NEW SPECIES OF LEPIDOPTERA IN THE UNITED STATES 

 NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



By William Schaus, 



Assistant Curator of Insects, United States National Musesm, 



The species described from Guatemala were all taken by Mr. 

 John T. Barnes and myself dm"ing our recent visit to that country; 

 those recorded from northwest Mexico have been generously donated 

 by Mr. B. Preston Clark ; in most other cases the name of the donor 

 or collector is mentioned. 



Suborder RHOPALOCERA. 



Family SATYRIDAE. 



PEDAHODES MARIA, new species. 



Male. — Wings above fuscous brown with a still darker marginal 

 line, straight on fore wings, lunular on hind wings. Wings below 

 dark brown, the lines darker. Fore wings: a medial curved line 

 in cell; a postmedial line somewhat oblique from costa, almost straight 

 to vein 3, then wavy to inner margin; a submarginal line finely wavy; 

 an indistinct marginal line; a black terminal line. Hind wings: an 

 antemedial line to median, then slightly inset to inner margin; 

 postmedial hne inwardly shaded with dark red, lunular between veins 

 2 and 3, followed by three ocelli, black, circled with yellowish, 

 and containing a white point, the largest ocellus between veins 2 

 and 3; submarginal line irregular, wavy, outwardly shaded with 

 dark reddish; the marginal and terminal line as on fore wing. 



Female. — Not quite so dark, the lines and one or two of the ocelli 

 present on the upper surface; the postmedial line inwardly shaded 

 with dark red. Wings below also paler, especially the terminal 

 space beyond postmedial line, which is decidedly grayish. Hind 

 wings with a small ocellus near costa, and yellow points between 

 veins 4 and 6 ; the three ocelli toward anal angle as in male. 



Expanse. — Male, 43 mm.; female, 45 mm. 



Habitat. — Volcan de Santa Maria, Guatemala, 4,500 feet; flying 

 about bamboo in April, July, October, November; not met with 

 anywhere else. 



Type.— Cat. No. 22394, U.S.N.M. 



Proceedings U. S. National Museum, Vol. 57— No. 2307. 



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