176 Mr. H. Druce on new Species of 



aries black, chrome-yellow at the base ; the fringe black. 

 Underside the same as above. Head, antennae, thorax, ab- 

 domen, and legs black ; collar and tegulae chrome-yellow. 



Expanse l^V inch. 



Hah. Mexico, near Durango city {Becker). 



Allied to B. disjunctaj Walk. 



RusciNO, Walk. 

 Ruscino cypris, sp. n. 



Primaries black, crossed from the costal to the inner 

 margin with two orange-yellow bands — the first wide, 

 nearest the base, the second submarginal, slightly curved : 

 secondaries black, with the base orange-yellow; the fringe 

 black. Head, antennre, thorax, abdomen, and legs black ; 

 collar and tegulse orange-yellow. 



Expanse IjV inch. 



Hah. Mexico, Lake Chapala, Jalisco [Richardson). 



Ruscino praxis, sp. n. 



Primaries black, crossed about the middle from the costal 

 to the inner margin by a narrow pale yellow line, and a 

 marginal line extends from the apex almost to the anal angle : 

 secondaries black, with the basal part of the wing pale 

 yellow; the fringes of both the wings black. Underside 

 similar to the upperside. 



Expanse \\ inch. 



Hah. Mexico, near Durango city [Becker). 



Ruscino cynossema, sp. n. 



Primaries similar to (hose of R. Jalifasciatus, Butler, but 

 with the black bands much straighter and the apex blacker : 

 secondaries with the base black, the yellow colour forming 

 a wide band across the wing. Head, thorax, and abdomen 

 yellow ; antennas and legs black. 



Expanse 1 inch. 



J J ah. Mexico, Rincon in Guerrero 2800 feet, Acaguizotla 

 in Guerrero 3500 feet (7/. //. Smith). 



This species diflers from all the others known to me in 

 having the base of the secondaries black. 



Ruscino prusias J sp. n. 



Primaries deep chrome-yellow, the base, a wide straight 

 band beyond the middle, and the outer margin black : second- 

 aries chrome-yellow, broadly bordered with black from the 



