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Genus PAMMERIS, ne^A^ genus. 



Clo.se ly related to Tricentra Warren, but instead of the single long, 

 middle spur which the hind tibiae of the males of that genus possess, 

 having two short middle spurs ; the species can not, however, be referred 

 to any of the existing genera in which the hind tibi^ are fully devel- 

 oped and armed with four spurs. 



Type. — Pammeris albiguttata^ new species. 



PAMMERIS ALBIGUTTATA, new species. 



Fo7'evmig. — ^With the inner margin for three-fourths pale violet, 

 limited by a semicircular ditfuse blackish purple edge running from 

 base of costa to before anal angle; costal area diffusely purplish gray; 

 the anal angle and hind mai'gin narrowl}^ yellow; a row of purple 

 marginal spots between the veins; fringe yellow; on the inner margin 

 in the pale violet area are visible the ends of three dark waved lines; 

 two white minute dots at top and ])ottom of discocellular. 



Jlindiciinj. — Wholly violet, crossed by basal and wa\ed postmedian 

 and submarginal dark lines; a purplish black submarginal band, leav- 

 ing the hind margin narrowly yellow, like the fringe; a row of mar 

 ginal purple dots; discal mark a large, round, pure white spot. 



Under side blackish beneath the violet areas of upper side; apical 

 half of forewing dull pink, yellowish toward anal angle; fringes yel- 

 low; hindwing with the round white cell spot. 



Head, throax, and abdomen violet. 



Expanse of ir lugs. — 17 mm. 



Locality. — St. Laurent, Maroni River, French Guiana, November, 

 1904. 



Type.— C2it. No. 9251, U.S.N.M. 



PAMMERIS FUMATA, new species. 



Foreimng. — With a smok}- purplish patch on inner margin from base 

 to anal angle, rounded above; the rest of the wing yellowish, but more 

 or less obscured in the costal half of wing by a purplish suffusion, the 

 anal angle also remaining yellow and unsuffused; in the outer area two 

 dentate-lunulate dark lines are visible, nearly parallel to outer margin; 

 marginal spots purple; fringe yellow. 



IBndin'ing. — Wholly smoky purplish, the extreme hind margin only 

 yellowish; fringe and marginal spots as in forewing; two white spots 

 on discocellular, one at each end; the dark outer lines are iust traceable. 



Under side of forewing dull rosy, the inner margin narrow purplish 

 gray; hindwing purplish gray, with the hind margin yellowish. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen smoky purplish. 



Expanse ofirlngs. — Ifi mm. 



Locality. — St. Jean, Maroni River, P'rench Guiana, March, 1904. 



Tyj>e. -Cut. No. 9252, U.S.N.M. 



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