WEEKS— XEIV LEFIDOPTERA FROM KEXEZUELA 
67 
1906] 
XEW LEFIDOPTERA FROM \’EXEZULA. 
BY ANDREW GRAY WEEKS, BOSTON, -MASS. 
Habitat: Suapure, Venezuela. Expanse: 1. 10 inches. 
Head and palpi above black, below tawny. Thorax above black, below 
black with gray hairs. Abdomen above black, below brown with a white dash 
at thorax junction. Antennae black. Club black above, below tawny. Legs 
black near body, turning to tawny toward tips. 
L'pper side of fore wing black. Xear apex, in subcostal area, is a small 
white dot. Helow this, skipping one interspace, is a series of fiv'e interspacial 
white spots running downwards towards centre of inner margin, the fir.st two 
small, the third very large, the fourth small and fifth a small dot in lowest 
submedian interspace. 
L'])per side of hind wing black. A broad and very i)rominent white band 
runs fiom centre of inner margin towards upper angle, extending across one- 
half the wing only, stop])ing near end of discoiilal space. Inner margin 
slightlv dusted with gray scales. 
Marginal fringes of ground color, turning to white at anal angle. 
Under side of fore wing the same as upper surface except that the spots 
are more closely connected and the ground color is brownish. 
Under side of hind wing the same as upper surface except that the 
prominent band extends completely across the wing from a point near the up- 
])er angle on costa to centre of inner margin and of unvarying width. This 
band is creamy white. 
\’ariations: My small series of si)ecimens shows no variations e.xcept 
that the two small subcostal s])ots are sometimes wanting and the lowest dot. 
also, on fore wing. 
'I'liis species was not found in collections here, nor in the Uodmnn col- 
lection, liritish IMuseum, etc. 
Taken in January, lytX). 
Pamphila verdanta sp. nov. 
Habitat: Suai)ure, X'enezuela. 
F.xpansc : 1.15 inches. 
