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lines, obscured by a darker shade towards the apex ; of these the two outer 

 conform in outline with the indentations of the margin, the interior presents 

 a lengthened arc from the abdominal margin to the third median veiulet, be- 

 tween which and the costa it is thrown into three shorter curves. 



Fringe brown and white alternately ; expanse 1'75 inches. 



Underneath pale bro^n, darker towards the base, suffused with fuscous; 

 two continuous broad red-brown lines extend from the subcostal vein of the 

 fore to the abdominal margin of the hind wings; following these are two ocelli 

 upon the fiist, and six upon the latter, all black, pnpilled with white, and 

 surrounded by reddish brown rings ; of these the first upon the primaries is 

 much the largest, the second upon the same, and the third upon the secon- 

 daries, minute and rather indistinct, the two apical ones of the latter closely 

 approximating, and their other three at equal distances apart all these five of 

 nearly the same size ; tire border of the primaries is replaced by three narrow 

 lines, ami those upon the secondaries remain as on the upper surface ; the 

 area enclosed between the inner mesial line, and the base is, upon the secon- 

 daries, much darker than the rest of the surface. 



Body brown ; antennae brown with incomplete pale annulations ; club whitish 

 beneath. 



flub. "Mexico, (near Vera Cruz.)" Wm. H. Edwards. 



More nearly allied to N. canthus, L., than any other of its congeneric asso- 

 ciates, but still very disiinct. 



41. Thkcla jalan, no v. sp. 



Female. Upper surface white glossed with black ; a dark olive brown shade 

 occupying the apical area and extending along the costal and outer margins 

 of the primaries. 



Secondaries bordered with a narrow black line, preceded by a white one as 

 far as the submedian vein ; interior to this a broad olive brown band, running 

 from the costa down to the second median vein, thence to the margin bright 

 orange, containing a small black spot in the first interspace, and also on the 

 anal lobe, upon which there are some violet atoms ; two black tails of equal 

 length, the uppermost being tipped with white. 



Underneath pure white ; ou the primaries four broad transverse olive 

 brown bands, including the marginal, all tapering towards their inner mar- 

 gin ; a pale orange spot at their base. 



Secondaries with seven convergent and tapering bands, six of which unite 

 in a waved black line that covers the large orange anal spot; this contains 

 three black spots, of which the one at the anal angle is much the largest, and 

 surmounted by a white ray. 



Body blackish above, yellowish white beneath ; head with an orange front- 

 let ; first and second articles of the palpi white, the third black; antennae 

 black ; expanse 1*45 inches. 



Hub. "Mexico, near Vera Cruz." Wm. H. Edwards. 



42. Goniloba poyas, nov. sp. 



Male. Upper surface dark olive brown, with long greenish hairs on the 

 abdominal margin, and covering the body. Fore wings with a large tri-par- 

 tite orange-ochreous spot about the end of the cell, interior to, and obliquely 

 below which, there is an oblong sexual spot, of closely appressed grayish 

 white scales. 



Secondaries immaculate ; a bright yellow fringe extends from the costa to 

 the first median vein; for the remaining distance the ciliae are brown. 



Underneath, apex of primaries tinged with purplish, the sexual mark is 

 wanting, but there is a bright yellow spot connecting the upper ochreous one 

 with the costa,. Secondaries underneath, as above, save that the yellow color 

 of the fringe extends slightly over the edge of the wing. 



Wings shaped as in G. tityrus, Fab., but the anal lobe is more obtus'd; 

 expanse 1-752 inches. 



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