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secondaries is but feebly represented on the lower side by a patch of 

 bluish-gray scales. 



9 . The female is like the male, and only differs in having the 

 upjjcr surface of the wings somewhat grayer and not as bright reddish 

 as is the case in the male insect. All the spots and markings are 

 identical. 



Expanse, 23 mm. 



I am informed by Sir Gilbert Carter, in whose honor I name this 

 insect, that it occurs very rarely on the island of Nassau and is ex- 

 tremely local in its habitat. The specimens which he sent me were 

 taken on the 15th day of April of the present year. The species is 

 unknown to English entomologists, and I have no hesitation in describ- 

 ing it as new to science. The types are with me at the Carnegie 

 Museum. 



Family HESPERIIDiE. 



Genus Erycides Hiibner. 



Erycides batabanoides sp. nov. 



$ . Somewhat smaller in size than the smallest specimen of E. bata- 

 bano (Lucas) contained in my collection. From batabano, its nearest 

 ally, it may be distinguished by the fact that the anterior wings at the 

 base are strongly marked with blue rays running parallel to the veins, 

 and the secondaries are likewise marked by bright blue bands radiating 

 from the base toward the outer margin. The submarginal blue band 

 of the secondaries is also more strongly pronounced than is the corre- 

 sponding band in E. batabano. The fold of the wing along the inner 

 margin of the secondaries is accentuated by bluish-white hairs forming 

 a conspicuous bluish-white band parallel to the inner margin. On the 

 under side of the wing a corresponding difference exists. In batabano 

 the markings of the secondaries consist, so far as I have observed in a 

 large series of specimens, of a palish green submarginal streak before 

 the anal angle. In batabanoides the primaries are strongly marked near 

 the base by bright blue — not green. The secondaries are margined 

 along the inner margin by a bright blue metallic line succeeded by 

 another bright blue metallic line running from near the costa across 

 the cell and along vein 2 toward the anal angle. This line is suc- 

 ceeded by another bright blue metallic band parallel to it, running 

 from the costa as far as the origin of vein 3, and then curving inwardly 

 and terminating on vein i . Another metallic blue band rises on the 



