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spots nearly evenly distributed over the whole area of the wings ; a 

 submarginnl metallic line round the outer margin of both wings : 

 beneath as above, the yellow colour being a little paler and the spots 

 slightly larger. 



Hab. Veragua (Arce). 



Mus. nostr. et H. Druce. 



Obs. Also allied to C. perone, but the ground-colour lemon instead 

 of orange-yellow, and the spots on the wings rather fewer in 

 number. 



18. CHARIS PtECILOPTERA. 



2 • Exp. *95 in. Above pale greyish brown, profusely spotted 

 with yellowish-white spots, those on the primaries gradually becom- 

 ing larger towards the outer margin, the margin itself being broadly 

 unspotted, except a submarginal row of minute spots, joining which 

 on their outer sides are small black spots ; the submarginal metallic 

 spots, though present, are scarcely visible : beneath, the primaries as 

 above, but the secondaries are silvery-white with a few irregular 

 dark spots chiefly in the region of the costa. 



Hab. Veragua, Chiriqui (Ribbe). 



Mus. Dr. O. Staudinger. 



19. Charis ochrias. 



cJ.Exp. 1-2 in. Above white with a slight yellowish tint; pri- 

 maries with four black spots along the costa, one at the apical angle, 

 two on the outer margin, one at the anal angle, two on the inner 

 margin, and one within the area of the wing beyond the cell; 

 secondaries with six black spots round the edge and three within 

 the area of the wing ; submarginal metallic line (as usual in the 

 genus) but feebly developed : beneath precisely as above. 



Hab. Costa Rica, Irazu (H. Rogers). 



Mus. nostr. 



Obs. Allied to C. sulphurea, R. Felder (with the type of which it 

 has been compared), from Mexico, from which it differs in being 

 paler in colour and in having all the spots on the outer margin 

 larger ; there is also a spot on the inner margin of the primaries, 

 wanting in C. sulphurea. 



20. Tharops purpurata. 



c? . Exp. 1-5 in. Above rich purplish blue, apical portion of pri- 

 maries and apex of secondaries brownish black ; some dark elongated 

 transverse spots on the distal two thirds of the primaries : beneath 

 greyish white, apex of primaries and outer margin of both wings 

 brownish ; small brownish spots over the whole under surface, those 

 nearest the apical and anal angles of the secondaries slightly the 

 largest. 



2 like the male, but the wings more obtuse, and the secondaries 

 above, like the primaries, crossed with dark marks. 



Hab. Guatemala, Polochic valley (Hague) ; Veragua (Jrce). 



Mus. nostr. 



