360 MESSRS. GODMAN AND SALVIN ON [Mar. 19, 



5. Descriptions of new Species of Central- American But- 

 terflies of the Family Erycinidse. By F. DuCane God- 

 man and Osbert Salvin. 



[Received March 7, 1878.] 



The species of Erycinidse described in the present paper are some 

 that we have been unable to find names for when examining the 

 Central-American representatives of the family. Specimens of the 

 greater part of them are in our collection ; but some have been 

 described from examples in that of Mr. H. Druce, whilst others 

 have been lent to us by Dr. O. Staudinger of Dresden, and by Mr. 

 T. Belt. We hope, before long, to publish figures of the whole of 

 them. 



1. EXJRYGONA HYPOPH^A. 



cJ. Exp. 1-15 in. Outer margin of secondaries slightly angulated; 

 above nearly uniform dark brown with a slight rufous tint in the 

 centre of each wing ; beneath brown ; across the primaries beyond 

 the cell a broad, indistinct, dark band ; across the middle of the 

 secondaries a similar band ; a submarginal row of nearly obsolete 

 black spots on the secondaries. 



$ . Exp. l - 2 in. Outer margin of secondaries more strongly angu- 

 lated in the middle than in the male ; above dull brown, slightly 

 paler on the distal half of the secondaries ; three white spots on the 

 primaries, one at the end of the cell and two beyond it, one on either 

 side of the second median branch : beneath, much paler, nearly 

 uniform ; an indistinct, narrow, dark band passes from the costa 

 of the primaries inside the two outermost of the white spots and 

 across the secondaries, curving round to near the middle of the 

 inner margin ; a submarginal row of black spots with minute white 

 ones associated with them on the secondaries. 



Hab. Veragua, Chiriqui (Ribbe). 



Mus. nostr. ( 6* ) et Dr. O. Staudinger ( ? ). 



2. EURYGONA LEUCORRHOA. 



<5 . Exp. 1-25 in. Secondaries slightly produced, margin entire; 

 above deep red-brown ; costa, apex, and outer margin pure dark 

 brown : beneath pale earthy brown, distal third of the primaries 

 and the apex of the secondaries darker ; distal half of the secondaries 

 silvery grey ; a narrow brown line crosses the middle of the median 

 branches of the primaries, and crossing to the secondaries curves 

 within the space between the first median branch and the submedian 

 nervure and passes to the inner margin ; the secondaries have a 

 submarginal row of black spots surrounded by silvery white, that 

 between the lower radial and second median branch being the 

 largest ; the margin itself at its most prominent part is rufous. 



Hab. Veragua, Chiriqui {Ribbe). 



Mus. nostr. et Dr. O. Staudinger. 



