480 EHOPALOOEEA. 



American forms to it. Talides athenion, Hiibn., also belongs here. Thymelicus, 

 again, is closely allied to Hylephila, but differs from it in having the antennae a little 

 more elongate, though not half the length of the costa, with a short terminal crook. 

 The cell of the primaries is slightly shorter. The brand of the male consists of a 

 broad oblique streak of small, dull greyish, closely compacted scales, extending from 

 the base of the second median segment to the submedian nervure before the middle, 

 this being bordered above by a longitudinal streak, and within by a subtriangular 

 patch, of small velvety-black scales ; outside the brand there is a small field of modified 

 scales. The wings on the upperside are differently coloured in the two sexes. The 

 brand of the male is very like that of Atalopedes, except that the long overlapping 

 scales are absent. Thymelicus is widely distributed in the New World, ranging from 

 the United States of North America to Peru. T. vibex and T. athenion are common 

 Central-American forms. ffylephila dictynna, G. & S., from the Antilles, agrees with 

 the present genus in the structure of the antennae as well as in the form of the 

 brand, but it has the primaries much less pointed at the tip. 



l. Thymelicus vibex. (Tab. XCIII. figg. 12-14, s ; 15, 16, $ .) 



Thymelicus vibex, Geyer, in Hubner's Zutr. ex. Schmett. iv. p. 22, ff. 685, 686 ( J ) l ; Wats. P. Z. S. 



1893, p. 100 2 . 

 Hedone praeceps, Scudd. Rep. Peabody Ac. Sci. iv. p. 79 (<?) (1872) 3 . 

 Pamphila lumida, Moschl. Verh. zool.-bot. Gres. Wien, 1882, p. 21 7 4 . 

 Pamphila golenia, Moschl. loc. cit. p. 218 '. 

 Pamphila stigma, Skinner, Canad. Ent. xxviii. p. 188 (1896)°; Ent. News, xi. p. 414, t. 2. 



ff. 15, 16 (c?) 7 . 



Alis nitente fulvis, ad basin obscurioribus, stigmate nigrescente ; anticis striga infra stigma, macula elongata 

 ultra cellulam, apice, et margine externo inter ramos medianos dentato, fuscis ; posticis margine interno 

 late et externo anguste fuscescentibus : subtus flavis, anticis ad basin nisi in costa nigro-fuscis, apice et 

 margine externo posticisque irregulariter fusco-maculatis. 



5 . Alis fuscis, anticis punctis tribus minutis in linea transversa subapicalibus, maculis quatuor aut quinque 

 in serie obliqua infra et ultra cellulam, secunda maxima, sordide albis : subtus anticis ut supra, sed 

 pallidioribus, costa et apice grisescentibus ; posticis griseis aut albidis, maculis confluentibus serie 

 submarginali aliisque basin versus fuscis. 



Hah. North America, New Mexico and S.W. Texas 67 . — Mexico, Presidio de 

 Mazatlan (Forrer), Dos Arroyos, Tierra Colorada, Rincon, Hacienda de la Imagen, 

 Acaguizotla, all in Guerrero, Atoyac, Fortin, Teapa (//. ff. Smith), Orizaba (ff. J. 

 Elwes), Jalapa (coll. Schaus), Valladolid in Yucatan (Gaumer), Tehuantepec (fide 

 Scudder 3 ) ; Guatemala, Central valleys (F. I). G. & 0. S.), Santa Maria (Richardson), 

 Guatemala city (Champion); Honduras, San Pedro Sula (Wittkugel) ; Nicaragua, 

 Matagalpa (Richardson) ; Costa Rica (Van Pattm), Cache, San Francisco (Rogers).— 

 South Ameeica, Colombia 4 5 to Paraguay, Trinidad. 



It is extremely doubtful whether the North-American T. brettus, Boisduval and 



