es, Aa. is 
* 
i) NS aaa 
_SOME UNDESCRIBED RHOPALOCER 
~ 
A IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 183 
a reaching to vein 2, the next very much larger, triangular, 
~ extending right across from vein to vein, the truncated apex 
just touching vein 3 externally at its origin, that in area 3 
squarish, similarly extending from vein to vein, the next linear, 
-reaching from vein 4 to 5, the last (in area 5) a mere point 
close against vein 5. Fringes concolorous with the wings. No 
brand. Hind wing: Hyaline spots four in number, two in 
area 4, barely separated, one each in areas 3 and 2, all sub- 
quadrate, small, forming a transverse row a little beyond the 
middle and curving slightly towards anal angle. Fringes rather 
lighter than those of fore wing. 
Under-side, fore wing: Hyaline spots precisely as above and 
also the ground-colour basally. The costa, however, is light 
grey brown, the anterior half of cell ochreous ; a light grey area 
precedes the subapical spots but is separated from them by a- 
much darker area of the same extent as itself; beyond the 
subapical spots is a very diffuse light grey diagonal extending to 
vein 4, and the rest of the wing is greenish ochreous, except 
areas la and 1b, which are darker brown. Hind wing: Hyaline 
spots rather more obvious than on upper-side, basal third pale 
grey, outer two-thirds light green, shaded either side of the 
hyaline spots with rather darker; the inner edge of the green 
area markedly convex, the two areas merging together in areas 
la to 1c, so that these appear to shade from grey basally to 
darkish green at the margin, tinged with ochreous. 
Head, thorax and abdomen above greenish brown, below 
light grey. Legs light grey-green. Antenne above black, below 
brown ringed with light grey. The club, which is rather stout, 
pale yellowish ; the apex and the hook reddish. 
@. Exactly like the male except that it is rather larger and 
the wings are more ample. 
Length of fore wing: 3,20 mm.; 2, 23 mm. 
 B.M. Type No. Rh. 158 3; Trinidad, Dr. F. W. Jackson. 
159 2; Venezuela (Godman and Salvin Coll.). Paratype ¢, 
Corcovado Mt., Rio Janeiro, December 6th, 1825 (Burchell) in 
Hope Department, Oxford University Museum. 
Orses metallica, sp. nov. | 
2. Upper-side, fore wing: Dark brown; the long hair-seales, 
occupying approximately the basal half of area 1b and the basal 
three-fourths of area la, give brilliant blue and bronze-green 
reflections at certain angles; a short, narrow yellow spot just 
below costa midway between base and apex of wing, and a series 
of three yellowish, semi-transparent spots in a direct line between 
it and the anal angle; the upper one crescentic, its concave side 
towards base extending right across cell; the middle one, in 
area 2, reaching from vein 3 to 2, large, much broader on vein 2 
_than on vein 3, the increase in its width being on the distal side ; 
