1878.] DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA FROM CENTRAL AMERICA. 269 



species; from both it differs in the absence of the band crosshair 

 the secondaries, its place being occupied by a row of very small 

 spots : beneath the markings of the secondaries are very indis be 

 and consist chiefly of dark marks near the region of thecal ange' 



acLTtli^Zr ^ "" "^ «* ^ "^ ^ 



Chf^an^Poirnic: ^^ "^ NubeS; " ""*■ ° f the "^ 

 Mus. nostr. 



12. Phyciodes cyneas, sp. n. 



i ^ Jj&i' 4 ? ?• A,lied t0 P - leanira, Feld., ex California from 

 which it differs in having a well-defined submargmal row o7r d spo? 

 on the secondaries above, and also some red spots near the m ddle of 

 the outer margin of the primaries, but none on the inner part of the 

 wing : beneath, the dark markings of P. leanira across the cell and 

 towards he costa of the secondaries are wanting; but as hi that 

 species, the nervules are black. D ' that 



Hab. Mexico, mountains of Oaxaca (Fenocchio). 



Mus. nostr. 



13. Phyciodes nebulosa. 



6. Exp 1 -5 in. Belongs to the P.-ardys (Hew. ) group. Markings 

 o fwiogs above deep tawny red ; wings more elongated 8 than in Paris 

 and its allies; base of the secondaries with obsolete tawny marks' 

 secondaries beneath pale greyish, region of the outer marginTark' 

 and^a dark subjugular mark from the costa halfway across th^ 

 o* 



Hab. Guatemala, hacienda " las Nubes " (O S) 



Taken in the beginning of February 1874. 



14. Eresia mechanitis, sp. n. 



the ? auic E alha?f rfft, IS" * ""^ ( ? Ubn - ) * but differin S in having 

 h»J! I Pnmanes crossed with two well-defined yellowish 



bokenasiuT^r 6 "J"* ^^ '' ndented a » d not &*tiZy 

 broken as in h eumce ; the outer one crosses the apex as a distinct 

 band instead of being an obsolete spot. P 



Hab. Nicaragua (Janson). 



»lW) r °A ably a Tl them raCC ofK eunice > but diff ™ng slightly from 

 all the forms of that species found in the Amazonian region 



15. Eresia drypetis, sp. n. 



£. Exp 2-2 in. Differs from E. eunice and the last-described 



rtwtndar he The r rr ■? direct r ° f the *™S£ 



oi tne secondanes. Ihe dark mark over the median nervure of the 

 primages is obsolete; the dark band crossing the prima™ is con! 



Hab. Panama (McLeannan, type); Guatemala, interior (S. *G.). 



