June, '06] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. IQ5 



New Species of Butterflies. 

 BY ANDREW GRAY WEEKS. 



Ecesia klagesii sp. nov. Expanse 2.10 inches. Head above black, 

 with a white dot above each eye and one betwixt the bases of the an- 

 tennae. Antennae black. Club black above, beneath brown, witli tawuv 

 tip. Thorax and abdomen black or very dark brown above, beneath 

 tawny brown. 



Upper side of fore wing tawny brown, with black markings. Costa 

 black. Half way up the costa a black band runs downward, across the 

 end of the discoidal space to the first submedian nervule, where it suffu- 

 ses toward hind margin. Beyond this, on apical side, is an area of 

 ground color of the same width. The apical area, representing one- 

 fourth of the total wing area, is black, with a tawny brown dash in its 

 central portion. In some specimens, owing to lack of any suffusion, this 

 dash may be called a well defined spot. The hind margin is bordered 

 with black from apex down to the second submedian nervule, and in 

 some specimens this extends to lower angle. The inner marginal area is 

 dashed with black. The median nervure is heavily black from the base 

 up to the second submedian nervule. 



Upper side of lower wing tawny brown, with black markings. A black 

 line one-sixteenth of an inch wide extends from the base of the wing 

 along the costa nearly to the upper angle. The hind margin is slightly 

 dentated or wavy, and has a black border one-sixteenth of an inch wide, 

 broadening somewhat toward anal angle. From the inner margin near 

 the base of the wing a line of interspacial black spots extends across the 

 wing, curving upward to the upper angle. These are, in some specimens, 

 quite indistinct, owing to being dusted with tawny scales. 



Under side of fore wing is governed by the markings of the upper sur- 

 face. The black portions are not so dense and suffused into the ground 

 color. The band of ground color running from costa to hind margin is 

 more yellow, and the apical area is tawny brown. At the apex is a patch 

 of dull yellow, crossed by a dark line which extends down to the lower 

 angle one-sixteenth of an inch within the hind margin. 



On the under side of the hind wing, the black line noted on the upper 

 surface, is repeated. Below this, the area to the row of black spots is dull 

 yellow. Below this spot the area to the black marginal border is light 

 tawny. In the black hind marginal border is a wavy line extending from 

 the anal angle through four interspaces. 



Hab. Snapure, Venezuela. 



Variations. The chief variations are due to the suffusing of 

 the ground color on the black portion or vice versa. While 

 some specimens are more or less suffused, thus have the mark- 

 ings distinctly outlined, I have one specimen in which the 



