430 RHOPALOCEKA. 



a. S. cylindus group. 



1. Staphylus cylindus, s P . n. (Tab. LXXXIX. figg. 1-3.) 



Alis f'uscis, squamis sparsis obscure ochraceis notatis ; anticis, plica costali obvia, maculis tribus subapicalibus, 

 tribus alteris discalibus inter ramos medianos semihyalinis et nigricanti-fusco limbatis ; posticis fere 

 imicoloribus, fasciis duabus indistinctis vix pallidioribus margine externo parallelis : subtus fere uni- 

 coloribus ; anticis area ad marginem externum paullo pallidiore et fulvescentiore ; palpis subtus fuscis, 

 squamis fulvis intermixtis ; pedibus et corpore toto fuscis. 



Bab. Mexico, Orizaba (F. D. G. & II. J. E.), Coatepec and Jalapa ( W. Schaus) ; 

 Costa Rica, Irazu and Rio Sucio [Rogers). 



This species is a close ally of Staphylus cyclops (Staud.), but differs in the colour of 

 the marginal portion of the primaries beneath, which are dark and only slightly more 

 fulvous than the rest of wing, instead of being distinctly ochre-yellow. In colour it 

 resembles Achlyodes simplex (antea, p. 396), but differs generically in several points, 

 the primaries having a very distinct costal fold, the outer margin more convex, the 

 secondaries wider and more convex, &c. 



The range of Staphylus cylindus probably extends over nearly the whole of Central 

 America, from the eastern slope of the mountains of Vera Cruz southwards. We have 

 many specimens from Costa Rica, but none from any more southern point. In Colombia 

 Staphylus cyclops perhaps takes its place, a species of which we have not as yet seen 

 any examples from our country, those attributed to it belonging either to Achlyodes 

 simplex or A. cyrna (Mab.)*. 



The male genitalia have a long, rather slender, blunt, slightly depressed tegumen, 

 with a short lobe on either side at the base: the harpes are divided into two lobes of 

 nearly equal width ; the lower one is the longer and ends in a blunt point at the upper 

 corner ; the upper and shorter lobe is rounded at the extremitv. (See Tab. LXXXIX. 

 fig- 3.) 



b. S. cuPEEiCErs group. 



2. Staphylus cupreiceps. (Tab. LXXXIX. figg. 4-6.) 



Antigonus cupreiceps, Mab. Bull. Soc. Eut. Belg. xxxv. p. lxiii \ 



Alis fuliginoso-nigris ; anticis fascia submarginali paulo pallidiore ; posticis fasciis maculosis indistincte notatis : 

 subtus fuscis, fasciis omnibus ut supra sed paulo magis obviis ; palpis subtus griseis, supra cum area inter 

 oculos et protborace supra aureo-aurantiacis. 



Hab. Mexico, Atoyac in Vera Cruz, Omilteme in Guerrero (B. B. Smith) ; Guate- 

 mala, Volcan de Sta. Maria ( W. B. Richardson) ; Honduras (mus. Mabille *), San 

 Pedro (G. M. Wliitely) ; Panama (Ribbe, in mus. Staudinger). — Venezuela; Amazons 

 Valley ; Bolivia ; Eastern Brazil. 



This species was described from a specimen from Honduras, which, through 



* Mons. Mabille has recently sent us a specimen of his Achlyodes cyrna (Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1895, p, Ivi 

 Feb. 27), and we find it identical with our A. fasciata, which was described a few weeks later, and the latter 

 name therefore becomes a synonym of A. cyrna. 



