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have asserted that some fossil species from Solenhofen are so similar to 

 those described from England, that it will be necessary to prove that 

 they are different. This vpas especially the case in Heterophlehia 

 dislocata and H. eximia from Solenhofen. JSTow, I am able to assert 

 with certainty that these species, apparently so closely allied, are 

 distinct. Of S. dislocata I have only had at my disposal a wing from 

 Cheltenham, of which the portion the most decisive — the basal — is 

 wanting, but the remainder is sufficiently clear to separate the species. 

 Without entering into details, I can say that S. eximia ranges with the 

 Galoot erygines, and differs from all other known Odonata in the tarsi ; 

 the first joint is longer than the others, while it is always shorter in all 

 living Odonata. The basal portion of the wing (I suppose always that 

 the details given by Mr. Westwood are correct,) differs from that of 

 H. dislocata. In examining the other figures, I find that the basal 

 portion (pi. 10, f. 8,) accords precisely with my genus Tarsoplilehia. 

 Perhaps fossil specimens found in England, which have not yet been 

 published, will prove the correctness of my determination. In any case 

 it would be to me of the greatest interest to be able myself to compare 

 a wing of Heterophlehia dislocata so as to be able to point out the 

 difierences in the basal portion also, between the genera SeteropJdehia 

 and Tarsophlelia, for in spite of their resemblance, I believe that 

 Heterophlehia belongs to the Gomphines — Tarsophlehia to the Galop- 

 terygines. In conclusion, one cannot help remarking the extraordinary 

 fact, that the fossil Tarsophlehia deranges our system of the Odonata, 

 founded on the species now living on the globe, in a most striking way, 

 by the length of the first joint of the tarsi, which in all recent sjDecies 

 is invariably shorter than the following. 



NEW SPECIES OF BUTTERFLIES FROM GUATEMALA AND PANAMA. 



BY HENBT WALTER BATES, F.Z.S. 



(Continued, from ;page \Z\.) 



61. — AMPHIRENE SUPERBA. 



^ ? . Expans. 3" 10'". Wings with the outer margins scalloped, 

 dentations prominent, acute, median lobe of hind- wing more elongated 

 and narrower than in the allied species. Fore-wing with the apex 

 strongly produced, subfalcate ; abdominal edge of hind- wing deeply 

 incurved near the anal angle. Above : deep blackish-brown, both 

 wings crossed by a white belt, much broader on the fore than on the 

 hind-wing, and edged with light blue; hind- wing with a thin, limulated, 



