590 RHOPALOCERA. 



the second near the lower angle of the cell, the second median segment being a little 

 longer than the first. The secondaries are produced at the anal angle ; the cell is less 

 than half the length of the wing ; the discocellulars are oblique and faint. The middle 

 tibiae are spined, and the hind tibiae have two pairs of spurs. The body is rather stout. 

 The primaries of the male have a triangular brand in the angle between the base of 

 the first median branch and the second median segment (this being much less extended 

 beneath the second median segment in V. lafresnayi), and immediately below it there 

 is a second longitudinal piece. 



1. Vettius phyllus. (Tab. CII. figg. 28, 29, 6 .) 



Papilio phyllus, Cram. Pap. Exot. t. 176. ff. B, C \ 

 Carystus phyllus, Staud. Exot. Schmett. p. 296, t. 99. fig. 2 



Alis nigro-fuscis, stigmate grisescente, antieis costa ad basin ferruginea, maculis tribus, una in cellula, secunda 

 maxima et subquadrata infra earn inter ramos medianos primum et secundum, tertia inter ramos medianos 

 secundum et tertium, punctisque duobus in linea transversa subapicalibus, omnibus albo-hyalinis, macula 

 elongata in vena submediana alba, litura dimidio basali marginis interni cserulescente ; posticis striga 

 angusta a basi angulum analem versus extendente fasciaque mediana caerulescentibus, bac ultra cellulam 

 venis divisa albescente: subtus antieis ut supra, sed pallidioribus, costa ferruginea, fascia transversa 

 subapicali flava ; posticis regione costali late et margine interiore anguste ferrugineis, ad apicem et fascia a 

 basi per cellulam ad marginem externum extendente flavis, linea albida margini interiori propiore ; capite 

 albo maculatis, palpis et corpore subtus albescentibus. 



5 mari similis. 



Hab. Panama, Chiriqui 2 (ex Staudinger), Bugaba (Champion). — South Ameeica to 

 Beazil. 



We have seen two males and one female of this species from within our limits ; they 

 differ from our more southern specimens in having the fulvous marking on the 

 costal margin of the secondaries beneath more extended and the yellow stripes are 

 darker. Cramer's type 1 was from Surinam. Hesperia laurea, Hew., is a very closely 

 allied form, but differs in having the fuscous coloration at the anal angle of the 

 secondaries beneath much more diffused. We figure the fore wing of a male of 

 V. phyllus (Tab. CII. fig. .28), to show the form of the brand; also the genitalia, for 

 which see Tab. CII. fig. 29. 



2. Vettius lafresnayi. (Tab. CII. figg. 30, 31, 32, <? .) 



Hesperia lafrenaye, Latr. Enc. Meth. ix. p. 753 \ 

 Cobalus pica, Herr.-Schaff. Prodr. Syst. Lep. iii. p. 78 2 . 



Alis nigro-fuscis, stigmate inconspicuo, antieis macula parva in cellula, tribus in serie obliqua infra earn, 

 prima maxima et subquadrata, puncto uno (aut duobus) subapicali, albo-byalinis ; posticis plaga magna 

 irregulari elongata albida : subtus antieis ut supra, macula alba super venam submedianam et apicem versus 

 griseo tinctis ; posticis fuscis, fascia . subtriangulari transversa alba, latissima ad marginem internum 

 et macula fusca notata ; posticis ad angulum analem ciliis albis ; corpore subtus albo. 



$ mari similis. 



Hab. Panama (Bibbe, in mus. Standing er). — South Ameeica to Brazil 1 . 



