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male passes onto the primary wings. In the present species this band 

 is restricted to the secondaries. 



14. Pachythone gigas. 



2 • Exp. 1*65 in. Black, with a large ovate spot in the apical third 

 of the primaries, another, pointed, at the base of the wing, and ex- 

 tending along the inner margin, but not reaching to the costa, and 

 the secondaries, except the margin, pale yellow ; beneath as above, 

 the margin of the secondaries not extending over the whole of the 

 costa. 



Hab. Panama (Ribbe). 



Mus. Dr. O. Staudinger. 



Obs. In coloration this species resembles the female of Aricoris 

 gelasine, described by Westwood as A. myrtis. The very minute 

 palpi and the short antennae indicate its proper position in the genus 

 Pachythone. It is, however, much larger than any member of the 

 genus hitherto described. 



15. Charis velutina. 



cJ • Exp. 1 • 1 5 in. Dark brown above, with darker obsolete bands 

 on the central portion of both wings, arranged more or less concen- 

 trically, two subparallel submarginal metallic bands on both wings, 

 the inner one on the primaries irregular and interrupted : beneath 

 rich dark purple with obsolete black spots corresponding in position 

 with the indistinct bands of the upper surface ; a single narrow sub- 

 marginal metallic band much interrupted on the anterior wings ; 

 cilia of both wings dark with small white equidistant spots. 



Hab. Guatemala, Polochic valley (H. Hague). 



Mus. nostr. 



Obs. Allied to C. iris, Staudinger ; but the under surface differs in 

 being purple instead of rich indigo-blue. In C. iris the fringe of 

 both wings is pure white ; in the present species it is dark with but 

 few white spots. 



16. Charis crocea. 



d . Exp. 1*16 in. Above rich orange-red, with dark spots along 

 the costa, outer margin of the primaries, and outer and inner margins 

 of secondaries ; those on the outer margin of the primaries almost 

 confluent, and with the marginal row of the secondaries containing 

 the metallic spots characteristic of the genus ; the inner area of the 

 wings devoid of spots : beneath, as above, but the spots of the costa 

 more confluent and those of the outer margin of the secondaries less 

 so ; the spots, too, are generally dispersed over the wings. 



Hab. Veragua, Calobre (Arce). 



Mus. nostr. 



Obs. Allied to C. perone, which it resembles as to colour ; but the 

 spots above are fewer in number and not so generally distributed. 



17. Charis holosticta. 



2 . Exp. r08in. Above lemon-yellow sprinkled with small dark 



