418 Mr. E. Doiibleday on some new species of Butterflies. 



P. Victorimis. Alis omnibus supra nigro-olivaceis, apice fuscis, serie 



duplici macularum flavarum, subtus, maculis posticarum rufis. 



Exp. alar. 5 unc. 



Anterior wiugs above Llack, tiDged with olive, the posterior 

 margin with a series of eight rounded yellow spots, the first in- 

 distinct, the last double, preceded by a curved series of yellow 

 spots, intcrrvipted opposite the discoidal cell, composed of a lon- 

 gituchnal streak on the costa, three rounded spots between the 

 branches of the median nervure followed by a lunular, and on the 

 inner margin by an elongate one, all of a yellowish colour. 



Posterior -uings dentate olive-green, with a series of seven 

 rovmded spots beyond the discoidal cell, followed near the margin 

 by a series of six lunules, and at the outer a round spot all yellow ; 

 cilia spotted with white. 



Beluiv. — All the wings, the anterior with the disc fuscous, the 

 outer series of spots vanishing towards the apex, the inner series 

 more marked than above, with two additional spots opposite the 

 discoidal cell, in which is a large yellow spot divided by a longi- 

 tudinal black line. 



Posterior wings with the spots and lunules red, the inner 

 series smaller than above and edged with black. 



Head black, orbits behind and base of palpi yellow. Thorax 

 black, with a yellow spot on each side above anteriorly. Abdo- 

 men fuscous. 



From the west coast of America. 



This species is closely allied to P. Cleotas, Grayi, and Phaeton, 

 Boisd. 



Genus Euterpe. 

 Eut. Hijlonome. Alis omnibus nigris, anticis supra fascia transversa 



alba, posticis subtus pallide roseis nigro striatis. Exp. alar. 1 unc. 



9 1in. 



Above. — Smoky black, anterior wings with a transverse fascia 

 near the middle divided by the ncrMires, not reaching either the 

 costa or inner margin. 



Below. — The anterior wings arc marked as above, the poste- 

 rior are more colom-ed at base, paler towards the apex, the ner- 

 vm-es and a vitta between each two nervures black, the black 

 predominating on the margin and just beyond the discoidal cell. 



Head, thorax and abdomen black. 



From Sta Fe de Bogota. 



Genus Leptalis. 

 Lept. Cyra. Alis omnibus nigris, anticis vitta longltudinali, fasciaque 

 transversa flava, posticis vitta discoidali tlava. Exp. alar. 1|- unc. 

 Above. — Anterior wings black, with a cm-ved longitudinal pale 



not far from 



