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COPAXA. 



C arnobia (Westw.) and its aberration diacrepans (Butl.) are not Copaxas, but 

 form the genns CremastochnjsalUs Karsch. 



I have three new species and one snbspecies to describe : — 



Copaxa syntheratoides sp. nov. 



This species has a strong supertii'ial resemblance to the Oriental genns 

 Syntherata. 



Forewings: ground colour golden yellow, flushed and patched with rnfous 

 orange, strongest round the ocelli and beyond the outer transverse band. Basal 

 lialf of costa blackish brown, apical half yrllow. About half an inch from the 

 base the wings are crossed by an irregular red transverse line from the costa to 

 the inner margin. From the red subapical spot to the inner margin the wings are 

 crossed obliquely by a heavy dark reddish brown band. At the apex of the cell is a 

 small oblong ocellus with a vitreous centre and a black outer ring. Running up for 

 a short way into the wing from the centre of the inner margin and between the two 

 transverse bands is an indistinct red line. 



Hitulwiru/s similar, but the transverse band outside the ocellus is replaced by a 

 row of seven brown dots. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow. 



Underside similar, but duller, and without tlie brown transverse bars, while 

 through the centre of the four wings runs a transverse baud of dull orange. 



Expanse : 5^ inches = 133 mm. 



Ilab. Volcano of Chiriqui, Costa Rica. (In ("oil. Staudinger.) 



Copaxa multifenestrata rufotincta subsp. nov. 

 Grotmd colour of basal two-thirds of both fore and hind wings orange rufous, 

 :uiter third deep brown ; markings as in C. multifenestrata (Herr.-Schafif.). 

 Expanse : 5 inches =127 mm. 

 Ilab. Panama. 



Copaxa cineracea sp. nov. 



Forewinqs uniform dark ashv grev, with a small vitreous spot at the apex of the 

 cell. 



Uindioings similar, but with an indistinct darker transverse line one-third from 

 the base. 



Underside identical with upper. 



Body and head ashy grey. 



Antennae straw yellow. 



Exj)anse : 5 inches = 127 mm. 



Ilab. ? 



Copaxa trimacula sji. nov. 



Forewings clay brown, flushed with jiale reddish in one of my two specimens. 

 Beyond the cell are three round vitreous spots, and one-third from the base is an 

 indistinct zigzag transverse line. From the apex of the cell to the centre of the 

 inner margin runs obliquely a dark transverse line. 



