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B. General colour of the wings brown, largely interrupted with white. 

 9. Pellicia polyctor. (Tab. LXXXIII. figg. 28, 29, 30 s .) 



Pirguspolyotor*, Prittw. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1868, p. 186, t. 3. ff. 3 a, b 1 . 

 Ephy Hades polyctor, Plotz, Jahrb. Nass. Ver. xxxvii. p. 4 (1884) 2 . 

 Helias ithrana, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1870, p. 519 V 

 Pellicia ithrana, Wats. P. Z. S. 1893, p. 56 \ 



Alis anticis fuscis, fascia mediana alba per cellulam bisectis, parte apicali indistincte squamis pallidis notata, 

 maculis tribus subapicalibus et duabus discalibus (una ramo mediano, secundo utrinque) semihyalinis ; 

 posticis albis ad basin fuscis, margine externo angulo anali proximo pallide fusco, lunulis albidis notato : 

 subtus usque ad basin albis, parte apicali anticarum et regione anali posticarum tantum fuscis : capite 

 inter oculos fusco albo maculato ; palpis subtus (segmento terminali nigro excepto), corpore toto et pedibus 

 infra albis. 



$ mari similis. 



Hab. Mexico, Acapulco (H. H. Smith), Jalisco (Schumann), Atoyac (H. H. Smith, 

 Schumann), Cordova (Bumeli) ; Guatemala, Volcan de Santa Maria (W. B. Richardson) ; 

 Nicaeagua, Chontales (Belt); Panama, David (Champion). — South Ameeica, from 

 Colombia to South Brazil 1 3 . 



Though this species differs widely in general appearance from the other members of 

 the genus Pellicia, there can be no doubt that Mr. Watson was right in placing it 

 here 4 . In the form of the antennae and the outline of the wings it agrees with the 

 more normal species, and the presence of the characteristic tuft on the secondaries as 

 well as the swollen nervures of those wings are conclusive as to its position. 



P. polyctor was described from Brazilian specimens by Prittwitz in 1868, and two 

 years afterwards received a second name from Mr. Butler, one of whose types is now 

 before us. The identity of the two species was recognized by Plotz in 1882 2 . 



The range of the species is very extensive. It is found in the Mexican State of Vera 

 Cruz and in Western Mexico, and thence spreads southwards to Southern Brazil, 

 specimens from the extreme points of this wide area presenting no tangible points of 

 difference. Its range in altitude reaches from the sea-level to a height of about 3000 

 feet in the mountains. 



The male genitalia resemble those of the other members of Pellicia in having the 

 harpes unsymmetrical and cleft at the end ; the upper lobe of the right harpe is divided 

 again into two thickened lobes, that of the left lobe being simply rounded. (See 

 Tab. LXXXIII. fig. 30.) 



MYCTERIS. 



Mycteris, Mabille, Pet. Nouv. Ent. ii. p. 114 (1877) ; Wats. P. Z. S. 1893, p. 56. 



This genus is very close to Pellicia, and has a tuft of hairs on the secondaries and 

 the subcostal and its branch swollen near their junction as in that genus. The palpi 



* P. polyctor in Kepertorium, 1863-1870. 



