June, '09] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 263 



New South American Butterflies. 

 A. G. WEEKS, JR. 



Carystus benches sp n. 



Head, palpi, thorax, abdomen and legs, dark reddish brown, lighter 

 beneath. Antennae, dark brown with white annulations at base of 

 each joint, tip white at base, black at end. Upper side of fore wing rich 

 blackish brown. Apex dashed with white. Across discoidal space, near 

 its end is a prominent transparent white band or mark, and below it 

 in first submedian interspace, but nearer margin, is another of similar 

 size. In interspace below this and midway to base at junction of me- 

 dian nervure and nervule is a third transparent spot of similar size. 

 In apical area semi-distant between the first two spots and apex is a 

 small well defined transparent white spot, nearly circular. Hind mar- 

 gin has slight fringe of lighter color. Upper side of hind wing 

 the same ground color as fore wing, with no markings except two 

 minute but distinct transparent spots or dots midway between end of 

 discoidal space and hind margin. Fringe very light brown approach- 

 ing white at center. Upper side of fore wings dark brown, nearly black 

 in basal area. The four transparent white spots same as above. Near 

 the apex, in the first seven interspaces below costa are dashes of bluish 

 gray. In the two interspaces below the apical dot, and under the dot 

 are also two similar dashes. The white dash appearing at apex on 

 upper surface is wanting on under side. Under side of hind wings, 

 dark rusty brown with scattered whitish scales. The two transparent 

 dots are encircled with very dark brown extending somewhat, in linear 

 form, towards anal angle. Fringe the same as on upper surface. Ex- 

 panse, 2 in. 



Habitat : Bolivia, two hundred miles north of Cochabamba. 



This species was supposed to be C. basoches Linn 9 but it 

 is not. It is not represented here or in English collections. 



Taken about five days travel north from Cochabamba in 

 August. 



Callimormus elides sp. n. 



Upper side of head, palpi, thorax and abdomen dark brown ; be- 

 neath, nearly white. Antennae dark brown tipped with black. Upper 

 side of fore wing dark brown. Near the apex are two clear but small 

 subcostal white dots. There are also three subcostal white dots, al- 

 most imperceptible, nearly midway from the first mentioned and the 

 base. In the submedian interspace in the centre of the wing are two 

 distinct white spots, the upper and smaller one being nearer the hind 

 margin but touching the larger spot below it. The hind margin has a 



