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Ageronia Anomala, Nov. Sp. 



Male expands 3 inches ; outline of wings Fume as A. Amphinfme, except that the outer half of costa of primaries is mora 

 arched ; colour and ornamentation of upper surlace also precisely the same as in that species, with the single exception of the small 

 white lunate spot iit costa, mid-way between the bro.ad white band and apex, which is wanting in our species; in all other respects, even 

 to the smallest minutia?, it is the same in appearance, and no one, on even tlie most critical e.<amination, could by this surface separate 

 it from Amphinome. Under surface of all wings same dark shining brown as in ^4. Arele, towards base a shade paler ; primaries have 

 the white transverse band of upper surface repealed, and a very small white spot on apex, otherwise immaculate ; secondaries have two 

 basal scarlet spots, one on costa and the other just anterior to it, tliis hitter is shaded a little exteriorly with black ; a row of scarlet sub- 

 marginal spots situated as in Arele, with the exception of the anal (jne of that species which is here wanting, there being but four, whilst 

 in -Ire/e there are five ; a small white apical spot. The whole under surface presents almost the exact appearance of Arele, $; the 

 only point that strikes the eye as at all dilierent is the irregularity of the edges of the white band of primaries ; but the two basal spots of 

 secondaries are also not like in Arele, round, but irregular, more like splashes or suffusions. 



Taken high up the Amazon in several examples, all of which, save one, however, were lost ; in same locality were taken with it 

 a\any Megistanis, Deucalion :ind Bd'ot is ; also Murpho Cinseis, Bates,* Ayruulis Lucina, Feld.,t a Eunica (allied closely to A'cmena^ 

 Dbldy., but smaller, and violet wliere that species is blue,) l)esides many other species of both butterflies and moths. 



CAT0C.4.LA HeRODIAS. Xov. Sp. 



Female expands 2i inches. Head and thorax dark smoky gray ; abdomen grayish brown ; beneath light gray. Primaries above 

 same dark smoky gray as thorax, almost evenly coloured, only a little darker towards exterior margin ; transverse lines, tine and black, 

 but inconspicuous; veins from exterior margin to transverse posterior line black ; a small black ba-al streak; reniform almost obsolete, 

 subreniform widely open ; the transverse posterior line between subrenil'orm and costa in four unusually long sharp teeth ; fringe gray. 

 Secondaries same red .as C'ocf ma^u, a little darker ; mesial baud, very irregular, from costa not quite one-third in broad, then <iuLte 

 narrow, then broad and strongly curved like an X, then a mere line, continued suddenly to a triangular patch which does not reach 

 quite to inner margin ; marginal hand broad at costa, somewhat gradually narrowing towards inner margin, which it does not quite 

 reach ; apical line red ; fringe while, black at terminations of some of the veins. Under surface primaries pinkish ; all the tliree dark 

 bands connected by a dark sliade on inner margin ; secondaries, inner two-thirds pink, costal part white, bands as above. 



Texas, one ? example, taken Ijy Mr. Belfrage. No. .501 of his collection. 



This insect has nuich the apjiearance of C. Liipinu, H-S., from Armenia, the colours are the same, anil the upper wings of 

 both species are decorated in luucli the same manner, save that Lupina has a bold black longitudinal basal dash, which is replaced in 

 ours with the merest line; the mesial bands of primaries are entirely different in the two species. Lupina is smaller than the [iresent 

 species, and the under side of primaries is destitute of pink or reddish tinge. 



Catocala {Coccinata) Var. Circe. Nov. Var. or Sp. ? 



Male and female expand 2'j — 2.i inches. Head and tliorax whitish gray, with black lines, abdomen grayish brown, beneath 

 white. Primaries same whitish gray as thorax ; luarks as in Coccinata, but heavily black and accompanied with black shades ; reniform 

 tolerably distinct, subreniform conspicuous; a broad blackish shade extends, more or less interrupted, from base to exterior margin. 

