THE ENTOMOLOGIST 



Vol. XXXVL] MAY. 1903. [No. 480. 



A NEW SPECIES OF CALLITHEA FROM PERU. 



By Percy I. Lathy, F.E.S. 



Plate II. 



Callithea adamsi, sp. nov. 



Upper side : — Fore wing siiining purplish blue, deepening to black 

 on lower discal area, a marginal green border slightly tinged with gold, 

 this border widest on costa; apex and upper part of outer margin dark 

 green. Hind wing shining purplish blue, costa and inner margin 

 blackish, a marginal green border slightly tinged with gold, this border 

 widest at anal angle. Under side : — Fore wing green tinged with gold, 

 inner margin and lower discal area blackish, a basal orange patch not 

 extending so far in cell as on costa and inner margin ; four submarginal 

 black spots between upper discoidal and lower median nervules ; of 

 these the two lower are the larger. Hind wing green tinged with gold, 

 a large basal orange patch, beyond this four rows of black markings, 

 the first just beyond cell being incomplete, the spot below costal 

 nervure and that beyond cell being best defined ; the next row is com- 

 posed of large equal-sized spots, with the exception of the two next the 

 inner margin, which are not so wide as the others ; the third row con- 

 tains smaller spots, the two next inner margin being again smaller 

 than the others ; in the fourth row the markings are small and linear. 

 Cilia of both wings white above and below. Exp. 62-70 millira. 



Hah. Perene, Peru. 4000 ft. In Coll. H. J. Adams. 

 Fifteen males, including type. 



Mr. H. Watkins, my collector in Peru, has been fortunate 

 enough to obtain a good series of males of this very beautiful new 

 species. The female yet remains to be discovered. C. adamsi is 

 allied to C. degandii, Hew., C. srnkai, Hew., and C.bartletti, Godm. 

 and Salv. ; it may however be at once distinguished from all these 

 species by the restricted basal orange area of the hind wings 

 below ; in the three above-mentioned species the orange extends 

 to beyond cell, and adjoins the inner row of black markings. In 



ENTOM. MAY, 1903. K 



