412 Mr. O. Salvin on new Species of Butte rflies 



L. — Descriptions of new Species of Butterflies from Tropical 

 America. By Osbert Salvin, M.A,, F.L.S., &c. 



[Concluded fi'om vol. iv. p. 181.] 



33. Melincea scylax. 



$. Exp. 3*70 in. AnteniiEe yellow, black at the base; 

 somewhat like M. mnerne^ Linn., as regards the markings of 

 the upperside of the anterior wings ; the transverse yellow 

 band beyond the cell is narrower ; the basal half of the inner 

 margin is tawny, and not black : the posterior wings are 

 tawny, with a narrow black margin : beneath as above, the 

 base of the costa of the hind wings yellow ; there are no white 

 spots on the outer margin. 



Hob. Bugaba, Chiriqui (^Arce). 



Mas. S. & G-. 



34. Melincea orestes. 



^ . Exp. 3*50 in. Somewhat similar to M. lucifer^ Bates 

 (Trans. Linn. Soc. xxiii. p. 551), the yellow spot on the costa 

 and that in the a])ex being wanting : the posterior wing, in- 

 stead of being black between the cell and the outer margin, 

 has a double transverse row of black spots, the outer margin 

 being very narrowly bordered with black. 



HaK Peru, Pozzuzo [Pearce). 



Mus. S. & G. 



35. Melincea cydippe. 



$. Exp. 3*80 in. Very similar to M. messenina, Feld. 

 (Voy. Nov. p. 356, t. 45. f. 11), differing chiefly in the cross 

 band of the anterior wings being entirely tawny, instead of 

 the outer half being yellow : there is a black spot in the angle 

 between the second section of the median nervure and its first 

 branch : both the outer and inner margins of the tawny band 

 are less deeply sinuated. 



Hah. S. Ecuador, Guadalc|uiza [Pearce) ; Peru, Pozzuzo 

 {Pearce) . , 



Mus. S. & G. 



Ohs. This species is coloured exactly as Mechanitis mothone, 

 Hew. Ex. B. ii. t. 15. f. 14. 



36. Pronopldla timanthes. 



^ . Exp. 3*30 in. Similar to P. ohscura^ Butl. (Cat. Saty- 

 ridae, p. 184, t. 4. f. 10), as regards the pattern of the under- 

 side of the posterior wings ; the ocelli of the anterior wings 

 are each surrounded by an oblong rufescent mark ; on the 

 upperside a similar series of marks is conspicuous, but the 



