KEW NYMPHALINE BUTTERFLIES. 



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Biirmitembia veHosa, n. sp. 



Male brown, about 5 mm. long ; anterior wing about 4-5 mm. 

 long ; wings smoky, with dark veins. Only the middle of the hind 

 wing is visible. 



R.-i 



Fig. 3. — Burmiteinbia cenosa. a. Anterior wing (the venation is marked). 

 Sc. Subcosta. e. Eadius. m. Media, cu. Cubitus. A. Anal. 



Burmese amber, from Mr. E. C. J. Swinhoe. Very little is 

 known of the extinct Embiidse ; a single species {Emhia glorissan- 

 tensis, Ckll.) has been discovered in the Miocene rocks of 

 Florissant, Colorada, and another {Emhia antiqua, Pictet) is from 

 Baltic amber. There is also a species found in copal. The 

 si^ecies in Baltic amber is represented only by a wingless male. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF TWELVE NEW NYMPHALINE 

 BUTTERFLIES. 



By Arthur Hall, F.E.S. 



Euptoieta claiidia var. thekla, subsp. nov. 



(^ $ . Much smaller than any of the other races of claiidia. 

 Upperside almost as in var. hortensia, Blanch., but a trifle duskier, 

 the transverse stripe internal to the round, black post-discal spots, 

 broader and more diffused. Underside of fore wings almost as in 

 hortensia, but the apex more rufous ; hind wings almost unicolorous 

 rust-red, without any markings except a pale streak in the lower 

 discoidal interspace beyond the end of the cell. Expands 1'25- 

 1-0 in. 



Habitat. — High plateau of Bolivia, 10,000 ft. 



This dwarf race was sent out by Bang-Haas under the above 

 name, but does not seem to have been described. With the 

 discovery of the forms Poasina, Schaus, in Costa Rica, Bogotana, 

 Stgr., in Colombia, and thekla, in Bolivia, the connection of the 

 North American claudia with the race Hortensia, Blanch., from 

 €hili and Argentina, which was formerly supposed to be isolated, 

 is almost established. In thekla the under surface of the hind 

 wings has a curious resemblance to that of Argynnis anna, 

 Blanch., which, however, does not occur in the same district, 

 but some hundreds of miles further south, in Chili. 



