412 Mr. O. Salvin on neio Species of Butter jlies 



L. — Descriptions of new Sj^ecies of Butterflies from Tropical 

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



[Concluded from vol. iv. p. 181.] 



33. Melincea scylax. 



^. Exp. 3"70 in. Antennse yellow, black at the base; 

 somewhat like M. 7nneme, Linn., as regards the markings of 

 the uppersicle 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. 



Hah. Bugaba, Chiriqui {Arce). 

 ■ Mus. 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 apex 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. 



Hob. Peru, Pozzuzo (Fearce). 



Mus. S. & G. 



35. Melincea cydippe. 



(J. 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 Avings 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 nervui'e and its first 

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

 are less deeply sinuated. 



Hah. S. Ecuador, Guadalquiza [Pearce) ; Peru, Pozzuzo 

 [Pearce). 



Mus. S. & G. _ 



Ohs. This species is coloured exactly as Mechanitis motlione^ 

 Hew. Ex. B. ii. 1. 15. f, 14. 



36. Pronopliila timanthes. 



^ . Exp. 3"30 in. Similar to P. ohscwa, Butl. (Cat. Saty- 

 ridfe, 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 surroimded by an oblong rufescent mark ; on the 

 upperside a similar series of marks is conspicuous, but the 



