﻿EEYCINID.E. 
  — 
  PHELES. 
  

  

  III.— 
  PHELES 
  FENELLA. 
  Fig. 
  5. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  If 
  inches. 
  

  

  Upperside. 
  Gre3'ish-black 
  with 
  hyaHue 
  areas 
  between 
  the 
  veins, 
  the 
  

   apical 
  third 
  greyish-bhack 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  transverse 
  semi-hyaline 
  white 
  patch 
  in 
  it 
  

   indented 
  outwardly 
  between 
  the 
  veins 
  and 
  irregular 
  on 
  its 
  inner 
  edge. 
  Posterior 
  

   wings 
  broadly 
  bordered 
  by 
  greyish 
  black, 
  cilia 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  narrowly 
  white. 
  

  

  Underside, 
  as 
  above. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Paramba, 
  Ecuador 
  (Piosenberg). 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Grose-SmitL. 
  

  

  This 
  insect 
  has 
  a 
  great 
  resemblance 
  to 
  Xynias 
  Cynosema, 
  Hew., 
  but 
  the 
  white 
  patch 
  on 
  ihe 
  

   anterior 
  wings 
  of 
  that 
  species 
  is 
  less 
  hyaline 
  and 
  different 
  in 
  shape. 
  

  

  I.— 
  XYNIAS 
  CHRISTALLA. 
  Fig. 
  6. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  IJ 
  inches. 
  

  

  Upperside 
  differs 
  from 
  A'. 
  Cijnoscma 
  in 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  white 
  patch 
  on 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  wings, 
  which 
  is 
  somewhat 
  narrower 
  and 
  at 
  its 
  lower 
  end 
  projects 
  

   inwardly, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  additional 
  indistinct 
  orange 
  streak 
  along 
  the 
  inner 
  

   margin. 
  On 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  the 
  dark 
  outer 
  margin 
  is 
  wider 
  than 
  in 
  

   A'. 
  Cynosema. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  underside 
  the 
  orange 
  streaks 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  and 
  inner 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  margin 
  towards 
  the 
  anal 
  angle 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  

   are 
  brighter 
  and 
  more 
  strongly 
  developed. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Ecuador 
  (Buckley). 
  

  

  In 
  Mr. 
  Grose-Smith's 
  Collection. 
  

  

  GENUS 
  ITHOMEIS. 
  Bates. 
  

  

  I.— 
  ITHOMEIS 
  MIMICA. 
  Figs. 
  7, 
  8. 
  

  

  Ithomeis 
  Mimica, 
  Bates, 
  "Transactions 
  Linn. 
  Soc," 
  Vol. 
  XXIII. 
  , 
  p. 
  54'2 
  

   (1862). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  If 
  inches. 
  

  

  " 
  Fore 
  wing: 
  Above, 
  dull 
  black, 
  with 
  a 
  reddish 
  tinge 
  on 
  the 
  margins 
  near 
  

   the 
  base 
  ; 
  a 
  triangular 
  spot 
  traversed 
  by 
  the 
  median 
  nervure 
  in 
  the 
  basal 
  part 
  of 
  

  

  