276 Mr. Warren on the Piindidina coUectctJ 



79. Phostria temira. 

 Phal(Bna-Pi/ralis temira, Cram., Pap. Exot., iv., p. 160, 



pi. 37i, fig. E. 

 ?■ Hyalitis temira, Gn., Delt. & Pyr., p. 289. 

 ? ? Glifphodes temiralis, Wlk., Cat. Lep. Het. B. M., 



xVii., 507. 

 Wings reddish ; fore wing with a minute yellowish blotch at the 

 end of the cell, and six hyaline white spots ; one basal between the 

 median and submedian ; three central, two of irregular shape, one 

 above the other, and a minute one obliquely outside them ; three 

 submarginal, one large and two small, obliquely below it. Hind 

 wing with two m-egular curved hyaline blotches ; in the space 

 between them are two smaller yellowish blotches, and a single 

 white spot ; fringes of both wings white, chequered with dark 

 towards the centre. Under side purplish pink, with the costa, 

 central, and apical region yellowish. Head, palpi, thorax, and 

 abdomen concolorous ; anal tuft ochreous ; under side of the 

 abdomen, together with the tarsi, creamy white. 



One (? from R. Curnem, a tributary of B. Jutahi, 

 Jan. 29tli, 1875. 



Akin to Botj/s (?) oajacalis, Wlk., xxxiv., y>. 1393, and 

 to B. pelialis, Felder, Eeise Nov., pi. 135, fig. 46, both 

 from Mexico, in which also the under side of the abdomen 

 and all the tarsi are snowy white. Akin also to 

 Phalcena-Pi/ralis iedea. Cram., iv., p. 48, pi. 312, fig. a, 

 of which there are two unnamed examples in the British 

 Museum Collection from Duenas, Guatemala ; but this, 

 though having the tarsi white, has the under side of the 

 abdomen dark brown, like the ground colour of the 

 wings. 



80. Phostria persiiisalis. 



Botijs persiusalis, Wlk , Cat. Lep. Het. B. M., xviii., 

 p. 623. 



Two females. One from Pi. Jutahi, Jan. 31st, 1875 ; 

 the other from S. Antonio, R. Negro, July 5th, 1874. 



Walker's type was from Rio Janeiro, and is in Mr. 

 Fry's collection. There are no examples in the British 

 Museum. 



Besides the two species here mentioned as occurring 

 in this collection, there are several others which must 



