XVIII. TWO NEW SPECIES OF BAHAMAN LEPIDOPTERA. 



Bv W. J. Holland. 



I am indebted to the kindness of Sir ( iilbert T. Carter, the Governor 

 of the Bahamas, for the pleasure of being permitted to describe the 

 following species. It is sincerely to be hoped that His Excellency, 

 who distinguished himself by his researches in the domain of natural 

 history during his stay on the western coast of Africa may be able to 

 find leisure in the midst of his pressing official duties to ascertain more 

 than has heretofore been known in reference to the fauna of the inter- 

 esting islands the administration of which is at present lodged in his 

 most capable hands. 



Cla.ss INSECTA. 



Order Lepidoptera. 



Suborder Rhopalocera. 

 Family LEMONIID^. 



Subfamily Ervcinin.«. 



Genus Charis Hiibner. 



Cliaris carfcri sp. nov. 



$ . Antennae two thirds as long as the costa, slender ; club fusi- 

 form, black, tipped with white. Under a glass the antennae are seen 

 to be finely ringed with white. Front and eyes reddish-brown. Col- 

 lar, upper side of thorax, and al)domen reddish. The segments of the 

 abdomen on the upper side are annulated anteriorly with dark fuscous. 

 On the under side the thorax and abdomen are grayish ; legs con- 

 colorous. The ground color of the wings on the upper side is bright 

 reddish-brown. There are three blackish transverse .spots in the cell ; 

 one near the base, one about the middle, and one at the end, the one 

 in the middle running oblitpiely in the direction of the outer angle. 

 The spot near the base is continued in the form of a blackish band 

 below the cell as far as vein i. A blackish band runs from a little 



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