1877.] MR. H. DRUCE ON THE GENUS PAPHIA. 645 



crossing the wing from the costal margin to the outer margin ; pos- 

 terior wing with the basiil half bluish white. Underside brown, 

 palest on the outer half of the anterior wing, thickly irrorated with 

 brown scales. 



Exp. 2| inches. 



Hab. 1 Mus. Hewitson. 



A very distinct species, quite unHke any other with which I am 

 acquainted. 



66. P. MORTA, n. sp. 



Upperside brownish black, the basal half of all the wings bright 

 blue; on the upperside this species very closely resembles P. offa 

 without the submarginal row of spots on the posterior wing. The 

 underside is very different ; it is pale greenish brown irrorated near 

 the base of the anterior wing with a few white scales, both wings 

 crossed beyond the middle from the apex to the abdominal margin 

 by a waved band of pale ochreous colour. 



Exp. 2^ inches. 



Hab. Corosal, Honduras {Roe). Mus. S. & G. 



67. P. VICTORIA, n. sp. (Plate LXIII. figs. 4, 5.) 



Upperside {male) — anterior wing black, from the base to the 

 middle blue, two blue spots close to the apex ; posterior wing glossy 

 blue-black. Underside light olive-brown thickly irrorated with 

 white scales. Female the same as the male, but larger, with the outer 

 margin and the tails of the posterior wing greyish. 



Exp. S 21, ? 2h inches. 



Hab. Rio (J. Youds). Mus. S. & G. 



68. P. CH.ERONEA, Feld. {Nymph, c.) Wien. ent. Mon. v. p. 

 110 (1861) ; Reise Nov. Lep. iii. t. 60. f. I (1867). 



Hab. New Granada {Fe/der and Birchell). Mus. S. & G., D. 

 This fine species is peculiar to New Granada. It does not vary in 

 any way. 



69. P. PROSERPINA, Salv. Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. iv. p. 181 

 (1869). 



F.pedile. Druce, Cist. Ent. vol. i. p. 287 (1874). 

 Hab. Valley of the Polochic, Guatemala {Hague). Mus. S. & G. 

 Costa Rica ( Van Patten). Mus. D. 



One of the largest described species of Paphia. 



70. P. iNDiGOTiCA c?, Salv, Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. iv. p. 180 

 (1869). 



P. zelica $ , Salv. Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. iv. p. 1 80 (1869). 



Hab. Costa Rica, ^ {Van Patten) ; Chiriqui, (S{Arce); Veragua, 

 cJ 2 {Arce) ; Panama, S {Boucard). Mus. S. & G., D. 



This species is allied to P. chceronea, Feld., but quite distinct. I have 

 little doubt that the specimen named P. zelica by Mr. Salvin is the 



