new Species of American Rhopalocera. 263 



angle ; a submarginal row of lunules and dark irregular marks 

 across the rest of the wing. 



Hab. Costa E,ica {H. Rogers). 



Mus. nostr. 



This species has a reddish base to the primaries beneath as 

 in P. smerdis (Hew.) ; but the pattern of the secondaries be- 

 neath is different. We have not jet received the male. 



16. Phyciodes Durnfordi. 



5. Exp. 1*4 in. Above uniform dark brown, Avith obsolete 

 red spots in and about the cell of the primaries, and one at the 

 end of the cell of the secondaries. Beneath — primaries reddish 

 brown ; between the end of the cell and outer margin is a 

 broad dark band containing two light spots, one on the costa, 

 tlie other on the inner margin ; a narrower dark band crosses 

 the wing through the end of the cell j two others still narrower 

 cross the cell itself : secondaries brown, marked with barely 

 perceptible lighter and darker marks ; there is a submarginal 

 row of very indistinct lunules, inside of which are four white 

 spots. 



$ . Exp. 1*55 in. Above dark brown, with the red mark- 

 ings of the male larger and much more distinct. Beneath 

 much paler, the markings on both wings are also more plainly 

 shown. 



Hab. Buenos Ayres [H. Durnford) . 



Mus. nostr. 



17. Phyciodes taphius. 



6 . Exp. 1"5 in. Above brown ; apex of the primaries 

 darker ; a band of three separate fulvous spots crosses the 

 wing from the costa to the anal angle : the secondaries have 

 three concentric lines of pale tawny. Beneath dull yellow ; 

 a taAvny streak crosses the primaries ; from the costa to the 

 anal angle whitish ; spots at the apex near the middle of the 

 outer margin ; both wings have a submarginal row of light 

 lunules : the basal half of the secondaries mottled with light 

 markings ; three black spots with light edgings between the 

 median branches. 



Hab. Ecuador, Canelos and St. Inez {Buckley). 

 Mus. nostr. 



Obs. The nearest ally is P. elapMcea (Hew.), from which it 

 differs in having the band of the primaries broken. 



18. Eresia epione. 

 6 . Exp. 2 in. Above uniform dark steel-blue ; inner 



