ILLUSTRATIONS OF UNFIGURED LEPIDOPTERA. lOI 



The under side of fore wing is brown. The inner marginal area, up to the 

 lower submedian nervule, is light gray. The apex also is light gray, diminish- 

 ing to a narrow line on hind margin toward lower angle. From the very apex, 

 within the gray area extending downward from the costa, is a dash of very 

 dark rich brown. Across the ground color, extending downward from costa, 

 and just within the apical gray area, is a jagged thread of whitish, ending at 

 lower submedian nervule. The lower half of this is crossed by interspacial 

 longitudinal dashes of very dark brown. The lower interspaces, also, bear 

 dark dashes close to hind margin. These dark markings, excepting those at 

 apex, are somewhat indistinct, but undoubtedly vary in their prominence and 

 suffusion in various specimens. Below the discoidal space, in the centre of 

 the wing, is a suggestion of a fine lightish dash extending toward apex. This 

 is scarcely visible. 



The lower side of hind wing is difficult to describe. The general appearance 

 is mottled, very dark rich brown, and lighter brown with jagged lines of bril- 

 liant blue. The coloring shows much darker than on fore wing. From the 

 base a narrow line of brilliant blue extends upward along the costa. The 

 immediate basal area is dark rich brown. Outside of this is a very irregular 

 band of lighter brown, extending from near centre of costa across to centre of 

 inner margin. The outer edge of this is bordered by a brilliant blue thread. 

 The anal area is of very light brown with irregular dustings of darker brown. 

 The hind margin is bordered by a white thread. The hind marginal fringe is 

 whitish, broken by black at the ends of the nervules. 



Taken April 20, 1899. 



Nisoniades menuda A. G, Weeks, Jr.^ 

 {Plate XLIV, Figure 2.) 



Habitat: Bolivia. Expanse: .75 inch. 



Head, thorax, abdomen, antennae and legs, above, very dark brown, nearly 

 black ; beneath, the same, except that the antennas are lighter. 



Upper surface in general appearance closely resembles N. icelus Scudd., 

 and N. brizo Bsd.-Lec. 



Upper surface of fore wing dark brown, nearly black. Hind margin has a 

 border of somewhat lighter color tending to grayish, one-eighth inch wide. 

 Running down the central portion of this border is a thread of ground color. 

 Within this, near apex and downward from costa, are three or four subcostal 

 dots of same color. Extending from costa downward across end of discoidal 

 space, is a band of same color, ending at submedian nervure. There is also 



1 Pr. New England Zool. Club, Vol. Ill, p. 4, January 17, 1902. 



