416 Mr. E. Doubleday on some new species of Butterflies. 



iuuei* margin with blue and green reflections. Posterior -R-ings 

 dentate, tlie third tooth })rolonged into a short tail, the whole 

 surface with brilliant blue and green reflections. Beyond the 

 discoidal cell is a series of six crimson, rather rounded spots, the 

 first, second and fifth smaller than the others, followed by a se- 

 cond series of markings of the same colour, of which the first is 

 quadi-ate, the four others lunulate. Cilia of all the wings spotted 

 with white. 



Below. — Anterior wings olivaceous, the disc fuscous. Poste- 

 rior wings greenish olive, with the crimson markings nearly as 

 above, but shghtly bordered with lilack, and in addition two 

 crimson sti'eaks at the anal angle bounding a fuscous spot. 



Head black, palpi crimson, thorax and abdomen black, the 

 sides below spotted with red. 



Female fuscous, the markings on the posterior wings larger 

 and paler, a long dull red spot at the anal angle. 



From the west coast of America, probably ^Mexico. 



P. Pyrochles. Alis omnibus nigris anticis olivaceo-micantibus, ma- 

 cula trigona glauca, posticis maculis tribus coccineis, splendide 

 opalescentibus. Exp. alar. 3^ unc. 



Above. — Anterior -nings black, glossed with shining olive, 

 marked on the inner margin near the base ^N-ith a trigonate 

 glaucous spot not quite attaining the discoidal cell. Posterior 

 Mings deep black, with three brilliantly opalescent crimson spots 

 between the branches of the median nervures, of which tbe outer 

 is rounded, the others much larger and oval. All the cilia spotted 

 with white. 



Below. — Fuscous, anterior wings with a few glaucous scales 

 between the second and third branches of the median nervui'e. 

 Posterior wings with the same marking as above, but of a pink- 

 ish white crimson posteriorly, and between these and the anal a 

 large pale and a small deeper red spot. 



Head black, palpi crimson, thorax and abdomen black, the 

 sides below spotted with crimson. 

 From S** Fe de Bogota. 



P. Cymnchles. Alis anticis fuscis, basi nigris macula magna glauca 

 in qua maculse duee albee ; posticis nigris, macula palmata coccinea 

 perpulchre opalescente. Exp. alar, vix 3 unc. 

 Anterior wings fuscous, the base and inner margin black, 

 marked with a large trigonate glaucous spot extending to the dis- 

 coidal cell, marked at its upper angle with a dull white spot di- 

 vided into two by the second branch of the median ncrvm-e. Pos- 

 terior wings black, brilliantly shaded with blue along the abdo- 

 minal fold, marked on the disc with a palmate crimson opalescent 

 spot divided into six portions by the uer\au-es, one small within 



