18/8.] CENTRAL-AMERICAN BUTTERFLIES. 363 



Mus. H. Druce. 



Obs Allied to /. eulema, from which it differs in the primarv 



10. Symmachia rhacotis. 



d.Exp. 1-2 in. Allied to S. domitianus, from which it differ, 

 above m having a green patch near the anal angle of the e ondar l 

 instead of a submarginal line of the same colour ; beneathTe colon, 

 » paler and more ochraceous, and the metallic spot mor n Ume tn 

 andmore regularly dispersed over the whole under surface "f the 



{jHuiwSS^ P ° l0ChiC ™ l]e y( Ha ^-> Honduras, S. Pedro 

 Mus. nostr. 



11. Mesene ignicauda. 



«J? a EXP< l J J°- ^° Ve black > a s P ot on the iun er margin of either 

 secondary and the abdomen red; beneath dark brownish profusely 

 spotted with black grey-edged spots. protusely 



? like the d; but the red spot extends across the secondaries 

 and nearly to the end of the cell of the primaries; beneath The red 

 spot of the primaries appears as above; abdomen dark 



nab. Veragua (Arce). 



Mus. nostr. 



Obs. Allied to M. cerope, but the red of the secondaries more 

 restricted, and the abdomen red instead of black. beC0 " Uaries more 



12. Mesene silaris. 



6 . Exp. 1 05 in. Margins of both wings (except the inner broadM 

 brownish enclosing a pale lemon-yell™ patch common to both 

 wings ; beneath exactly as above. 



Bab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt). 



Mus. T. Belt et nostr. 



Perhaps allied to M. pyrippe, but differing both from it and all 

 its immedmte congeners by the paleness of the inner portion of the 

 b3r (m miPPe theSC ^ rCd) aDd ^ the breadtb of the dark 



13. Mesene tyriotes. 



6. Exp. l-l in. Above brownish black, a broad band of oran«» 

 red crossing the middle of both secondaries and the body beneafh 

 uniform brownish black, rather paler than above 



$ dark brown, a band of orange-red (paler than in the male^l 

 crossing the primaries from the middle of the costa ? the ana 

 angle ; beneath as above, but rather paler in colour. 

 Hab. Veragua, Chiriqui (Ribbe), Calobre (Arce) 

 Mus. nostr. 



Obs. A close ally of M. sayaris, in which the orange band in the 



