168 Mr. O. Salvin on new SjMcies of Butterflies 



wards the terminal joint ; head bhick, with white spots ; pro- 

 thorax rufous ; thorax rufous ; abdomen black, whitish be- 

 neath : wings diaphanous, bordered with clear rufous ; ner- 

 vures and end of the cell of the anterior wings rufous ; space 

 between the median and submedian nervures of the anterior 

 wings and margin near the anal angle of the posterior Avings 

 blackish : beneath as above, but margins paler ; costa of 

 posterior wings and spots at the apices of both wings pale 

 greyish : neuration of hind wings as in Ith. artena. Hew. ; 

 lower discocellular bent to a right angle at the emission of 

 tlie recurrent nervule ; middle discocellular gradually curved 

 outwardly to meet the subcostal ; no upper discocellular, nor 

 upper radial. 



Hab. Oaxaca, Mexico. 



10. Ithomia smqjlex. 



^ . Exp. 2"15 in. Antennas black ; palpi white, black an- 

 teriorly ; head black, with white spots ; prothorax and thorax 

 greyish black ; abdomen black, whitish beneath : wings dia- 

 phanous ; nervures, a narrow line at the extremity of the cell 

 of the anterior wings, and a narrow margin round both wings 

 black ; subcostal to the end of the cell rufous ; a white oblong 

 spot close to the costa just beyond the end of the cell : beneath 

 as above, but with the markings rufous instead of black : 

 neuration of hind wing the same as in Ith. artena^ Hew. ; 

 lower discocellular bent to a right angle close to the origin of 

 the lower radial 5 middle discocellular gradually curved to 

 meet the subcostal ; upper discocellular entirely wanting, as 

 also the upper radial. 



? . Like the ^ , but the margins rather more broadly black; 

 neuration of the hind wing like that of Ith. artena, Hew. ; 

 upper discocellular nervure absent ; upper radial leaves the 

 middle discocellular at its junction with the subcostal. 



Hah. Costa Rica (Carmiol). 



Ohs. Very nearly allied to Ith. ai'tena, differing chiefly in 

 tlie narrower borders to the wings and the smaller size of the 

 white spot on the anterior wings. 



11. Ithomia parva. 



^. Exp. 1 "80 in. Antennae black ; anterior Avings diaphanous, 

 the end of the cell, the nervures, and the borders of the whole 

 of the wing-margins black ; next to the black spot at the end 

 of the cell is a white streak extending almost from the costa, 

 over the radials, nearly to the third median branch : ])ostcrior 

 Avings diaphanous, the nervures and border of tlie outer margin 

 black ; beneath the markings arc rufous instead of black, and 



