368 messrs. godman and salvin on [mwi m& 



28. Nymphidium sicyon. 



cf. Exp. 1*6 in. Costa of primaries, base, and outer margin of 

 both wings dark brownish- black ; inner margin and central area of 

 both wings yellowish ochre ; in the dark margin of the secondaries 

 are two parallel yellowish submarginal lines, between which are a 

 series of black spots : beneath paler than above ; the submarginal 

 lines in the border of the secondaries are absent ; but the black spots 

 are present. 



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



Mus. nostr. 



Obs. Allied to N. agle, but the outer margin darker, and the 

 margin of the primaries and secondaries are without the rufous band 

 contained in that of N. agle. 



29. Nymphidium adelphinum. 



3 . Exp. 1*85 in. ; $ , exp. 2* 15 in. Closely allied to N. lycorias, 

 of which it is a more southern race ; it differs in having the white 

 band in the dark margin of the secondaries almost obsolete in the 

 male instead of a biconvex conspicuous spot ; the white spot near 

 the middle of the outer margin of the primaries is much smaller : 

 beneath, these spots, though more distinct, are not nearly so large as 

 in the allied species. 



Hab. Costa Rica, Irazu (Rogers) ; Veragua, Calobre (Arce). 



Mus. nostr. 



30. Nymphidium velabrum. 



$ . Exp. 1*8 in. ; $, exp. T95. Allied to N. phliasus; but the 

 white band common to the two wings is broader, and on the pri- 

 maries extends just into the cell instead of merging in the fulvous 

 band of the same wings ; this fulvous mark, in the present species, 

 is restricted to an isolated spot in the apical area of the primaries. 

 In the relative position of the white band and the fulvous spot this 

 species resembles Adelpha iphicla and its allies, whereas N. phliasus 

 resembles A. cocala. 



Hab. Veragua, Calobre (Arce). 



Mus. nostr. 



31. Theope isia. 



cJ. Exp. T25 in. Costa, apex (narrowly), outer margin of pri- 

 maries, and cilia of secondaries dark brownish-black ; secondaries 

 and a subtriangular patch occupying from the inner margin to the 

 end of the cell of primaries blue : beneath uniform orange. 



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



Mus. nostr. 



Obs. The distribution of the blue of the upper surface resembles 

 that of T. hypoxanthe ; the colour of the under surface is paler and 

 purer yellow, being almost exactly the tint of the under surface of 

 T. eudocia. 



