86 Mr. W. J. Kay© on new Nymphalidaj &c. 



Callithea davisi croceus, subsp. n. 



Fore wing ochreous with a slight pinkish tinge. Broad 

 apical area black except near costa, which is deep blue. 

 Inner margin black with only very slight suffusion .near base. 

 Hind wing purplish blue, with the area about tornus brightest. 



Expanse 62 mm. 



Hab. Ecuador, Sarayacu, Upper Amazons, Jurua. 



This subspecies is vei-y like davisi davisi, except for the 

 yellow fore wing. The next following subspecies from South 

 Peru is much further removed. 



Type in Coll. Joicey. 



Callithea davisi tirapatensis, subsp. n. 



Fore wing yellowish ochreous, the inner margin blackish 

 extending basally into the cell. Apical area black, with 

 hardly a trace of blue, and the small apical greenish streak 

 often with a whitish area in centre. Hind wing black, with 

 a conspicuous blue patch at tornus extending beyond vein 2 

 internally and beyond vein 4 externally. Fore wing below 

 with the lower part of the greenish apical area blackish 

 internally. 



Expanse 62 mm. 



Hab. S. Peru, Tirapata, Yahuarmayo. 



Type in Coll. Joicey. 



Callithea refulgens, sp. n. 



<J . Fore wing like markii, Hew., but the blue of the distal 

 halt deeper internally and lighter externally and in costal 

 area. The base pinkish ochreous inclining to reddish. The 

 apex dull blackish, with a narrow subapical slaty green band. 

 The whole broad distal half or more of the wing various 

 shades of deep brilliant blue, becoming blackish internally 

 and on the inner margin. Hind wing with a faint indication 

 of a slaty greenish subterminal band mostly obscured by the 

 deep blue of the ground-colour. Costa dull blackish, without 

 a basal or subbasal orange patch. Inner margin broadly and 

 outer margin narrowly dull blackish. Blue area of hind wing 

 brightest between veins 2 and 4. Fore wing below with the 

 basal area ochreous ; tornus, except at extreme margin and 

 along veins for a short distance, blackish. A pair of small 

 black spots between veins 4, 5 and 5, 6. Broad apical area 

 glistening slaty blue. Hind wing below with an ochreous 

 basal stripe. Ground-colour slaty bluish, with four transverse 

 rows of black spots in distal half, the two outermost spots at 

 apex suffused with ochreous. 



Expanse 60 mm. 



