418 Mr. E. Doubleday on some new species of Butterflies. 



P. Victorinus. Alis omnibus supra nigro-olivaceis, apice fuscis, serie 



duplici macularum flavarum, subtus, maculis posticarum rufis. 

 Exp. alar. 5 unc. 



Anterior wings above black, tinged with olive, the posterior 

 margin with a series of eight rounded yellow spots, the first in- 

 distinct, the last double, preceded by a curved series of yellow 

 spots, interrupted opposite the discoidal cell, composed of a lon- 

 gitudinal streak on the costa, three rounded spots between the 

 branches of the median nervure followed by a lunular, and on the 

 inner margin by an elongate one, all of a yellowish colour. 



Posterior wings dentate olive-green, with a series of seven 

 rounded spots beyond the discoidal cell, followed near the margin 

 by a series of six lunules, and at the outer a round spot all yellow ; 

 cilia spotted with white. 



Below. — All the wings, the anterior with the disc fuscous, the 

 outer series of spots vanishing towards the apex, the inner series 

 more marked than above, with two additional spots opposite the 

 discoidal cell, in which is a large yellow spot divided by a longi- 

 tudinal black line. 



Posterior wings with the spots and lunules red, the inner 

 series smaller than above and edged with black. 



Head black, orbits behind and base of palpi yellow. Thorax 

 black, with a yellow spot on each side above anteriorly. Abdo- 

 men fuscous. 



From the west coast of America. 



This species is closely allied to P. Cleotas, Grayi, and Phaeton, 

 Boisd. 



Genus Euterpe. 

 Eut. Hylonome. Alis omnibus nigris, anticis supra fascia transversa 



alba, posticis subtus pallide roseis nigro striatis. Exp. alar. 1 unc. 



9 1in. 



Above. — Smoky black, anterior wings with a transverse fascia 

 near the middle divided by the nervures, not reaching either the 

 costa or inner margin. 



Below. — The anterior wings are marked as above, the poste- 

 rior are more coloured at base, paler towards the apex, the ner- 

 vures and a vitta between each two nervures black, the black 

 predominating on the margin and just beyond the discoidal cell. 



Head, thorax and abdomen black. 



From S ta Fe de Bogota. 



Genus Leptalis. 

 Lept. Cyra. Alis omnibus nigris, anticis vitta longitudinali, fasciaque 



transversa rlava, posticis vitta discoidali flava. Exp. alar. \\ unc. 



Above. — Anterior wings black, with a curved longitudinal pale 

 yellow vitta beginning at the base and terminating not far from 



