LYCAS.— OEPHE. 619 



ochraceis : subtus anticis ut supra, apicem versus griseo tinctis, litura magna ad angulum analem albida ; 

 posticis argenteis, fascia lata a costse medio ad angulum analem extendente, ad cellulse finem angustiore 

 et frequenter interrupta, lsete castanea, ad basin cum margine externo coloris ejusdem, margine externo 

 rufo-fusco ; ciliis anticarum fuscis, iis posticarum ochraceis fusco-punctatis ; abdomine subtus ochraceo. 

 $ mari eimilis. 



Hah. Mextco, Rincon in Guerrero (H. II. Smith) ; Guatemala l 2 , Choctum (F. I). G. 

 & 0. S.) ; Nicaeagua, Chontales {Belt) ; Panama, Bugaba (Champion), Chiriqui (mus. 

 Staudinger). — Brazi l. 



Hewitson described this species from a Guatemalan specimen, and we have numerous 

 others from Central and South America. The peculiar coloration of the underside 

 of the secondaries distinguishes it at once from all its allies, the following excepted. 

 For the genitalia of the male, see Tab. CIV. fig. 30. 



2. Lycas ceraca. 



Hesperia ceraca, Hew. Trans. Ent. Soc. (3) ii. p. 488 (1 866) x ; Exot. Butt, v., Hesperia, ff. 42, 43 3 . 



5 . Alis fuscis, pilis ochraceis vestitis, anticis dimidio costae basali ferrugineo, macula in cellula magna externe 

 exeisa, tribus infra earn in serie obliqua, ea in medio maxima et bifida, punctisque tribus in linea trans- 

 versa subapicalibus, flavo-hyalinis ; posticis macula apicem versus et altera in margine costali flavis : subtus 

 anticis triente basali fusca, apice et costa rubescentioribus, macula in costse medio flava, litura submediana 

 elongata albida ; posticis castaneis ad marginem externum pallidioribus, fasciis duabus obliquis trans- 

 euntibus argenteis, exteriore curvata, interiore recta et haud ad angulum analem extendente, margine 

 interno quoque angulum analem versus argenteo. 



Hah. Panama, Chiriqui (Trotsch, in mus. Staudinger). — Guiana, Surinam; Brazil, 

 Rio Janeiro 1 i Santa Catherina. 



Of this fine species there is a single female specimen from Chiriqui, as well as two 

 others of the same sex from more southern localities, in Dr. Staudinger's collection. It 

 is allied to L. argenteus (Hew.), but differs from it in having the silvery markings 

 on the underside of the secondaries reduced to two narrow fasciae. 



ORPHE, gen. nov. 

 This genus includes two very closely allied Tropical-American species, Hesperia 

 gerasa. Hew. (=Proteides suhcordatus, Mab.), which we take as the type, and a very 

 similar form from south of our limits *. They are both insects of large size, with 



* Orphe vatinius, sp. n. (Tab. CIV. figg. 31, 32, d .) 



0. gerasce similis, sed alis anticis maris stigmate undulante (nee margine inferiore reflexo) tantum differt. 

 Hah. GtriANA; Amazons; E. Peru. 



This species is almost exactly like 0. geram, but differs from it in having the surface of the brand in the 

 males very distinctly undulate, and there is no trace of the reflexed lower margin so prominent in the latter 

 species. Of 0. vatinius we have seen six males, and of 0. gerasa two, one of which is Hewitson's type, and 

 we therefore have no hesitation in separating them. For the genitalia of the male, see Tab. CI V. fig. 32. 



