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yellow ; collar, tegulse, and thorax brown ; abdomen and legs 

 chrome-yellow. 



Expanse lyV inch. 



Hah. Costa Rica, Candelaria Mts. {Underwood). 



This species is allied to Neritos jlavoroseusj Walk. 



Neritos tipolisj sp. n. 



Primaries pale purplish brown, crossed beyond the middle 

 by a wide primrose-yellow band, which nearly surrounds a 

 large purplish-brown spot near the apex : secondaries semi- 

 hyaline yellow, darkest at the apex and on the outer margin ; 

 the fringes of both wings yellow. On the underside of the 

 primaries the brown is replaced with purplish black. The 

 head, abdomen, and legs yellow ; the collar, tegulae, and 

 thorax pale purplish brown. 



Expanse H inch. 



Hah. Guatemala (^Gonradt^ in Mus. Staudinger). 



Neritos samos, sp. n. 



Male. — Primaries very similar to those of N. psamas, but 

 much redder in colour ; the yellow band crossing the wing 

 narrower, and not surrounding the apical spot, as it does in 

 N. 2^samas : secondaries pale chrome-yellow. Head and 

 thorax reddish brown ; antennje pale brown ; abdomen bright 

 red, the underside of the abdomen and legs pale yellow. 



Expanse Ij inch. 



Hah. British Honduras {Mus. Druce). 



Neritos sithnides^ sp. n. 



Male. — Primaries and secondaries dark brown ; primaries 

 crossed beyond the middle by a bright yellow band, which 

 extends from the costal to the outer margin ; the outer 

 margin and the fringe of both wings yellow. The head 

 yellow ; thorax dark brown ; abdomen above bright orange- 

 red, the underside, anus, and legs pale yellow. 



Expanse 1^ inch. 



Hah. Peru, Rio Napo {Whiteli/, Mus. Druce). 



Neritos patara, sp. n. 



Male. — Primaries pale yellow, slightly hyaline about the 

 middle ; the basal third of the wing and a square-shaped spot 

 close to the apex pale brown : secondaries pink, the apex and 

 outer margin edged with brown. The head yellow ; antennas 



