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prothorax and wing-coverts tawny ; abdomen brownish black, 

 beneath yellow : anterior wings tawny, apical third, including 

 the whole outer margin, two spots at the end of the cell, and 

 the base of the wing, except along the subcostal and median 

 nervures, brownish black : posterior wings black ; apical angle, 

 j^xcept the margin, tawny : beneath similar to the upper sur- 

 face, except that there is a row of white spots close to the 

 outer margin of both wings : costa of the hind wings tawny, 

 the base yellow. 



? . Similar to the male. 



Neuration similar to that oi ItJi. dioncea^ Hew., and its allies. 



Hah. Guadalquiza, Ecuador; and Pozzuzo, Peru {Pearce). 



Obs. In coloration this species exactly resembles Mechanitts 

 mothone, Hew., on the upperside, and only differs on the under- 

 side by the presence of the submarginal row of white spots. 

 It belongs to the Ceratinia group of Ithomia^ but is unlike 

 any other species of this section. 



5. lihomia pardalis. 



^. Exp. 3'05 in. Head w?an<iw^ ; prothorax and abdomen 

 black ; anterior wings yellowish, diaphanous ; outer margin, 

 including a large triangular spot at the extremity of each of 

 the nervures, black ; there are two black spots joined by a 

 narrow line at the end of the cell, and three semitransparent, 

 elongated, dark spots between the subcostal, the radials, and 

 the third median branch ; inner margin black : posterior wings 

 clear transparent, outer margin broadly black, deeply in- 

 dented internally, including six round transparent spots ; an 

 irregular dark band crosses the wing through the end of the 

 cell to the inner margin : the markings beneath as those above, 

 but in addition there are two small white spots near the apex 

 of the anterior wings, and two elongated white marks about 

 the middle of the costa of the posterior wings, the base being 

 yellowish. Neuration as in Ithomia susiana, Feld. ; the lower 

 discocellular makes an acute angle with the third section of 

 the median ; the middle discocellular bears the recurrent 

 nervule, and the upper discocellular meets the subcostal at a 

 very obtuse angle at a distance from the base of the wing 

 about equal to the first and second sections of the median 

 nervures. 



Rab. Guadalquiza, Ecuador (Pearce). 



Obs. Though differing in the much greater transparency of the 

 wings, this species must certainly be placed near Ith. susiana, 

 Feld., the neuration of the hind wing agreeing best with that 

 species. The antennas are wanting ; but, from analogy, they 

 should be long. 



