362 EHOPALOCERA. 



6. Pythonides zera. (Tab. LXXXIL figg. 14, 15, 16 s .) 



Achlyodes zera, Butl. Trans. Eut. Soc. 1870, p. 514 ' ; Plotz, Jahrb. Nass. Ver. xxxvii. p. 20 



(1884) \ 

 Thanaos paterculus, Herr.-Schaff. Corr.-Blatt Regensb. xvii. p. 141 (1863) 3 ? 



Alia saturate schistaceis, anticis margine externo, costa ad apicem maculisque indistinctis discalibus brunneis, 

 maculis duabus infra cellulam (inferiore majore), altera parva subapicali hyalinis, fascia submarginali 

 interrupfca, margine costali introrsum valde irregulari, fasciaque brevi obliqua ad medium marginis interni 

 saturate brunneis ; posticis fascia interrupta submarginali, altera lata ad basin et duabus indistinctis 

 discalibus saturate brunneis : subtus omnino brunnescentioribus ; anticis plaga magna ad angulum analem 

 maculisque duabus ad costam ocbraceo-brunneis ; posticis dimidio costali ejusdem coloris fusco macu- 

 latis, dimidio interno usque ad medium marginis externi glauco-cserulescentibus ; palpis infra glaucis. 



Hab. Costa Rica ( Van Patten), Cache {Rogers) ; Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, 

 Bugaba (Champion), Chiriqui (Bible). — South America, Venezuela 12 to Brazil 2 . 



This species was described by Mr. Butler from specimens in Mr. Druce's collection 

 said to be from Venezuela 1 . They agree with several examples in our collection and 

 in that of Dr. Staudinger from Chiriqui, where the species appears to be not uncommon. 

 "We also have specimens from Costa Rica, and, in the south, from the neighbourhood 

 of Rio Janeiro. 



Dr. Staudinger has lent us specimens marked T. paterculus, Herrich-Schaffer ; but 

 this insect is so briefly described that we hesitate to substitute this name for 

 Mr. Butler's, the types of which are before us. 



The male genitalia resemble those of P. lugubris to a great extent, so far as the 

 tegumen is concerned ; the scaphium is long and reaches almost to the end of the 

 tegumen : the harpes are symmetrical and are deeply cleft ; the lower branch is a strong, 

 curved, comparatively narrow rod ; the upper branch is slender and curved downwards, 

 reaching to about the centre of the circle, of which the outer margin of the lower 

 branch is a portion of the circumference. (See Tab. LXXXIL fig. 16.) 



7. Pythonides menedemus, sp. n. (Tab. LXXXIL figg. 17, 18 s .) 



P. zerce similis, sed minor ; anticis margine externo regulariter convexo, margine interno rectiore ad angulum 

 analem baud hamato ; posticis magis elongatis ; anticis maculis semihyalinis minutis : subtus omnino 

 obscurioribus, colore ocbraceo vix tincto ; posticis dimidio distali cretaceo-albo, ciliis fuscis. 



Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (Bibbe). — Amazons. 



Of this species we have two male specimens from Chiriqui, both of Herr Ribbe's 

 collecting, and a third from Para taken by Mr. H. H. Smith. The species differs in 

 many ways from P. zera, and is no doubt quite distinct. 



8. Pythonides hyacinthinus. (Tab. LXXXIL figg. 19, 20, 21 <j .) 



Telemiades hyacinthinus, Mab. Pet. Nouv. Exit. ii. p. 165 (1877) l . 



P. zer<% quoque affinis, sed alis sicut in P. menedemo formatis : subtus obscurior ; posticis colore cseruleo angulo 

 anali restricto. 



Hab. Nicakagua, Chontales (Belt); Panama, Chiriqui (Bibbe). 



