368 SUPPLEMENT. 
surrounds a large purplish-brown spot near the apex ; secondaries semihyaline yellow, darker at the 
apex and on the outer margin; the fringe of both wings yellow; the underside of the primaries 
purplish-black: head, abdomen, and legs yellow, the collar, tegule, and thorax pale purplish-brown. 
Expanse 13 inch. 
Hab. Guatemata (Conradé, in mus. Staudinger *). 
8. Neritos samos. (Tab. LXXIV. fig. 1.) 
Neritos samos, Druce, Aun. & Mag. Nat, Hist. (6) xviii. p. 39 (July 1896) °. 
Male. Primaries very similar to those of WV. psamas (Cram.), but much redder in colour, the yellow band 
crossing the wing narrower, and not surrounding the apical spot as it does in NV. psamas; secondaries 
pale chrome-yellow : head and thorax reddish-brown ; antenne pale brown; abdomen bright red above, 
pale yellow beneath ; legs pale yellow. — Expanse 13 inch. 
Hab. Brivish Honpuras (mus. Druce *). 
SCAPTIUS (to follow the genus Neritos, I. p. 90). 
Scaptius, Walker, Cat. iil. p. 642 (1855). 
1. Scaptius ditissimus. (Tab. LXXIV. fig. 2.) 
Scaptius ditissimus, Walk. Cat. iti. p. 643°. 
Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (Trétsch, in mus. Staudinger).— Amazons, Ega’. 
RHIPHA (to precede the genus Elysius, I. p. 91). 
Euchromia, group 81, Rhipha, Walker, Cat. i. p. 273 (1854). 
Apyre, Walker, Cat. ii. p. 490 (1854); vii. p. 1681 (1856). 
Arara, Walker, Cat. iii. p. 641 (1855). 
Rhipha, Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. xii. p. 423, t. 29. fig. 21 (neuration) (1876). 
1. Rhipha vittipes. (Tab. LXXIV. fig. 4.) 
Arara vittipes, Walk. Cat. il. p. 642°. 
Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (Zrétsch, in mus. Staudinger).—Braziu }. 
‘Dr. Staudinger’s specimen now figured agrees perfectly with Walker's type in the 
National Museum. 
AMMALO (I. p. 91). 
Ammalo chrysogaster (I. p. 91). 
To the localities given, add:—Mexico, Orizaba (Boucard, in mus. D.), Coatepec 
(Brooks) ; GUATEMALA, in the city (Rodriguez) ; Costa Rica, Candelaria Mts. (Under- 
wood); Panama, near the city (J. J. Walker). 
I have now before me a large series of this species, showing considerable variation 
in size and colour. 
2. Ammalo helops. 
Phalena Bombyx helops, Cram. Pap. Exot. i. p. 113, t. 72. fig. C’°. 
Ammalo helops, Walk. Cat. 1. p. 623’. 
Halesidota megapyrrha, Walk. Cat. xxxi. p. 308°. 
