1879.] NEW SPECIES OF RHOPALOCERA. 153 



bands. Beneath, primaries as above, secondaries crossed with three 

 blue-grey bands, the submarginal one being somewhat broken. 



Hab. Cosnipata, Peru ( ir/nYe/y) ; Apolobamba, Bolivia (Pearce). 



06s. Allied to P. iphinous, Latr. ; differing chiefly in the more 

 elongated hind wings, the narrower cross band of the primaries, and 

 the greater breadth of the blue-grej bands of the secondaries be- 

 neath. 



Pyrrhopyga malis. (Plate XIV. fig. 6.) 



Exp. 2-5 in. Body and wings black ; primaries with a central red 

 band crossing the cell from the subcostal to the submedian nervure; 

 two obsolete bluish bands parallel to the outer margin of the secon- 

 daries. Beneath, the lower third of the red band of the primaries is 

 yellow; three greyish-blue obsolete bands cross the secondaries- 

 one near the base, one through the middle, and one parallel to 

 the outer margin. 



Hab. Frontino, Antioquia (Salmon). 



Obs. Allied to P. nurscia, Swains., but differs in having the secon- 

 daries beneath crossed with obsolete blue-grey bands, instead of the 

 whole inner area of the wing being nearly uniformly of that colour. 



Pyrrhopyga erythrosticta. 



Allied to P. maculosa, Hew. (Tamyris agathon, Feld. Eeise 

 Nov. Lep. lii. t. 70. f. 2, 3). Differing in being browner, in having 

 a rufous spot on the primaries in the angle between the median and 

 submedian nervures, and in the narrower black margin to the secon- 

 daries beneath. 



Hab. Chontales, Nicaragua (Belt) ; Veragua (Arce). 



Obs. Certainly a close ally of P. macnlusa ; but all our specimens 

 show the above differences are constant. 



Myscelus belti. 



6. Exp. 2-2 in. Allied to M. epimachia H.-S. (Hew. Exot. 

 Butt. Pyrrhopxjga, iv. f. 26, 27), but rather deeper in colour above, 

 and there are no white marks on the cilia of the secondaries. Be- 

 neath, the whole of the base of the primaries inside the inner hyaline 

 spot is yellow, the black transverse band being absent, the inner 

 black band of the secondaries is also absent, there being merely an 

 obsolete black spot between the median and submedian nervures. 

 In the female the secondary wings above are almost uniform rusty 

 brown ; beneath, the base of both wings is yellow, that of the secon- 

 daries including a few black spots : there are no black bands on the 

 wings ; but the distal half is uniform black. 



Hab. Chontales, Nicaragua {Belt Sf Janson) ; Polochic valley, 

 Guatemala {Hague). 



Obs. In the late Mr. Belt's collection several specimens of this 

 species occur. Its nearest ally is no doubt M. epimachia as represented 

 by Hewitson ; but the differences pointed out above seem associated 

 with its distinct habitat, and thus the species requires separation. 

 We have long had a single Guatemalan example in our collection, 



