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the sulphureous basal portion remaining the same; there is, however, an ob- 

 long black discal spot upon the primaries, and the black terminal line of Hila- 

 ria is either entirely wanting, or represented only by a few faint atom's ; the 

 nervular extremities of the secondaries are marked by minute dark points. 



Under side greenish white, crossed with innumerable waved darker lines 

 upon the upper half of the primaries and their apex, and over the secondaries. 

 Costa of primaries continuous reddish brown for a short distance from the 

 base, followed by scattered points thence to the apex, and along the outer 

 margin, all of the same color ; also an indistinct line running in from the 

 apex : a large rounded ferruginous discal ocellus, pupilled with violaceous- 

 silvery ; base suffused with yellow ; an orange streak within the cell. 



Secondaries darker than the primaries, lightened with pale greenish white 

 above the subcostal and median veins; a small silvery spot, encircled with 

 ferruginous, on the lower disco-cellular, and six minute rosy, or rose-brown 

 spots, one in each interspace, midway between the cell and outer margin. 



Fringe greenish white ; expanse three inches. 



Thorax black, covered with long greenish-yellow hairs ; abdomen and lower 

 portions greenish-white; antennae rosy or ferruginous, darker on the club. 



Female, base of both wings pale yellowish-white; the mesial portions be- 

 come more yellowish, and the depth of color is gradually increased to yellow- 

 ish-orange on the outer margins; a large rounded black discal spot on the 

 primaries ; a bright ferruginous border at the apex, and on the outer margin, 

 extending below half its length, at first continuous, afterwards maculate; in- 

 terior to this, a maculate series, similarly colored, bent nearly at a right angle, 

 just below the apex, and terminating at the costa on the one side, and on the 

 other just above the end of the marginal border. 



Below, bright ochreous-yellow ; the markings of the male remain constant, 

 with the difference in color, with the reappearance of the interior bent band of 

 the fore wings, and the addition of a rounded, ferruginous spot within the cell 

 of the secondaries, obliquely above the discal ocellus; the six submarginal 

 spots of the same wing are considerably enlarged. 



Fringe yellowish orange; expanse 2-65 inches. 



Body above, abdomen and antenna? as in the male; thorax below, bright 

 ochre-yellow. 



Hab. Madagascar. Coll. Tryon Reakirt. 



5. Terias jamapa, nov. sp. 



Female? Above pale sulphur yellow ; fore wing costa strongly arched ; apex 

 rectangular ; outer margin from the middle curved outwards, and deeply 

 crenulated ; a large apical black patch extending from the outer third of the 

 costa, nearly to the inner angle ; its anterior outline presents two short termi- 

 nal, nearly straight lines, and three prominent curves, of which the upper is 

 double the langth of either the others, but shallow, while the lower two ap- 

 proximate to a semicircle in form, and are of considerable depth. 



Hind wing with the outer margin between first and second median wein- 

 lets produced into a longish pointed lobe, nearest the second branch, and 

 partially entered by it ; the ends of the nervules marked by minute dark points, 

 otherwise the secondaries are immaculate. 



Underneath, the apex of the primaries and the secondaries are suffused with 

 ochreous, and reticulated with fine ferruginous lines ; white atoms are sprinkled 

 over the surface, and in some places, form condensed spots; three of these are 

 situated below the cell and first veinlet, another at the upper end of the first 

 disco-cellular, and several on the costa? of both wings ; a small black discal 

 spot on the primaries, and a number of minute black points on the lower outer 

 margin of the secondaries. 



Expanse 1-55 inches. 



Hab. Mexico (near Vera Cruz). Coll. Wm. H. Edwards. 



Mr. Wm. H. Edwards, of Newburgh, N. Y., has kindly placed in my hands, 



1866.] 



