HTLEPHILA.— EETNNIS. 477 



Polochic Valley (F. D. G. & 0. 8.), San Ger6nimo, Duenas (F. D. G. & 0. S., Champion), 

 Guatemala city (Champion); Nicaeagua, Chontales (Belt), Matagalpa (Richardson); 

 Costa Rica ( Van Patten), Irazu (Rogers) ; Panama, Bugaba, David, Volcan de Chiriqui 

 (Champion), Colon. — South Ameeica to the Argentine Republic ; Bahamas ; Antilles, 

 Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Dominica, Grenada, St. Vincent, Antigua x , 

 St. Christopher \ Nevis \ Barbados, &c. 



An extremely common species throughout our region, extending northwards into 

 the United States and southwards to the Argentine Republic, occurring also in most 

 of the West Indian Islands. We notice but little variation in the males in the very 

 large series before us, but in the females, which are very differently coloured, the 

 underside of the wings is much darker in some specimens than in others. 



Dr. Butler's type of Pamphila hala, from Venezuela 7 , is now in our collection. For 

 the genitalia of the male, see Tab. XCIII. fig. 8. 



ERYNNIS. 



Erynnis, Schrank, Fauna Boica, ii. 1, p. 157 (1801) ; Watson, P. Z. S. 1893, p. 99. 

 Ocytes, Scudder, Rep. Peabody Ac. Sci. iv. p. 76 (1872). 

 Anthomaster, Scudder, loc. cit. p. 78. 



Watson refers various Palsearctic and Nearctic species to this genus, and gives 

 Papilio comma, Linn., as the type. It is nearly allied to Hylephila, and has the 

 antennae very similarly formed, except that they are distinctly longer (though not half 

 the length of the costa), and the club (in E. comma) is more acutely produced at the 

 tip ; the cell of the primaries is scarcely less than two-thirds the length of the costa, 

 and in the male it is narrower, owing to the great development of the brand. The 

 first median branch of the primaries arises from far before the middle of the cell. 

 In the male the second median segment is very long, and the first and second median 

 branches are much curved at the base. The spines on the middle and hind tibiae are 

 very long. The brand is broad, oblique, and slightly curved: it extends along the 

 whole length of the second median segment, then crosses the first median branch, and 

 runs downwards to the submedian nervure. 



l. Erynnis comma. 



Papilio comma, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, p. 484 l . 



Erynnis comma, Wats. P. Z. S. 1893, p. 99 2 . 



Alis nitide fulvis, stigmate nigro ; anticis punctis tribus subapicalibus in linea transversa, tribus infra earn, 

 flavidis, apice et margine externo late fuscis ; posticis costa, margine interno et externo fuscescentibus : 

 subtus anticis fulvis, angulum analem versus pallidioribus, striga basali ad venae medianse finem extendente 

 nigrescente, maculis paging superioris magis obviis, apicibus viridi-fuscis ; posticis quoque viridi-fuscis, ad 

 angulum analem late fulvis, maculis quinque in linea transversa, una angulum analem versus et aliis 

 tribus basin propioribus, albidis. „ t , 



Eab. North America. — Mexico, Northern Sonora (Morrison). — Europe \ 

 biol. CENTR.-AMER,, Rhopal., Vol. II., June 1900. 3 q 



