THE xVNNALS 



AND 



MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



[SEVENTH SERIES.] 



No. 53. MAY 1902. 



LI V. — Descriptions of some neio Species of Lepidoptera. 

 By Herbert Druce, F.L.S. &c. 



Fam. NymplialidaB . 



Subfani. BsASsoLix^. 



Caligo agesilaiiSj sp. n. 



Male. — Head, antennjB, palpi, tliorax, teguko, ami abdo- 

 men davk brown, the underside of the thorax reddish brown ; 

 the legs dark brown. Primaries dark brown, crossed beyond 

 the middle by a wide dark blue band, which becomes greyish 

 near the anal angle; a waved pale brown submarginal line 

 extends from the apex almost to the anal angle; a small 

 white spot on the costal margin near the apex ; the fringe 

 cream-colour : secondaries almost black, with a submarginal 

 row of four large cream-coloured spots on the outer margin ; 

 the inner margin orange-yellow, shaded with brown ; the 

 fringe cream-colour from the apex to the middle of the hind 

 margin, then black to the inner margin. The underside is 

 similar to that of C. atreus and C. dentina, but differs from 

 both in being much darker in colour, with fewer white lines, 

 and by the ocellus being very much larger. — Female similar to 

 the male, but rather paler in colour. 



Expanse, S ^h, ? 7^ inches. 



Hah. Ecuador [Mus. Druce'). 



This species is most nearly allied to C. dentina^ Druce, but 

 very distinct. 



Ann.& Mag. N. Uist. Scr. I.VoI.'xk. 23 



