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beyond the middle by a black stripe from outer to inner margin ; the 

 basal area, including the cell, orange, except a triangular white spot 

 in cell, edged with black, and a white transverse band similarly 

 edged ; along the inner margin this band is joined to the discal white 

 band. 



Body above color of wings, beneath gray-white and black ; legs black 

 and white, fulvous in front ; palpi fulvous with black hairs, white at base ; 

 antennae fuscous annulated with white ; club black. 



Female — Expands .95 to i inch. 



Upper side uniform yellow-fulvous ; a white patch on edge of costa 

 of primaries two-thirds the distance from base is limited by the subcostal ; 

 hind margins of both wings edged with black, broadest at apex of pri- 

 maries and along the middle of secondaries ; on this rests a common 

 series of spots, color of the ground, mostly crenated, and bordered above 

 by a crenated black stripe ; the disks are crossed by two black stripes, the 

 outermost on primaries being nearly parallel to hind margin and not 

 distinct, the other bent round end of cell ; on secondaries these are 

 obsolete ; in cell of primaries four transverse, rather wavy lines, and a 

 slight mark near base ; two similar lines below cell ; secondaries have in 

 and below cell very similar lines, but more or less obsolete. 



Under side nearly as in male, the only difference being in the paleness 

 of the ground and the obsoleteness of the black markings on primaries. 



From I 1^ , 3 $ , also sent me by Mr. Boll, and taken at San Antonio, 

 Texas. I sent one example of each of these species to Mr. A. G. Butler, 

 British Museum, to ask if they had been described as Mexican. Mr. 

 Butler regards them as hitherto undescribed. The wings of dytnas are 

 narrow, primaries much produced. There is a remarkable difference 

 between the sexes on upper side, but below the markings are almost 

 identical. It is the opinion of Mr. Boll that these constitute but one 

 species. This species belongs to Group III of my Catalogue. 



Amblyscirtes nysa. 



Female — Expands i.i inch. 



Upper side glossy dark brown ; primaries have three small transparent 

 spots forming a curve, on costal margin, at three-fourths the distance from 

 base, and a point on the disk ; fringes long, fuscous next the margins, but 

 anterior mixed with white. 



