O CATALOGUE OF DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 



Vai'. Alse subtus violaeeo-fuscescentes. 



Bolivia. c? , B.M. 



Local form. Faunus tenebrosus, Blanchard in Toy- d'OrUgny, 



p. 222, pi. 32. figs. 1, 2 (1847). 



Ega. s , B.M. 



Very like the preceding form, but with smaller ocellatc spots on 



the underside of the front wings. 



Local form. Ala^ supra ochraceas violaceo tinetse, subtus multo 

 paUidiores ; ocellis fasciisque olivaceo-fuscis ; fascia media 

 posticarum purpurascente. 



Nicaragua. § , B.M. 



2. Taygetis excavata, sp. nov. PI. I. fig. 1. 



S . Alse supra olivaceo-fuscse, ad margines paulum obscuriores : 

 anticse apice acute producto : postieae margine anali externo valde 

 excavate ; fere ut in T. Celia, Cramer. 



Alse subtus rufo-ferruginese, velut in Mermeria fasciatse et ocel- 

 latse, fascia media posticarum virescente ; area basali anticarum 

 fuscescente, angulo anali albican te. 



Exp. alar, unc, 3|. 



Honduras. ^ , B.M. 



This may be only an extreme form of Mermeria. It most nearly 

 approaches the variety figured by Blanchard under the name of te- 

 nehrosus, but it differs in the deep sinuations in the anal margin of 

 the hind wings and in its much more gorgeous colouring below. 



3. Taygetis armillata, sp. nov. PL I. fig. 3. 



(S . Alte supra olivaceo-fuscae obscurce, margine externo obscu- 

 riore, ciliis pallidis : posticse margine anali excavate. 



Ala) subtus pallidiores : anticse area apicali fuscescente, nitente ; 

 area interna ohvacea ; costa trifasciolata fasciolis pallidis ochraceis, 

 apud marginem externum ocellis quinque indistinctis regularibus 

 roseo roratis ; margine externo atomis albidis angTilariter submargi- 

 nato : postica? cinereo-nigrse nitentes, roseo roratse ; fasciola subbasali 

 ochreo-fusca convexa ; fascia discali tenui, medio angulata, nigra, 

 atomis albidis extus marginata, ocelhs sex contiguis regularibus 

 roseis nigro roratis, ochreo pupillatis, anali geminate ; margine ex- 

 terno albido rorato et submarginato ; apice aliquando roseo. 



Exp. alar. unc. 3|-. 



Bogota, var. Bolivia. B.M. 



Intermediate between Mermeria and Chchjs. 



4. Taygetis Celia. 



Papilio CeHa, Cramer, Pap. Kvot. iii. pi. 242. fig. C (1782). 

 Taygetis Celia, Hilhner, Verz. beh. Schmett. p. 56. n, 533 



(1816). 

 Surinam (Cramer), Brazil. B.M. 



