11. -5 



FAMILY NYMPIIA IJ D.E. 



SUB-FA.MII,V MORPHIN/E. Bxllrr. 



CEM'.S MOIIPIK). Fahricitm. 



FLATE XL I. 



Mopp/io Aqitar'nis, jUj. 1. 



Morpho Aquarius, Butler, Cist. Ent. 4, p. 71 (January, 1872). 



Affinis J/. Thesco, differt alis brovioribus, area basali supra distincte 

 (•irrulrsc'cntc ; auticio mara^iuo cxtorno pauluhuu arcuato ; fascia lata sul)- 

 maririnali rccfulari nigra ; maculis ocbrcis majoribus valde distinctis ; striga 

 alarum omnium duplici marginali fulva continua ; posticte caudis baud quad- 

 ratis ; alaj subtus dilutiores ; anticse striola inconspicua et fasciola lata dis- 

 coidcis cinereis ; plaga pone cellam costali pyramidata cinorca striolam fuscam 

 includcnto ; maculis submarginalibus dilfusis subtriangularibus niajori1)us 

 albidis ; posticae area basali quadrata; fascia pono cam cinerea niulli) magis 

 rcgulari : cxp. alar. unc. 5, lin. 8. 



Cartago, Costa Rica {P\tn Patten). Coll. Druce. 



AUiijil t.i .1/. Tlii'iiciin, but no nearer to it than M. Lvim is to M. Pulinihi mus ; I lind, liowcvcr, 

 tliiit tliei-c ai-o Lt'piiloijterists, even in the present day, who question the iJi-ojirirty "i' sepaniting sueh 

 distinct species as tliese ; I sliduld be inclined to doubt whether they have ever had an i)])pi>rtunity of 

 comparing typiciil specimens of the two fonns. If tliere were any doubt as to the distinctne&s of the 

 two species it wouhl be at once removed liy M. (Iliertliur's remarks (Pet. Nouv. Ent. n. 44, p. 170; 

 •liiii., 1H72): — "I have ivceived tlic two typi-s from ditfiMviit ^lexican locidities. The type Luun 

 conll•^ froiii I'ull:i, the tvp'' I'lil fii'lii mils from ( 'iiiin.i\ :!■ m." 



Vor/>/n> M.iriiiilii. Jiij. 5. 



.\l()r|ilii) .Maiiiiita, linlh'r. Cist. Ent. t, ]). T-J (.laiuiarx, i"^7'i). 



cJAIliiii> M. .Iclnlli, >ii|iia tii^ca: al;c aiitic;r fascia lata |>iinc' iiirdiimi 



