Lepidoj)tera Rhapcdoccra of Trinidad. 201 



probably spread) the particular form probably does not 

 occur elsewhere. The mainland form which occurs at 

 Caracas and elsewhere, but which has evidently not 

 received a name, is this same species over again without 

 the special yellow insular coloration, in fact is the general 

 mainland type of which hroomeai is the insular form. 

 There is some confusion in the types of these species. 

 Butler's $ type of hroovie/e came from Venezuela ; this 

 is not the $ of hroomex true as found in Trinidad, but is 

 rather the $ of the mainland form. The $ of hroomefe 

 has therefore never been described, so for future reference 

 I append a description. 



The species is evidently very uncertain in its appear- 

 ance, as I have failed to meet with it myself in its 

 known haunts, neither has any collector been able to 

 secure it for me. There are 2 ^ types in British Museum ; 

 3 $ $ and 1 ^ in the Hope Department of the Oxford 

 Museum, and a ^ in my own collection presented by Pro- 

 fessor Poulton and which came from the same source as 

 those at Oxford. 



DiSMORPHIA BROOMED $. 



Fore-wing with the ground-colour very deep brown ; on the costa 

 extending from base to three-fourths the length of cell is an orange 

 streak which is terminated by an oblong brown blotch beyond which 

 again is broad yellow to just beyond the cell. Within the cell a 

 long wedge-shaped mark of the ground-colour commences as a point 

 close to base of wing and widens out gradually to just below the 

 blotch on costa ; beyond this wedge mark and the end of cell the 

 colouring is a mixture of orange and yellow. Discoidal mark large 

 and conspicuous of the ground-colour and triangular. Below the 

 discoidal mark the wedge mark is continued downwards to near 

 tornus ; inside the wedge-shaped mark is a broad dee^j orange streak 

 from base to near tornus where it shades off into yellow. A narrow 

 brown band of equal width from base running along the entire inner 

 margin and edged for three-fourths of its length with orange. From 

 costa embracing the discoidal mark runs a broad yellow band termin- 

 ating short of outer margin and a second subapical yellow band 

 composed of three unequal yellow blotches. Hind-wing with the 

 central area from base to outer margin deep orange bordered with 

 the same dark brown ground-colour as fore-wing. Inner margin 

 and portion of outer margin light brown. 

 Exp. 76 mm. 



