe, and there is another 

 short lobe starting from near the base of the dorsal edge ; this arrangement is not 

 unlike that of P. cerialis. (See Tab. LXXXII. fig. 10.) 



