NEW BUTTERFLIES OF THE FAMILY NTMPHALID^. 161 



NEW BUTTERFLIES OF THE FAMILY NYMPHALlDiE. 

 By Arthur Hall, F.E.S. 



Colcsnis Julia var. dominicana, subsp. nov. 



Male. — Upper side bright fulvous. Fore wings with the transverse 

 subapical band shaped as in the female of G. delila of Jamaica, but 

 deep black and sharply defined throughout, also a similar tooth-like 

 black projection on the outer margin. Hind wings with the black 

 marginal band as in delila 9 , but even more distinctly divided by the 

 fulvous spots. 



Underside as in C. delila. 



Habitat. — Dominica (Kaye). Two ^ ^. Several co-types in 

 the collection of W. J. Kaye, Esq. 



This form is interesting on account of the resemblance of 

 its male to the fnnale of C. delila, the male of the latter being 

 almost immaculate above. The only mainland form with equally 

 heavy bands is typical C.jidia, but this is of a much redder tint 

 and the shape of the wings is different. 



Phyciodes zamora, sp. nov. 



Male. — Upper side blackish-brown. Fore wings with a small 

 cream-coloured spot at the end of the cell, and beyond the cell two 

 large, trifid, creamy-yellow spots, the upper one placed between the 

 subcostal vein and the upper median branch, the lower one, which is 

 nearly circular, between the upper median branch and the submedian 

 vein ; two small, orange-yellow, submarginal spots between the lower 

 radial and the middle median branch. Hind wings with a very 

 broad, central, transverse band of pale creamy-yellow and a fine, 

 waved, submarginal line of the same colour. Cilia fuscous. 



Underside : Fore wings yellow-brown from the base to beyond 

 the middle, blackish in the disc, brown on the outer area ; pale- 

 yellow spots as above ; the apex is tipped with white, and there is a 

 fine, dark-brown, submarginal line. Hind wings ashy grey, with 

 fine, brown, transverse lines ; a diffused, brownish, discal band 

 bearing four or five small, dark-brown spots. Expanse, 1'5 in. 



Female. — Similar to the male, but larger, the fore wings above 

 with four orange, submarginal spots and a small, pale-yellow spot on 

 the costa near the apex. Hind wings paler beneath. Expanse, 

 1-75 in. 



Habitat. — Venezuela. S ? • 



Agrees in the shape of the wings with P. ianthe, F., but in 

 markings not much like any other species. 



Phyciodes cortes, sp. nov. 



Male and female. — Closely allied to P. texana, Edw., from which 

 it scarcely differs above, except that the hind wings have on the 

 basal area only a few pale-yellow scales in place of rufous spots ; on 

 he underside, however, the base of the fore wings is pale ochreous, 



ENTOM. — JULY, 1917. 



