Species of Nymphalidian Rhopaloc&ra. 19 



obliquis, abbreviatis, niveis, interna ad venam medianam late dis- 

 rupta, externa a venis intersecta ; posticas ciliis niveis : corpus 

 fuscum proe flavo punctatum. 



Alas subtus fuscae, anticae margine interno pallidiore sericeo ; fasciis 

 supernis niveis, stria subcostali basali et aliquando mediana flavis, 

 costaque ad basin coccinea : posticae striis duabus, inferiore multo 

 longiore, punctisque duobus coccineis ; ciliis niveis : corpus fus- 

 cum flavo maculatum ; abdomine linea media, palpis pedibusque 

 primoribus lateraliter flavis. 



Exp. alar. unc. 3, lin. 5. 



Hob. Para ; B.M. Peru ; Coll. Druce. 



Presented to the National Collection by Mrs. J. P. G. Smith. 



Nearly allied to H. Antiochus, Linnaeus, and bearing nearly 

 the same relation to it as exists between H. arania, Fabricius, 

 and its Villa-Nova representative. 



Subfamily Satyrin^:, Bates. 



Genus Idiomoephus, Doumet. 



4. Idiomorphus Zinebi, sp. no v. PI. IX. fig. 4. 



c? . Alas supra fuscae, certo situ roseo tinctse ; corpus fuscum. 



Aloe subtus ochraceae, roseo partim tinctae, lineis tribus communibus 

 obscurioribus, duabus mediis nigro-fuscis ad costam anticarum 

 divergentibus ; tertia pallidiore undulata submarginali : anticae 

 lineis duabus discoideis subbasalibus fuscis ; apice obscuriore 

 puncto uno alterove albis ; plaga magna interna sericeo-cinerea : 

 posticae pivnctis septem ocellaribus albis discalibus : corpus ocbra- 

 ceum. 



Exp. alar. unc. 2|. 



Hob. Gold Coast. Coll. Swanzy. Collected by Mr. Crocker. 



Allied to Idiomorphus Italus, Hewitson (from Old Calabar), 



but very distinct ; on the underside more like /. Iccms, Hewits. 



Subfamily NympiiatjInm, Bates. 



Genus Diadema, Boisduval. 



5. Diadema octocida, sp. nov. PL IX. fig. 5. 



5 . Alae supra nigro-fuscae : antice fascia postmedia obliqua ferru- 

 gfnea, ocelloque anali nigro indistincte pupillato fusco-ferrugineo 

 cincto : posticae fascia lata submarginali intus dentata ferruginea 

 a venis nigris intersecta et puncta septem nigra ocellaria caeca 

 inter venas includente ; linea vix distinguenda obscure ferruginea 

 undulata marginali ; striola anali squamosa caerulea : corpus nigro- 

 fuscum. 



Alae subtus pallidiores ; fasciis striaque marginali supernis pallide 

 roseo-albidis brunneo variis : anticae characteribus quatuor dis- 

 coideis subcostalibus, punctis quinque subapicalibus unaque majore 



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