APATURA L 



APATURA ALICIA, new species. 1- 



Male. Exjmuds 2.5 inches. 



Upjier side : j^i'inun-ies tawny at base, along inner margin, uj^on hind margin 

 above inner angle, and within the cell ; rest of wing fuscons ; in the second me- 

 dian intersjjace a large black ocellus with tawny ii-is ; upon the outer limb two 

 transverse rows of spots, the sub-marginal of four, white, extending from costa to 

 the ocellus, rounded or oval, except the second which is cortlate and outside the 

 line ; the median row, sinuous, of seven, large, yellowish-white, the fifth nearly 

 twice the size of any other, the fourth smallest and the two last connected, all rounded 

 or oval ; a black bar at extremity of cell and two rounded spots near base. 



Secondaries tawny, fuscous upon costa and u2)ou margin at outer angle ; hind 

 margin bordered by two lines, of which the outer one is heavy and parallel to mar- 

 gin, the inner is delicate, sinuous from the middle to outer angle ; across the disk a 

 row of six oval black spots, the first, third, fourth and fifth nearly equal in size, the 

 second much larger than either of the others and the sixth smallest ; beyond these 

 an indistinct sinuous brown line and two marks in the cell ; on middle of costa a 

 large yellow-white patch ; fringes alternate white and fuscous. 



Under side of primaries grey white next base and jJale yellow-brown on 

 inner margin ; the apical half much clouded with fuscous ; upon hind margin a 

 dull ferruginous line, anterior to which is a second, fuscous, less distinct, partlv 

 sinuous, and serving as the outer edge of the fuscous space; two black ocelli, wit! i 

 five brown irides, one corresponding to that of upper surface, the other near apex, 

 small and enclosing a cordate white spot ; the other spots as above but more dif- 

 fused and 2i»i't'i" white towards costa; aci'oss the disk a sinuous blackish band bor- 

 dering the inner etlge of the row of spots ; the black marks in cell as above. 



Secondaries grey-white with a pearly or lilac tinge ; hind margin pale brown ; 

 across the disk anterior to and ])artly endiracing the ocelli a narrow cloud of pale fus- 

 cous ; upon hind margin a line like that on primaries, jjreceded by a second cor- 

 resjjondiug to that of upjier side ; beyond the clouded space a brown sinuous line 

 running from costal nervure nearly across the wing, then half-way towards and 

 over to abdominal margin, forming in the last of its course two crenations, the an- 

 terior of which encloses an oval black s^^ot edged Ijy light brown ; in the cell a bar 

 and two small spots, and a third next above the cell on subcostal ; six ocelli cor- 

 responding to the black spots of upper surface, but smaller, the last one duialex, 

 each surrounded by a brown iris and dark halo and enclosing a metallic green 

 pujiil. 



