338 ^h: A. G. Butler on new Species of 



XLIV. — Pescripti'ons of new Species of Lepidoptera from 

 Central America. By AkTUUK GaudineK BlJTLlCR, F.L.S., 

 F.Z.S., c^c. 



AVe received .some time since a species of Morjiho, wliieli I 

 have been unable to identify Avitli any form liitlierto cliarac- 

 terized. It is a veiy distinct and beautiful species, resembling 

 on the upperside, as also in the outline of the wings, M. Mon- 

 tezuma ami allies ; on the underside, however, it more nearly 

 a])proachcs M. Xeoptolemns. As I believe this species to be 

 quite new, I characterize it as follows : — 



Morpho 2^olyhaptus^ n. sp. 



Above very like M. Montezuma: wings greenish blue, 

 with a moderately broad black outer border : primaries with 

 basicostal area dusky ; a white spot above end of cell ; black 

 border widest upon costa, wdiich is also black as far as the 

 white spot ; an oblique elongate subcostal white spot at inner 

 third of external black border, also two ajn'cal suhmarginal 

 series of xoliite points^ the inner series of four, the outer of 

 three points ; fringe spotted with white at extremity of inter- 

 nervular folds : secondaries with the outer black border rather 

 narrower than in primaries ; fringe with two wdiite spots 

 between each undulation ; two dull red liturai at anal angle ; 

 abdominal area grey, palest at base : body dull brown ; head, 

 collar, and pterygodes black ; the external margin of the pal})i 

 and two dots between the eyes red, two spots on the collar 

 creamy yellow, a spot on each of the pterygodes greyish white ; 

 antennaj black. \Yings below^ deep chocolate-brown, varied 

 with pale .shining green bands, large red-zoned ocelli, and buff 

 and scarlet submarginal bands : general pattern as in M. Neo- 

 ptolemtis, from which it differs as follows : — primaries with 

 the costal greeni.sh streak red at base ; no longitudinal green 

 streaks in the cell, but two well-defined transverse streaks — 

 the first irregular, oblique, reddi.sh at its lower extremity, the 

 second crossing the middle of the cell in a straight line ; 

 two indistinct, irregular, olilique, subterminal discoidal lines ; 

 streaks bounding the lower margin of the cell and the bases of 

 the median branches, rose-coloured instead of green ; in-egular 

 postmedian green band distinct, and nearly equal in width 

 from subcostal nervure to the middle of intenio-median inter- 

 space, where it terminates near the external angle in two ro.sy 

 spots ; an oval oblique subcostal s})ot above the uppermost 

 ocellus ; ocelli with naiTOwer deep orange-red zones ; sub- 



