NO. 1262. KEW AMERICAX B UTTEEFLIES—SCHA US. 457 
.subco.stal. Underneath, primaries brown, the inner margin paler; 
terminal 3'ellow line; veins 5 to 12 and subcostal bright yellow; veins 
2 to -i yellow on outer margin; a yellow streak in cell. Secondaries 
violaceous; the veins and a terminal line bright yellow; inner margin 
broadly irrorated with j^ellow; a basal j^ellow line on extreme costa; 
a subterminal row of small yellow spots. Fringe on both wings black 
basally, grayish brown outwardly. 
Ex2xmse. — Twentj'-two millimeters. 
Ilahitat. — Peru . 
Tijpe.—^o. 6063. U.S.N.:\l. 
MNESTHEUS PETROVNA, new species. 
Diagnosis. — JfaJe. — Wings dark brown; fringe black at base, out- 
wardly gray. Primaries, a triangular yellow spot above middle of 
vsubmedian; four semihy aline yellow spots; a large one between veins 
2 and 3, and a minute spot above it in cell; an outer small spot between 
3 and 4; a very small spot between 6 and 7; some j'ellow scales at base 
of costa. Secondaries, j^ellowish hairs on discal area; olivaceous hairs 
near inner margin; some 3^ellow outer scales between veins 4 and 7. 
Underneath, primaries dark brown, the spots as above; veins j-ellow 
along outer margin and apex, also above subcostal. Secondaries, 
violaceous; inner margin broadl}^ brown, edged with yellow; veins 
yellow, except veins 3 and 6 at their base; an outer yellow wavy line 
from below vein 2 to vein 4. 
Ex])anse. — Twenty-six millimeters. 
Ilahitat. — Pctropolis, Brazil. 
Tyj^e.—^o. 6064, U.S.N.M. 
CYMi^NES NUX, new species. 
Diagnosis. — Wings dark brown. Primaries, some white transparent 
spots; a median spot above submedian vein; a larger spot between 
veins 2 and 3; a smaller spot between 3 and 4; a ver}^ small spot 
between 6 and 7. Secondaries, the fringe white. Underneath, pri- 
maries blackish brown; the apex broadly light brown, shaded with 
gray between veins 3 and 6; the spot above submedian larger, opaque. 
Secondaries whitish, irrorated with brown strife; the costal margin 
brown; a large dark spot below end of cell, cut b}^ veins 2 and 3. 
E.i'panxe. — Thirty-live millimeters. 
Ifdhitat. — Nova Friburgo, Brazil. 
7//y>r.— No. 6065. U.S.N.M. 
CYMi^NES DUBITANS, new species. 
Diagnosis. — 2laJe. — Wings dark brown. Primaries, a faint oblique 
shade beyond cell, between veins 2 to 4, light brown. Underneath 
olivaceous brown. Primaries, the inner margin grayish brown. 
