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15. Evjiea nonotiensis, sp. n. (PL I. fig. 15.) 



E. testa rimata, dolioliformi, straminea, delicatula, apice obtusissimo ; 

 anfractibus quinque, undique tenuissime longitudinaliter striatis ; 

 apertura rotunda ; peristomate paullum extus crenulato, albo, 

 plicis vel dentibus quinque instrueto, plica parietali maj;na 

 intrante, dentibus duobus labialibus, uno basali, plica columellari 

 valde intrante, magna. 



Long. 5, lat. 2 mill. 



Hah. Nonoti, coast of Natal [Burnup). 



A delicate straw-coloured species, apparently distinct from 

 any of its allies in the small group characterized by the 

 presence of a double tooth on the outer lip. 



EXPLAKATIOX OF PLATE I. 



XVL — Descriptions of new Species of Bhopalocera from 

 Mexico and Central America. By F. D. GODMAN and 

 0. Salvin. 



Specimens of the following species of Ehopalocera have been 

 recently received by us from various correspondents. As it 

 will be some time before we can refer to them in our ' Biologia 

 Centrali-Americana,' we describe them as follows : — 



1. Opsiphanes Staudingeri^ sp. n. 



Kich reddish brown, apex of the primaries darker ; a curved 

 tawny band proceeds from the costa across the apex and 

 thence to the anal angle ; the edges of this band are irregular, 

 and it is bordered by dark brown on both sides ; two rather 

 widely divided white spots in the apex : secondaries with a 

 tawny margin, the inner edge of which is irregular and is 

 bordered with dark brown. Beneath nearly the whole surface 

 is dark brown, mottled with tawny; dark bands enclosing a 

 yellowish space cross the cell of the primaries, and other dark 

 irregular lines occur at the end of the cell ; there are two 



