514 Mr. A. G. Butler's Descriptions 



Genus AcHLYODEs, Hiibner. 

 1. Achlyudes Zera, n. sp. 



Wings above, slaty-gray ; front-Avings ■v\'itli the outer 

 margin pale brown, interrupted by an apical streak, a 

 central marginal spot, and an anal spot of black, an 

 oblique subapical black bar, and a central interrupted 

 arched band, four central pale spots in the form of a 

 diamond, that between the first and second median 

 branches hyaline, a hyaline point near the apex; hind- 

 wings with brownish costa, a diffused blackish quadrate 

 patch from the abdominal margin to the median nervure, 

 where it is met by two maculate black bars running 

 parallel to near the costa, base, apex, and a spot near it 

 and the anal angle, black; body brown. Front- wings 

 below, with costal half brown, a spot at the centre of the 

 costa, a second elongate near the apex, a line on the 

 apical outer margin, and the anal area, ochreous, black 

 spots replaced by brown ones, and smaller than above ; 

 hind-wings with costal area brown, central area pale blue, 

 anal area white, black spots of the costal half as above, 

 but better defined, anal half immaculate ; fringe brown j 

 body gray, abdomen white. 



Expanse of wings, 1 inch, 7 lines. 



Hah. — Venezuela. Coll. Kaden in Coll. Druce. 



2. Achlyodes Bossine, n. sp. 



Wings above, slaty-gray, outer margin brown, basal 

 area blackish, a pale irregular submarginal squamosa 

 streak; front-wings with a pale gray nebula near the 

 apical costa ; hind- wings wath an irregular dark brown 

 discal streak, beginning on the abdominal margin, and 

 tapering to the subcostal nervure ; body blackish. Front- 

 wings below, brown, a white spot at the apex, an indis- 

 tinct squaraose discal band, widening at costa and anal 

 angle ; hind- wings pale blue, the external area hatched 

 with minute brown lines, and exhibiting a series of four 

 indistinct submarginal squamose brown spots, two or 

 three similar spots near the apex, costal area brown ; 

 body brown, clothed with gray hairs. 



Expanse of wings, 1 inch, 10 lines. 



Hob. — Rio Janeiro (Beske) . Coll. Kaden in Coll. Druce. 



Allied to the preceding species, and to A. ohscura of 

 Hiibner. 



