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XIII. Description of a Butterfly new to the Lower 

 Lake Region 



BY AUG. E. GKOTE. 

 [Read before this Society, October 2Sd, 1873.] 



Callicista, n. g. 



Eyes hairy. Antennae very slender, a little more than half a.s long again 

 as the abdomen ; club prominent, cylindrical, comparatively short. Fore 

 tibiae about five-sixths the length of hind tibiae. Fore wings with the costal 

 margin a little more than half as long again as internal margin ; external 

 margin equal in length to internal margin, sinuate, being unusually strongly 

 inwardly retreated from below vein 3 to interna] angle. Cell less than half 

 as long as the wing. Hind wings broadly elongate ovate, internal margin 

 nearly twice the length of the abdomen. 



Callicista seems to have its nearest ally in Strymon, H'uhiei'. It 

 is more Hesperiform than any of the Theclid genera. 



Callicista ocellifera, Orote. 



S . — Wings above, dark bronzy brown. On the cell of primaries a large 

 blackish sexual spot. On hind wings two black spots before the external 

 margin, near the anal angle, apparently resting on an extremely fine pale hair 

 streak ; fringes whitish. Wings beneath, pale dull violet brownish gray. 

 Primaries with three terminal series of white lunules on the interspaces 

 descending from the costal region. The first series fainter, marginal, con- 

 tinued, following the shape of the external margin ; the second consisting of 

 three lunules, terminating on the interspace above vein 4 ; the inner series pre- 

 ceded by blackish spots, opposite the cell smaller and parallel with the sec- 

 ond band, but, below vein 4, two spots are placed outwardly and continued 

 below the second series. Hind wings with two basal, blackish pupilled, white 

 ringed, rather large distinct spots, recalling those in Everes in position. 

 A mesial band of black pupilled, white ringed, ocellate spots, a little waved 

 and irregular, the spots unequally defined ; beyond, a subterminal series of 

 unequally V-shaped white marks, accented outwardly by dark shades, the points 

 turned towards the base of the wing; a terminal series of white lunules, with 

 dark outer shade spots, interrupted by a large black spot, between veins 2 and 3, 

 surmounted by a vivid orange yellow shade, and containing a few metallic 

 points. A black fringe dot at the anal angle. A marginal whitish narrow 



