NYMBIS. 117 



diffused to termen at apex ; a terminal series of black ])oints ; the 

 underside whitish, the hair on basal and inner areas tinged w-ith 

 rufous, a dark subterminal shade on costal lialf. 



2 ■ Fore wing without the black spot above inner margin, the 

 antemedial line without black beyond it on inner area, the lines 

 beyond the cell not incurved, the postmedial line oblique and not 

 incurved, defined on outer side by i-ed-brown instead of black-brown ; 

 hind wing rather darker. 



Hfib. Venezuela, 2 $; Er. Guiana (Rochvai/), 2 c? , 2 5 , 

 Potaro E. {Kaye), 4 c? , 2 $ ; Hab. ign., 1 6 type, 1 $ type 

 multilinea. Exp. 40-44< millim. 



7893. Nymbis helvina. (Plate CCXXIV. fig. 12.) 



rhurys helviua,GnQ\\.'Soct.Vn. p. 307 (1852); Druce, Biol. Ceiitr.-Aiu., 



Ilet. i. p. 384. 

 rhurys helveola, Herr.-Scliaff. Corresp.-blatt. zool.-min. Eegensb. xsiii. 



p. 155 (1869). 



6 ■ Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish ochreous suffused with 

 reddish brown i the hair on fore coxa? dark red-brown. Fore wing 

 OTevish ochreous tina:ed with red-brown and irrorated with black- 

 brown ; a small round black spot above inner margin before the 

 inwardly oblique antemedial line, which is dark, black-brown below 

 submedian fold, slightly defined on inner side by grey and on outer 

 by a narrow brown band ; a blackish discoidal point placed on an 

 oblique brownish line ; three slightly waved and somewhat oblique 

 brown lines beyond the cell ; postmedial line arising from costa 

 towards apex, oblique and slightly incurved, ochreous defined on 

 inner side by a slight brown line and on outer by dark brown 

 followed by a reddish brown band with the subterminal series of 

 black points on the veins on its outer edge ; the termen with a 

 slight brown shade except towards tornus, a series of blackish 

 points in the interspaces just before termen and a terminal series 

 on the veins. Hind wing greyish suffused with brown ; traces of a 

 brown postmedial line and a dark subterminal shade with dark 

 bi'own bar at tornus with a pale line before it ; a series of slight 

 dark points in the interspaces just before termen and a terminal 

 series on the veins ; the underside with the hair on basal and inner 

 areas tinged with nifous, a dark subtenninal shade. 



$ . Fore wing rather more strongly tinged with red-brown, no 

 black spot above inner margin ; the underside greyer suffused with 

 brown. 



H(th. Mexico, Misantla (TrujiUo), 1 5 , Vera Cruz (Godman), 

 1 S, GueiTero , Sien-a Colorada (H. H. Smith), 1 $, Vera Paz, 

 Atoyac {H. H. Smith), 2 d , Tabasco, Teapa (H. H. Smith), 

 4 6 , Vera Craz, Cordova (Riimf^li), 2 6 , Durango {Forrer), 2 6 ; 

 Honduras (Di/son), 1 d , 1 $ , E. Sarstoon {Bla7icaneaux),\ 6, 

 Ruatan I. {Rodriguez), 1 6\ Guatemala, Zapote {Champion), 

 \ S , S. Gcronimo {Champion), 1 5 , San Isidro {Champion), 2 S , 

 Cen-o Zunil {Champion), 1 $, Yolcan de Atitlan {Champion), 



