526 RHOPALOCEEA. 



2. Niconiades CSBSO. (Tab. XCVII. figg. 23, 24, 25, 6 .) 



Proteides cceso, Mab. Compt. rend. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxxv. p. lxxxviii \ 



JV. xanthaphi similis, sed posticis maculis tribus hyalinis, nee duabus. 

 $ mari similis. 



Hab. Mexico, Atoyac (H. H. Smith). — South Ameeica to Brazil l , Trinidad. 



We have a single rather worn female example from Atoyac that we assign to N. cceso, 

 which is a very near ally of JV. xanthaphes, Hiibn., the range of each being similar, and 

 the only difference that we can detect being that N. cceso has an extra hyaline spot on 

 the secondaries. Our figures are taken from South-American specimens. For the 

 genitalia of the male, see Tab. XCVII. fig. 25. 



b. Secondaries without a white band beneath. 



3. Niconiades merenda. (Tab. XCVII. figg. 26, 27, s .) 



Proteides merenda, Mab. Petites Nouv. Ent. ii. p. 202 (1878) \ 



Alis niseis, stigmate griseseente, anticis maculis tribus in linea obliqua, una submediana parva, secunda inter 

 ramos medianos primum et secundum subquadrata et maxima, tertia ultra earn, duabus in cellula, 

 punctisque duobus minutis subapicalibus in linea transversa, omnibus hyalinis ; posticis maculis duabus 

 parvis marginem externum versus (una fere obsoleta) hyalinis : subtus ut supra, sed anticis costa et apice 

 late, posticisque omnino, ochraceo tinetis, anticis litura submediana angulum analem versus albida, posticis 

 puncto minuto ochraceo in cellula ; capite et thorace viridibus ; palpis griseis, pilis virescentibus. 



2 mari similis. 



Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (mus. Staudinger). — Venezuela ; Brazil 1 . 



We have seen four specimens of this species, including the type, a pair of these being 

 from Chiriqui. It is a close ally of N. viridiceps, as we have noted under that species. 



4. Niconiades viridiceps. (Tab. XCVII. figg. 28, 29, $ .) 



Proteides viridiceps, Mab. Le Nat. 1889, p. 99, f. 4 1 . 



2 . Alis fuscis, anticis maculis tribus in linea obliqua, una triangulari supra venam submedianam, secunda 

 maxima subquadrata inter ramos medianos primum et secundum, tertia ultra earn, duabus in cellula 

 (superiore majore), punctisque tribus in linea transversa subapicalibus, eo margini costali proximo 

 minutissimo, omnibus hyalinis ; posticis maculis tribus in linea transversa ultra cellulam, ea ad apicem 

 proxima maxima, hyalinis : subtus ut supra, sed anticis (area mediana excepta) ochraceo tinetis, macula 

 submediana anticarum elongata, posticis puncto in cellula, altero marginem costalem propiore, et tertia 

 angulum analem versus, albidis ; capite et thorace supra viridibus ; palpis subtus pilis albis vestitis. 



Bab. Panama, Chiriqui (mus. Staudinger 1 ). 



Through the kindness of Dr. Staudinger we have been able to examine the type of 

 this species, which, according to Mabille 1 , is a male ; but, although the body is now 

 missing, we have no doubt it is a female, the primaries being without any trace of a 

 brand. 



N. viridiceps is very like A T . merenda (Mab.) ; the spots, however, on the secondaries 

 form a transverse band, which is not the case in the latter species. The type is figured. 



