NEM^ SPECIES OF L.EPIDOPTERA. 



By HERMAN STRECKER. 



Euptoieta Colombia n. sp. 



Wliole upper surface pale tawny, a little dusky at the base. The black markings are in a general way as in Chnidia, but not near 

 as heavy, and the indentations in the lines, etc., are not as acute. Under surface, primaries basal half interior to the transverse zigzag 

 band fulvous, but not as rich or deep as in Claudia. Exterior half of wing yellowish white. A fine brown marginal line, a crenulated 

 submarginal line, the veins between these are accompanied broadly by brown. A white triangular mark on costa near the apical part, 

 which is edged exteriorly heavily with brown. Three round black spots in the three inner cells. The zigzag median band and the lines 

 in the discoidal cell are fainter repetitions of those of the upper surface. Fringe white with brown at terminations of the veins. Sec- 

 ondaries dirty white, a crenulated brown submarginal line, the space between which and the margin is heavily powdered with brown, 

 leaving only a white lining to the outer edge of the submarginal line; interior to the latter is a broad pale space within which are four 

 round brown spots, one each in cells 3, 4, 6, and 7, the space interior to this, which comprises the bijsal two-thirds of the wing, is heavily 

 powdered with brown, and contains a pale triangular spot at the outer termination of the discoidal cell ; this spot is connected to the 

 costal vein by a bilobed white line which is succeeded exteriorly by another white mark extending from costa to the second subcostal 

 veinlet. ? like the (^, but not as darkly colored beneath. 



d expands If inches; ? 1| inches. Types, one cf, one ?, from Bogota, Colombia, South America. 



This species or form (for all of the so-far-described species, Hegesia, Claudia, Hortensia, and Thekla, avd 

 close allies) can be known at once by the sha])e of the wings, which are broad and in nowise falcate or angfilar 

 bnt full and rounded, bearing in this the same relation to the others as does Vanessa Ladakensis to its allies 

 Uriicce, etc. In Claudia on secondaries, beneath, the space between the submarginal line and the margin is 

 white or ashen from apex to the middle of wing, from thence to the anal angle it is more or less brown ; in 

 Columbia it is uniformly whitish powdered with brown. In Claudia from the submarginal line inward is a 

 brown band widest in the middle and narrowing at the costa and anal angle, interior to this is a paler space 

 which is inwardly separated from the darker ba.sal third of wing. In Columbia the submarginal line is suc- 

 ceeded by a broad yellowish white band containing the round black spots ; interior to this band the entire wing 

 is powdered with brownish, excepting the white marks already spoken of. 



Cyclograninia Terlia n. sp. 



Upper surface dark brown. Primaries with abroad scarlet band from middle of costa diagonally to the inner angle, a white sub- 

 apical spot. Under surface, primaries scarlet, whitish at base, narrowly brown along the inner margin. Apex pale ashen with a sub- 

 marginal brown line and the white subapical spot of upper side repeated ; a dark brown band from costa to inner angle separates the 

 grayish apical space from the inner scarlet part. Secondaries ashen white, a reddish brown shade from the apex to middle of the 

 exterior margin and extending inward to the disco-cellular. A scarlet line on costa which does not reach to the apex. A submarginal 

 line scarlet from anal angle to the median, thence to the costa brown ; this is succeeded by an almost parallel black line. A black line on 

 the costal vein at the base. A subbasal line from the costal vein to the subcostal, where it is broken but again continued in an even 

 inwardly bowed line to the termination of the interior vein. Two connected black rings between the snbmedian veins, and two conflu- 

 ent ones between these and the base ; the color within these rings is the same brown shade as the outer apical half of the wing, and in the 

 centres this shade is darker, making a weak attempt at ocelli. 



Expands 1| inches. Type, one c?, which I received in 1871 from Dr. Van Patten, who took it at 

 Cartaga, Costa Rica. 



This is a larger species than Pandama and differs from it in the band on upper side of primaries being 

 scarlet, and beneath in the much narrower brown shading along inner margin, in the submarginal Hue on 

 apical part being even instead of crenulated. On the secondaries in" the submarginal lines not being scalloped 

 in the outer and with very little tendency to be so in the inner. The black subbasal line being evenly curved 

 from the subcostal to the end of the interior vein, whilst this in Pandama is strongly trilobed. 



Satyriis Azorinus n. sp. 



Body, head, and antenn;e black. Wings dark brown. Primaries somewhat dull ochreous on the disk. A small round sub- 

 apical spot between veins 5 and 6. Secondaries with a strongly sinuate dull ochreous mesial band, this has a deep sinus inwardly 

 between veins 2 and 3, and another at vein 6. Fringe of all wings white with black at termination of veins. The disk and mesial 

 band are not decided or well defined, but dull and suffused, as if showing through from the under side. Under surface, primaries dull 

 pale ochre. Costa brown. At end of and beyond the discoidal cell a brown mark extends from the costa to vein 4. The subapical 

 spot of upper side is repeated, beyond this spot to the costa brown. A brown marginal band, two small white spots interior to this band 

 between veins 6 and 8. Secondaries dark brown, somewhat striated. A mesial band as above but pure white and sharply defined, 

 interior to this band are two white m.irks, one near the base is irregular and extends from the costa to within the discoidal cell. The 

 other nearly square is below this in the cell. Fringe as above. 



Expands 1 J inches. Type, one ji received from Prof. E. T. Owen, who informs me it came from the 

 Azores. 



The place for this most interesting species I think would be with or near Satyrus {Chionobas) Pumilus, 

 Lama, etc. In a remote way it also reminds one of 8. Neomiris, 



