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PSYCHE. 



[November— Dccciiilier 1S90. 



in the almost entire absence of any red 

 markings on both sides of the wings. 

 My sole example is a female. 



The upper side of the head, bod_y and wings 

 is uniformly dark brown. The under side is 

 also dark brown, becoming paler at the base 

 and the outer margins of both wings, which 

 have a faint submarginal and marginal band 

 of sagittate grayish spots disposed regularly 

 upon the intra-neural spaces. Four vermil- 

 ion spots are clustered about the end of the 

 cell in the secondaries, and all of these except 

 the one just beyond the end of the cell are 

 pupilled with dark brown, giving them the 

 appearance of the letter "O" in crimson. 

 Expanse of wings 40 mm. 



Type in author's collection. 



10. V. LAIRUNCULARIA, Sp. nOV. 



Allied to P. helena^ Druce, but dif- 

 fering in the following particulars : 



I St. T\\Q total absence of all crimson 

 Tnarkings. 



2nd. 77/^? spots of the under side^ 

 which agree in the main in location 

 with the spots of tlie under side of P. 

 helena^ as figured in Kirby & Smith 

 (except that the red ones are wanting), 

 are not yellow but brilliant white and 

 larger, and more sharply defined. Oth- 

 erwise the description of Mr. Druce 

 holds good. 



This may prove to be a local or sea- 

 sonal form of P. helena. 



Type $ in collection of the author. 



II. P. DESPECTA, sp. nOV. 



$ . Upper surface uniformly dull purplish 

 black. Under side dull blackish gray, dark- 

 est at the base of the primaries. Both the 



primaries and the secondaries are traversed 

 by marginal, submarginal, and median bands 

 of pale whitish sagittate marks. There are 

 also upon the secondaries a number of ob- 

 scure little markings in the region of the cell. 

 $. The female is like the male except 

 that the apex of the primaries is less acute 

 and the outer margin more rounded, and the 

 color of the upper surface is pale reddish 

 brown. 



Described from 5 5 ^ and 2 9 9 in 

 the author's collection. 



SPALGIS. Moore. 



12. S. S-SIGNATA, Sp. nov. 



(? . Upperside. Head, thorax, abdomen, 

 and anterior wing upon the base, anterior 

 margin, apex, and outer margin, black. 

 The rest of the upper surface of the wings 

 pure white, except that there is a very fine 

 black marginal line surrounding the sec- 

 ondaries, and that the extreinities of the 

 nervules of these wings are marked with 

 black points. Underside. The underside is 

 white shading into a very pale gray upon the 

 costal and outer margin of the primaries. 

 This shade is due apparently to the black 

 upon the upper surface. The anterior wing 

 has a triplicate, and the posterior wing a 

 geminate marginal line. These are followed 

 toward the base by series of more or less 

 broken and interrupted lines, more thick- 

 ly distributed at the base than elsewhere. 

 In the cell there are two annular spots, of 

 which the outermost and largest has the 

 appearance of the letter "S." The ends of the 

 nervures are tipped with black. Expanse 

 34 mm. 



$. The female has the anterior wings 

 with the apex less produced, and the outer 

 margin more rounded. The outer margin of 

 the secondaries is also broadly black like 

 the margin of the anterior wings. The under- 



