290 Mr. A. G. Butler on new Species of Lepidoptera. 



fascia marginali pallidiore ad apicem fusco obscurata : corpus 

 fuscum ; abdomine serie duplici ventrali macularum flavarum, 

 ano coccinco. 

 Exp. alar. unc. 2, lin. 10. 



Ilah. MinasGeraes? Coll. vSaunders. 



The most beautiful Pericopis I have seen, and unlike any 

 other species. 



Genus PHALOiisiA, Walker. 

 Phaloesia Olympia^ n. sp. 



^Vlae supra nigro-fuscaj : anticoe cella discoidali basique nitide caeru- 

 lescentibus ; costa basali coccinco trimaculata ; puncto subbasali, 

 fasciola discoidea trifida, maculis quinque in serie subapicali 

 oblicjua, quatuor in serie apicaK obliqua ct duabus anali-submar- 

 ginalibus, albis : postica^, area apicali excepta, nitidissimc caeruleo- 

 vire.scentes ; serie macularum scptcm albarum submarfdnali : cor- 

 pus tborace fusco, albo punctato ; abdomine viridi-caeruleo. 



Ala3 subtus area tola basali late csDruleo-^iridi nitcnte ; costa basali 

 anticarum coccinea ; puncto basali albo obsoleto ; maculis albis 

 majoribus ; aliter velut supra : corpus fuscum, albo fasciatum. 



Exp. alar. unc. 2, lin. 3. 



Hah. Brazil. Coll. Saunders. 

 A lovely new species. 



Amongst the other Pericopides in Mr. Saunders's collection 

 the following are Avorthy of note, as tliey arc at present un- 

 dcscribed : — 



" Anthomyza Salvini,^^ Felder, MS. Polochic Valley {Salvin). 

 ^'' Anthomyza mimica,^^ Felder, MS. Upper Orinoco. Mimics 



Ileliconius Timarcta. 

 " Anthomyza histrio,' Felder, MS. Villa Nova [St. Paulo, in 



B.M.]. Mimics Melina'a M(vlus. 



P. Salvini comes nearer to P. Kenara than to any otiier 

 species, but differs considerably, in* the front wings especially. 



P. mimica is a fair imitation of lldiconius Timarcta^ and 

 consequently is not nearly allied to any other Pen'c^pis. 



P. histrio is allied to P. anyidosa. 



It is an interesting fact, in connexion with the dispute re- 

 specting the date of jmblication of the second volume of the 

 '■ Voyage of the Kovara,' that the plates on which the above 

 species are figured are all antedatcil. I received a letter from 

 the late Dr. l\udol]»h Felder, dated Weidling, near Khv^ter- 

 neuburg, August 5, 186J), in Avhich he says : — " Provisional 

 copys of our Ilcfcrocer. plates you will receive soonly bv ^Ir. 