 Secondaries and under surface as in ordinary forms of Coccinata. 



1 have examined six examples taken by Mr. Belfrage in Bo.sque Co., Texas, and find them all constant to the form above de- 

 scribed. I have little douijl liut that this is a form of Coccinata, but markeil ;ind constant enough to perhaps deserve a separate desig- 

 nation. 



Catocai.a Semirelicta, Grote, is undoubtedly a variety of Briseis, W. H. Edw., bearing the same relation to the latter as does 

 Phalanga to PoUeogama. I have many and varied intermediate examples. 



BuN.EA Eelis. Nov. Sp. 



Male expands 8| inches. Upper surlace rather dark mnber brown. Primaries falcate ; a narrow white submarginal band, or 

 rather line extending from costa to inner margin ; indistinct transverse mesial and sub-basal shades, the latter undulate, the former al- 

 most straight ; a small transparent di.scal lune. Secontlaries produced in an angle at middle of exterior margin ; a white submarginal 

 band or line much further from exterior margin, between anal margin and middle, than between latter and costa ; from the anal margin this 

 line is nearly straight to a little beyond the middle of wing, when it curves rather abruptly upwards to the costa ; in the centre of the wing is 

 an ocellus nearly one inch in diameter, this is formed by a large brown spot shaded into jet black outwardly towards its edge, and 

 containing in its middle a small transparent triangle; this spot is surrounded by a vermilion coloured ring, and this latter by a white 

 line. Under surface brownish gray, faint traces of the white submarginal lines of upper surface made by a brown line; this submar- 

 ginal line on secondaries is not bent at middle of wing as above, but goes-aliuost straight across from anal margin to apex ; the space 

 from the submarginal lines to the outer margin darker colour than rest of wing ; a transverse narrow brown median shade crosses all 

 wings ; transparent discal spots as above. 



From Calaliar, W. Africa, presented to me as a Christmas box by my ever dear and tried friend, Mr. T. Chapman, of Glasgow, 

 Scotland, who in his letter announcing the gift remarked that be knew it would be to me far more acceptable than a turkey or a keg of 

 whiskey. 



Heliothis Kegia, Nov. Sp. Expands 1^\ inches. Head and body white. Ground colour of all wings on both surfaces white. 

 Primaries marked nuich in same style as Rivutosa, Guen., but widely different in colouration ; the basal part and submarginal band are 

 purplish crimson ; the middle of the white central space is yellowish brown, or olivaeous, with an almost golden tint in some lights ; 

 the outer part of white marginal band is also of this same colour. Secondaries with faint ill defined, rather broad purplish crimson 

 marginal band. Under surface, primaries, basal part white, marginal band white, rest crimson. Secondaries with a crimson apical 

 spot, and another smaller one on margin, midway between this and basal angle. Texas, taken by Mr. J. Boll. 



Heliothis Fastidiosa, Nov .Sp. Expands | — 1 inch. Head and body olive yellow, collar tinged with red. Primaries yellowish 

 olive, median space tinged with j)inkish, and separated from basal and marginal parts by very narrow whitish lines, not in all cases, 

 however, perceptible ; basal space palest near body, darkest towards median space ; marginal space palest outwardly, deepening into 

 brown towards median space; discal mark large, but somewhat obscure. Secondaries pale dull yellowish, marked with black after the 

 manner of i))^psac««s, L. Under surface yellowish white ; primaries; a black basal patch ; a large black discal spot which connects with the 

 submarginal band ; inner two-thirds of this latter is black, and costal third is crimson ; inferiors marked below as above, but the outer 

 half of marginal band is crimson, and the costa also is of that colour. Upper surface has, on a superficial glance, some ref emblance to Oar- 

 dui, Hub. Texas, J. Boll, (No. 31). 



*Wien. Ent. Monat., Vol. IV, p. 189, T. 4 (1860). 

 tl. c. Vol. VI, p. 110 (1862). 



