OPHIDERES.—LYGNIODES. 361 
The species of this genus are widely distributed over the warmer parts of the globe, 
but are most numerous in India and the Eastern Archipelago. We have now to record 
two from Central America. 
1. Ophideres serpentifera. (Tab. XXXI. fig. 14.) 
Ophideres serpentifera, Walk. Cat. xiii. p. 1218". 
Hab. Costa Rica (Boucard, in mus. D.); Panama, Chiriqui (Ribde).—Brazit, Rio 
Janeiro!; AntTILLEs, San Domingo}. | 
The three specimens received agree perfectly with Walker’s type in the British 
Museum. Our figure is taken from the Chiriqui example. 
2. Ophideres apta. 
Ophideres apta, Walk. Cat. xiii. p. 1221*; Druce, P. Z. 8. 1884, p. 8237. 
Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (Ribbe), Bugaba 1000 feet (Champion).—Gutana ; AMAZONS, 
Santarem!; ANTILLES, Dominica ?. 
This fine species is widely distributed in Tropical South America, but nowhere 
common. ‘The specimens before me show considerable variation in colour and also in 
the markings of the primaries. 0. apta closely resembles the Old-World O. materna 
(Linn.), but the primaries are always darker and the black borders of the secondaries 
wider. 
GRAPHIGONA. 
Graphigona, Walker, Cat. xiii. p. 1230 (1857). 
Three species from Tropical South America were included in this genus by Walker ; 
one of these extends northwards into Central America. 
1. Graphigona gubernatrix. 
Ophideres gubernatriz, Guén. Sp. gén. des Lép, vii. p. 118, Noct. t. 17. £. 4". 
Graphigona gubernatrix, Walk. Cat. xiii. p. 1230”. 
Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Schaus).—? CotomBia!; Braziu?, Rio Janeiro?; Amazons, 
Santarem ”. 
Mr. Schaus obtained one specimen of this fine species at Jalapa; it is the only 
example we have seen from within the limits of our fauna. 
LYGNIODES. 
Lygniodes, Guénée, Sp. gén. des Lép. vii. p. 123 (1852) ; Walker, Cat. xii. p. 1235. 
Of the five species referred to this genus by Walker, four are from the warmer parts 
of Asia and one from Central and South America; Guénée included in it two only, 
both from India. 
BIOL. CENTR.-AMER., Heter., Vol. I., January 1890. 2 zz 
