Species of Nymphalidian Rhopalocera. 19 



obliquis, abbreviatis, niveis, interna ad venam medianam late dis- 

 rupta, externa a venis intersecta ; posticse ciliis niveis : corpus 

 fuseiim prae flavo punctatum. 



Also subtus fusca3, anticse margine interne pallidiore sericeo ; fasciis 

 supernis niveis, stria siibcostali basali et aliquando mediana flavis, 

 costaque ad basin coccinea : posticae striis duabus, inferiore multo 

 longiore, punctisque duobus coccineis ; ciliis niveis : corpus fus- 

 cum flavo maculatum ; abdomine linea media, palpis pedibusque 

 primoribus lateraliter flavis. 



Exp. alar. unc. 3, lin. 5. 



Hah. Para ; B.M. Peru ; Coll. Druce. 



Presented to the National Collection by Mrs. J. P. G. Smith. 



Nearly allied to H. Antiochus, Linngeus, and bearing nearly 

 the same relation to it as exists between H, arania^ Fabricius, 

 and its Villa-Nova representative. 



Subfamily Satymin.^, Bates. 



Genus Idiomorphus, Doumet. 



4. Idlomoiyhus Zinehi., sp. nov. PL IX. fig. 4. 



S . Alae supra fuscse, certo situ roseo tinctse ; corpus fuscum. 



AIa3 subtus ochraceae, roseo partini tinctoe, lineis tribus communibus 

 obscurioribus, duabus mediis nigro-fuscis ad costam anticarura 

 divergentibus ; tertia pallidiore undulata submarginali : anticae 

 lineis duabus discoideis subbasalibus fuscis ; apice obscuriore 

 puncto uno alterove albis ; plaga magna interna seiiceo-cinerea : 

 posticae punctis septem ocellaribus albis discalibus : corpus ochra- 

 ceum. 



Exp. alar, unc. 2|. 



Hah. Gold Coast. Coll. Swanzy. Collected by Mr. Crocker. 



Allied to Idiomorphus Italus^ Hewitson (from Old Calabar), 

 but very distinct ; on the underside more like /. Iccius^ Hewits. 



Subfamily Nymphalinje, Bates. 



Genus Diadema, Boisduval. 



5. Diadema octocida^ sp. nov. PI. IX. fig. 5. 



5 . Alae supra nigro-fuscae : antice fascia postmedia obliqua ferru- 

 ginea, ocelloque anali nigro indistincte pupillato fusco-ferrugineo 

 cineto : posticae fascia lata submarginali intus dentata ferruginea 

 a venis nigris intersecta et puncta septem nigra ocellaria caeca 

 inter venas includente ; linea vix distinguenda obscure ferruginea 

 undulata marginaH ; striola anali squamosa cserulea : corpus nigro- 

 fuscum. 



Alae subtus pallidiores ; fasciis striaque marginal! supernis pallide 

 roseo-albidis brunneo variis : anticae characteribus quatuor dis- 

 coideis subcostalibus, punctis quinque subapicalibus unaque majore 



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