from Maranham. 545 
Fore-wing above, crossed by five dusky flexuous lines, 
and having a row of black specks near the outer margin. 
Beneath, yellow, uniform in tint, except near the apex, 
where it is ruddy-brown: the flexuous lines reddish. 
Hind-wing above, crossed by lines and having a row 
of submarginal spots, as in the fore-wing. Beneath, the 
same as the fore-wing, except that the submarginal black 
specks are enlarged near the apex and anal angle inte 
large quadrate spots. 
Body, above tawny, beneath whitish. Antenna brown, 
stem ringed with white. 
One example ; Montes Aureos, Maranham. 
Nymphidium sylvarum. 
Eixpanse, ¢ 2”, 9 2” 2”. -A very distinct species, 
allied to N. Regulus, F., and destitute of the usual sub- 
marginal pale arcuated lines. 
Fore-wing with the costa arched just before the apex, 
the latter pomted in both sexes; hind-wing moderately 
long, and outer margin regularly rounded. Wings dark 
rufous-brown, fore-wmg with a triangular spot in the 
middle of the hind margin, extending only to the median 
nervure, and two submarginal short thickish lines, parallel 
to the outer border, ochreous. Hind-wing also rufous- 
brown, with a very broad ochreous belt across the disk, 
leaving a small basal spot, and a broad outer border; in 
the middle of the latter a contmuous ochreous submarginal 
streak. Beneath, the same, but paler. Body brown, apical 
half of abdomen ochreous. The female is much paler 
than the male. 
Taken at Vizeu, on the coast. I have both sexes alse 
from Para. 
Nymphidiuwm Chione. 
3, Q. Expanse 1” 6”. Fore-wing in shape resembling 
that of N. Ascolia, with the costa rather strongly arched 
before the apex, and the latter, in the male, slightly pro- 
duced; hind-wing much longer than in N. Ascolia, 
Wings dark-brown, the central part of all pure white ; 
the white on the fore-wing forming a triangular spot, 
bisinuate on the outer side, on the hind-wing leaving a 
brown border of moderate and uniform width. The costal 
edge of the white patch of the fore-wing is besides in- 
