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4. Archonias hopfferi, Staudinger; from Bolivia. — This is 

 typical Catasticta plnava, Doubleday ; from Bolivia. 



6. Archonias jacinta, Staudinger ; from Bolivia. — This is a 

 new species, near to Catasticta chelidonis, Hopffer. 



7. Archonias tamina, Staudinger ; from Manizales, Orinoco, 

 &c. — This is typical Catasticta tomijris, Felder ; from Bogota. 



It seems probable that this species was confused, by the late 

 Dr. Staudinger, with Catasticta toca ; both species occur in 

 Bolivia. 



I may add a note upon a species described by Mr. Mengel 

 under the name of Archonias xeqiie. The latter is typical Cata- 

 sticta chrysolopha, Kollar. 



The following new species from the Crowley collection may 

 be described : — 



Catasticta crowleyi, sp. n. 



Intermediate, in some respects, between C. potamea and C. strigusa 

 (= actinotis ^), the pattern of the upper surface being that of the 

 latter species, excepting that the discal series of five spots on the 

 secondaries is clearly defined and separate from the pale basal area : 

 upper surface dark purplish brown, with the pale areas and spots 

 whitish ash (bone-white, irrorated with blackish when seen through a 

 lens) ; the outer border of the secondaries and the veins being thus 

 very sharply defined ; an orange spot on each side of the collar ; under 

 surface much the same as in C. actinotis $ , but the secondaries of a 

 paler lilacine brownish tint, with no defined central dark belt, the 

 yellow spots only being attached to dark brown hastate markings ; 

 expanse of wings, 55-58 mm. 



Monte Sierra and Culata, Venezuela. (Three males.) 



My C. strigosa was described from a Peruvian example, which 

 differs slightly from those since received from Central America ; 

 but there can be no doubt that these discrepancies are not of 

 specific value when one has an opportunity of comparing them 

 in the insects themselves ; the greenish tint of C. acti)iotis, 

 male, is very characteristic, and separates it at a glance from the 

 brownish C. potamea, the white-marked C. hebra, and the whitish 

 ash-marked C. crowleyi. 



Catasticta jacinta, sp. n. 

 Archonias jacinta, Staudinger, in litt. 

 Closely related to C. chelidonis and C. zancle [— C. com ?) ; nearer 

 to the latter, from which it chiefly differs in the slightly narrower 

 ochreous belt across the primaries, the smaller double spot in the 

 angle of the discoidal cell, the more widely blackened veins, the 

 broader blackish base to the secondaries, and the consequently 

 narrower ochreous belt crossed by black veins. The ochreous mark- 

 ings above are also of a more creamy (less orange) tint than in 

 C chelidonis. On the under surface the basal area of the primaries is 

 broadly smoky brown ; all the yellow markings are clearer, more 

 lemon-tinted ; the veins are blacker, the submarginal lunules on the 



