the Dismorpliina of the New World. 375 



2. Mosclioneura cijra. 



Leptalis cyra, Doubledav, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hi-it. vol. xiv. p. 418 



(18J4). 



Bahia. Type, B. M. 



3. Moschoneura ela. 

 Leptalis ela, Hewitson, Equal. Lep. p. 82 (1877). 

 Ecuador. Type, coll. Hewitson. 



4. Moschoneura pinthceus. 



Papilio pinthceus, Liuuseus, Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 258 (1764). 

 Papiliu vucula, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. pi. cccliii. C, U (1782). 

 Leptcdis anwlina, Hoptier, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1874, p. 332. 



Para and Tapajos. B. M. and coll. Hewitson. 



I can discover no difference in HopfFer'g description to 

 •warrant the separation of his species ; but in the Hewitson 

 collection there is an imperfect example of an allied but appa- 

 rently very distinct species, unfortunately without locality. 

 It is more likely to be M. eumelia, var. 



5. Moschoneura eumelia. 



I'apilio eumelia, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii. pi. cclxxx. D (1782). 

 Pieris enodia, Godart, Enc. MtSth. ix. p. 16G (1819). 



Ega. B. M. 



6. Moschoneura theaphinaj sp. n. 



Mimics Ithomia theraphia* and is allied to M. iihomia 

 (which probably mimics /. kusa). It can at once be distin- 

 guished by the unbroken character of the oblique, postmedian, 

 sulphur-tinted white band on the primaries, which in M. ithomia 

 is represented by two unequal spots. 



Expanse of wings 45-48 millim. 



Ecuador. Coll. Hewitson. 



* This species and its allies have been referred to Scada, the type of 

 ■which is S. phyllodoce. In the latter species tlie lower radial of the pri- 

 maries is given off above the angle of the discocellulars ; but this proves 

 to be an inconstant character. It, liowever, differs from the tdethia 

 group in that the costal vein is bent downwards towards its distal end so 

 as almost to touch the subcostal, and the angle of the discocellulars of 

 these wings is considerably less pronounced. The types of Scada and 

 Heteroscada agree in structure, but fenella has nothing to do with 

 H.(/azuria ; the name Heteroscada thus becomes obsolete. 



