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neath yellowish with reddish-brown hairs at anus. Primaries 

 above blackish brown ; a marginal row of white spots; a row 

 of indistinct pale streaky spots from costa across end of cell, 

 and two subterminal spots below vein 2; a row of five semi- 

 hyaline whitish spots from costa beyond cell to vein 3. 

 Secondaries reddish brown ; the veins and scattered scales at 

 base black ; the costa narrowly black, the outer margin 

 broadly black with a row of creamy-white spots. Under- 

 neath the primaries are black, marked as above; the second- 

 aries have a red spot or streak at base of costa, sometimes no 

 black irrorations and some yellowish spots bsyond the cell 

 contiguous to the black outer margin. 



Expanse 66 mm. 



Hob. Guapiles and Bugaba. 



This species is allied to P. ithomia, Feld., and at first I 

 thought it might be the ? of that species, but Mr. Druce has 

 a ? similar to the $ in his collection. 



Pericopis viuda, sp. n. 



? . Head and thorax dark brown. Legs brown streaked 

 with yellow. Abdomen above ochreous, divided into a double 

 row of large spots by a broad black subdorsal band and narrow 

 transverse black lines ; laterally black with a yellow line, 

 interrupted by black transverse lines; underneath yellow 

 banded with black ; anus red. Primaries abDve brown, 

 darkest on basal half, with a large blackish-brown spot in 

 cell ; one beyond cell and reaching costa ; a subapical in- 

 wardly-curved shade and a subterminal shade from vein 3 to 

 inner margin ; outer margin also darker, with some curved 

 lines between the veins faintly yellowish and preceded by a 

 reddish-brown shade, very faint and indistinct. Underneath 

 ochreous and yellow, the veins black ; some red shading at 

 base of costa ; a black band crossing cell obliquely to median 

 vein, then nearly straight to inner margin ; a large black 

 spot beyond cell from costa to vein 3 ; the subterminal black 

 shades followed by a broken ochreous-brown shade ; the outer 

 margin irregularly black with a deeply wavy, broken, white 

 line. Secondaries above and below ochreous, the veins black; 

 the discocellular heavily black ; a broad postmedial irregular 

 black band ; the outer margin black, inwardly dentate, and 

 containing white spots between the veins. 



Expanse 105 mm. 



Hah. Tuis. 



The $ of this fine species remains to be discovered. 



Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol vi. II 



