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the true Papilio lima of Fabricius, in being uniformly much 

 paler in colour. This Nicaraguan race, having apparently 

 permanent characters and a distinct geographical habitat, re- 

 quires a name. We propose to call it Hetcera pallida. 



4. Pierella ocreata. 



c?. Exp. 2'75. Dark brown, the anterior wings have three 

 black bands crossing the cell, the middle one being prolonged 

 to the inner margin ; the end of the cell is also black : two 

 parallel black bands cross the wing from the inner margin to 

 the costa, the innermost traversing the third section of the 

 median nervure ; between these bands and the outer margin 

 are a series of spots, that nearest the costa white, the next 

 black, and the two following Avhite : the posterior wings have 

 three black cross bands, being the continuation of the first, 

 second, and fourth of the anterior wing ; beyond the third of 

 these bands is a large white patch, followed by a red one, 

 the latter having a transverse irregular lower margin, and 

 enclosing a distinct white spot between the third median 

 branch and the lower radial ; beyond these patches the wing 

 is darker, and has a white spot between the upper radial and 

 subcostal nervures, and a pupillated black ocellus between the 

 radials ; the outer margin is rather deeply indented, the end 

 of the third median branch carrying a somewhat prominent 

 tooth ; the indentations are all margined with buff. The ge- 

 neral coloration of the underside is paler, the bands being 

 more strongly shown ; between the two parallel bands is pale 

 greyish, which is continued on the posterior wings as a large 

 angulated patch tinged with red over its lower portion : the 

 neighbourhood of the anal angle is tinged with buiF, and a 

 buff line between two black lines follows the sinuations of the 

 outer margin : a third white spot appears between the second 

 and third median branches, and the ocellus has a buff sub- 

 marginal ring. The anal patch, characteristic of the males of 

 this section, is dark brown. 



$ . Larger and darker, the anterior wings being less acute ; 

 the underside of the posterior wings has a fourth white spot 

 between the first and second median branches. 

 Hah. Panama [M^Leannan). Veragua (ArcS). 

 Mus. S. & G. 



Allied to H. helvina of Hewitson, from which it manifestly 

 differs in having the upper portion of the red spot white. 



5. Antirrhcea pterocopha. 



^ . Exp. 3*85. Apex of the anterior wings not rounded, 

 but abruptly obtuse, the outer margin being angulated at the 



