﻿Rhopalocera 
  from 
  Mexico 
  and 
  Central 
  America. 
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  Dr. 
  Staudinger 
  has 
  submitted 
  to 
  us 
  a 
  single 
  specimen 
  of 
  

   this 
  species, 
  which 
  is 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  G. 
  Marchalii, 
  but 
  can 
  

   be 
  readily 
  recognized 
  by 
  the 
  conspicuous 
  metallic 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  

   discal 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  secondaries. 
  As 
  the 
  true 
  G. 
  Marchalii 
  

   occurs 
  abundantly 
  in 
  Chiriqui, 
  and 
  thence 
  northward 
  to 
  

   Nicaragua, 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  a 
  second 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  

   area 
  is 
  somewhat 
  remarkable. 
  

  

  9. 
  Prepona 
  Brooksiana, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  5. 
  Alis 
  fusco-nigris, 
  fascia 
  lata 
  communi 
  per 
  medium 
  alarum 
  

   (latiore 
  in 
  posticis) 
  nitente 
  cyanea 
  ; 
  maculis 
  magnis 
  fulvis 
  in 
  

   aerie 
  submarginali 
  positis, 
  iis 
  in 
  posticis 
  nigro 
  ocellatis 
  : 
  subtus 
  

   dimidio 
  basali, 
  extrorsum 
  irregulariter 
  terminate-, 
  argenteo-cano, 
  

   lineis 
  transversis 
  undatis 
  nigris, 
  dimidio 
  distali 
  brunneo-cinereo 
  ; 
  

   anticis 
  lineis 
  transversis 
  tribus 
  nigris, 
  una 
  brevi 
  ad 
  cellulae 
  finem, 
  

   altera 
  bene 
  angulata 
  ultra 
  cam 
  per 
  alam 
  extendente, 
  tertia 
  exte- 
  

   riore 
  et 
  margine 
  externo 
  subparalleli, 
  punctis 
  tribus 
  angulum 
  

   analem 
  versus 
  nigris; 
  posticis 
  argenteo 
  irroratis, 
  ocellis 
  duobus 
  

   nigris 
  fulvo 
  semicircumcinctis 
  cyanco 
  et 
  albo 
  pupillatis, 
  una 
  ad 
  

   apiccm, 
  altera 
  ad 
  angulum 
  analem, 
  fascia 
  submarginali 
  communi 
  

   fere 
  obsoleta 
  pallidiore 
  in 
  posticis 
  intra 
  ocellos, 
  punctis 
  tribus 
  

   indistinctis 
  cyaneis 
  notatis. 
  Exp. 
  5. 
  

  

  llab. 
  Mexico, 
  Coatepec 
  (J. 
  Brooks). 
  

  

  A 
  single 
  female 
  example 
  of 
  this 
  beautiful 
  and 
  distinct 
  

   species 
  was 
  captured 
  b_y 
  Mr. 
  Brooks 
  at 
  Coatepec, 
  and 
  was 
  

   presented 
  by 
  him 
  to 
  us 
  together 
  with 
  several 
  rare 
  or 
  new 
  

   Lepidoptera, 
  and 
  we 
  have 
  much 
  pleasure 
  in 
  naming 
  this 
  tine 
  

   insect 
  after 
  its 
  discoverer. 
  On 
  the 
  upperside 
  it 
  somewhat 
  

   reminds 
  one 
  of 
  E. 
  deiphile 
  of 
  South-east 
  Brazil, 
  having 
  a 
  

   similar 
  submarginal 
  row 
  of 
  fulvous 
  spots 
  ; 
  but 
  here 
  the 
  

   resemblance 
  ends, 
  for 
  it 
  has 
  a 
  broad 
  blue 
  stripe 
  crossing 
  the 
  

   centre 
  of 
  both 
  wings, 
  instead 
  of 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  interior 
  

   being 
  suffused 
  with 
  purple; 
  the 
  markings 
  too 
  of 
  the 
  under- 
  

   side 
  are 
  quite 
  different, 
  and 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  vejy 
  

   closely 
  allied 
  to 
  any 
  other 
  species. 
  The 
  male 
  is 
  at 
  present 
  

   unknown. 
  

  

  10. 
  Prepona 
  celt'a, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Alis 
  nigricantibus, 
  fascia 
  communi 
  mediana 
  nitente 
  cyanea 
  ; 
  posticis 
  

   macubs 
  duabus 
  parvis 
  ad 
  angulum 
  analem 
  aliisque 
  obsolotis 
  sub- 
  

   margin 
  alibus 
  cyaneis 
  : 
  subtus 
  sericeo-cinereo-brunneis 
  fere 
  uni- 
  

   coloribus, 
  dimidio 
  basali 
  lineis 
  paucis 
  nigris 
  irregulariter 
  fcrans- 
  

   fasciatis 
  ; 
  posticis 
  maculis 
  ad 
  angulum 
  analem 
  cyaneis 
  et 
  ad 
  mar- 
  

   ginem 
  externum 
  sicut 
  in 
  pagina 
  superiore. 
  Exp. 
  4. 
  

  

  llab. 
  Mexico, 
  Coatepec 
  (J. 
  Brooks). 
  

  

  