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primaries less elongated : otherwise the two species are similar. Ex- 

 panse of wings, 53-56 mm. 

 Bolivia. (Three males.) 



Catasticta apaturina, sp. n. 



Nearly allied to C. toca, but the primaries produced and sub- 

 angulated, the secondaries subtriangular with elongated anal angle 

 (giving this species much the outline of some of the species of 

 Apatura). The upper surface sooty black, with white markings irro- 

 rated with black, arranged nearly as in O. chnjsolnpha, but the outer 

 row of white spots small and ill-defined on the primaries and almost 

 obliterated on the secondaries ; the secondaries are marked more nearly 

 as in C. toca, the band being wholly white, but narrower and distinctly 

 divided at the median vein in the males ; the colouring of the under 

 surface is nearly as in C. toca, but distinctly yellower and brighter ; 

 the trident-like marking at the base of the radial and median veins on 

 the secondaries is larger, better connected, and of an ashy slate-colour, 

 completely enclosing three small yellow spots. Expanse of wings, 

 47 mm. 



Angamarca, Ecuador. (Two males, one female.) 



LEPIDOPTERA IN CENTRAL GERMANY. 

 By J. Jager. 



In the * Entomologist ' for January, 1892, appeared an article 

 of mine, with a short geographical description of the small town 

 of Biedenkopf on the Lahn, in Hessen-Nassau, and its surround- 

 ings, including a list of Ehopalocera found by me during August 

 of the preceding summer. After an interval of ten years I have 

 once more paid a visit to this charming spot, and, as it hap- 

 pened, I met my nephew, Mr. Eichard Werner (of the firm Sie- 

 mens and Halske, Berlin), also a zealous entomologist, spending 

 his summer holiday there. On our daily walks in the midst of 

 lovely mountain scenery we came in contact with a profusion of 

 insect life, chiefly Rhopalocera, a list of which, seen and cap- 

 tured on the morning of Aug. 9th, I will here enumerate : — 

 Papilio machaon, common principally in clover fields. Pieris 

 brassicce, P. napi, and P. rapce, all very common. Leacophasia 

 sinapis, sparingly. Colias hyale, very common. Gonopteryx 

 rhamiii, very common. Argynnis selene, very common. A. 

 latonia and A. diet, common. A. paphia and A. adippe, in great 

 numbers. A. aglaia, few and worn. Vanessa urticce and V. to, 

 common. V. polychloros and V. c-albiim, a few specimens. 

 Vanessa atalanta, just appearing. V. antiopa, common near 

 orchards. Our captures of this species amount to about forty 

 altogether. Melanargia galatea, common, but worn. Erehia 



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