﻿On 
  new 
  Rhopalocera 
  from 
  Mexico 
  and 
  Central 
  America. 
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  of 
  vesicle 
  2>\ 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  humerus 
  5£, 
  of 
  brachium 
  6| 
  ; 
  width 
  

   of 
  brachium 
  and 
  of 
  hand 
  3 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  " 
  hand-back 
  " 
  5, 
  of 
  

   movable 
  linger 
  6f 
  , 
  of 
  pecten 
  4^. 
  

  

  Two 
  female 
  specimens 
  from 
  Madagascar, 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  

   British 
  Museum 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Lewis 
  H. 
  Ransome. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  pulmonary 
  stigmata 
  this 
  species 
  stands 
  

   by 
  itself 
  in 
  the 
  family 
  Buthida3, 
  and 
  should 
  in 
  consequence 
  

   perhaps 
  constitute 
  a 
  new 
  genus. 
  But 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  me 
  

   advisable 
  to 
  attach 
  generic 
  importance 
  to 
  this 
  character, 
  since 
  

   the 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  apertures 
  in 
  question 
  is 
  not 
  quite 
  constant 
  in 
  

   Buthus 
  and 
  the 
  specimens 
  presenting 
  the 
  peculiarity 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  

   rest 
  of 
  their 
  features 
  so 
  essentially 
  referable 
  to 
  that 
  genus. 
  

   The 
  dilated 
  basal 
  tooth 
  of 
  the 
  pectines 
  appears 
  to 
  indicate 
  

   affinity 
  between 
  this 
  new 
  form 
  and 
  B. 
  limbatus 
  and 
  G. 
  

   madagascariensis. 
  But, 
  apart 
  from 
  the 
  stigmata, 
  B. 
  piceus 
  

   may 
  be 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  latter 
  by 
  the 
  dentition 
  of 
  the 
  

   chelicera3, 
  from 
  the 
  former 
  by 
  its 
  dark 
  colour 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  

   simple 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  before-mentioned 
  pectinal 
  tooth. 
  

  

  EXPLANATION 
  OF 
  PLATE 
  XV. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  1. 
  Hand 
  of 
  B. 
  Martensii 
  (Karsch), 
  <5 
  . 
  

  

  Fig. 
  1 
  a. 
  Ditto, 
  ditto, 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  Fig. 
  lb. 
  Hand 
  of 
  B. 
  huttentotta 
  (Fabr.), 
  £. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  2. 
  Fifth 
  caudal 
  segment 
  and 
  vesicle 
  of 
  B. 
  Martensii 
  (Karsch). 
  

  

  Fig. 
  2 
  a. 
  Ditto, 
  ditto, 
  of 
  B. 
  confucius 
  (Simon). 
  

  

  Fig. 
  3. 
  Buthus 
  socotrensis, 
  sp. 
  n., 
  nat. 
  size. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  4. 
  Buthus 
  atlantis, 
  sp. 
  n., 
  nat. 
  size. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  5. 
  Anterior 
  two 
  caudal 
  segments 
  of 
  B. 
  planicauda, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  5 
  a. 
  Ditto, 
  ditto, 
  of 
  B. 
  liosoma 
  (Ehrenb.). 
  

  

  Fig. 
  6, 
  Buthus 
  Phillipsii, 
  sp. 
  n., 
  nat. 
  size, 
  $ 
  , 
  

  

  Fig. 
  7. 
  Buthus 
  limbatus, 
  sp. 
  n., 
  nat. 
  size, 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  Fig. 
  7 
  a. 
  The 
  same. 
  Basal 
  portion 
  of 
  pecten. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  8. 
  Buthus 
  piceus, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  Basal 
  portion 
  of 
  pecten. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  8 
  a. 
  The 
  same. 
  Second 
  abdominal 
  sternite 
  with 
  stigmata. 
  

  

  XXXIX. 
  — 
  Descriptions 
  of 
  new 
  Species 
  of 
  Rhopalocera 
  from 
  

   Mexico 
  and 
  Central 
  America. 
  By 
  F. 
  1). 
  Godman 
  and 
  

   O. 
  Salvin. 
  

  

  Collections 
  of 
  Ehopalocera 
  recently 
  received 
  by 
  us 
  from 
  

   Mexico 
  and 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  Central 
  America, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  some 
  

   submitted 
  to 
  us 
  by 
  Doctor 
  Staudinger, 
  contain 
  representatives 
  

   of 
  the 
  following 
  species, 
  which 
  we 
  believe 
  to 
  be 
  undescribed. 
  

  

  