154 ON NEW SPECIES OF RHOPALOCERA. [Feb. 18, 



but have always considered that the differences observable required 

 the confirmation of a larger series of specimens, such as we now 



possess. 



Erycides pyres. 



Exp. 2'8 in. Allied to E. urania (Doubl. and Hew.) ; but both 

 wings suffused with a shining green gloss not seen in the Mexican 

 species ; the green markings of the wings are in all cases brighter ; 

 the submarginal band of spots on the secondaries are much closer 

 together than in E. urania. 



Hab. Haiti, Porto Rico. 



Erycides scython. 



Exp. 2*4 in. Uniform dark greenish above and beneath ; cilia of 

 outer margin of both wings white, at the anal angle of secondaries 

 rufous. 



Hab. Varagaaj (Keith Johnson) . 



Obs. Allied to ^. ^fl/e?«on, Cram., but differs in the absence of 

 the red spots in the centre of the costa of the primaries ; and the 

 palpi are black instead of being red. 



Entheus matho. 



cJ . Exp. 2-2 in. Allied to F.peleus (Linn.). The orange spot 

 between the two cross bands of the primaries, instead of joining the 

 proximal one as in E. peleus, lies close to the inner edge but does not 

 join the band which crosses the apex ; there is a large oval yellow 

 spot close to the abdominal margin of the secondaries not seen at all 

 in E. peleus. 



Hab. Choctum, Guatemala (i/ff^we) ; Chontales, Nicaragua (£e/^). 



Hesperia polites. (Plate XIV. fig. 7.) 



Exp. 2' 6 in. Above dark brown ; a yellow band common to both 

 wings passes from the end of the cell to between the first and 

 second median branches of the secondaries, and is cut into three by 

 the nervures on the primaries, and into four on the secondaries ; a 

 row of seven nearly equal small spots follows the curve of the apex 

 of the primaries, from between the second and third median branches 

 to the costa. Beneath the same as above, except that the band on 

 the secondaries is larger and paler in colour. 



Hab. Frontino, Antioquia (Salmon). 



Hesperia sacrator. (Plate XIV. fig. 8.) 



Exp. 25 in. Above uniform dull brown. Beneath a broad 

 yellow band crosses the primaries through the cell, and then passes 

 on to the secondaries beyond the cell, and, extending nearly to the 

 outer margin, tapers towards the anal angle. Where this band 

 meets the brown of the basal portion of the secondaries are four 

 wliite spots. 



Hub. Frontino, Antioquia (Salmon). 



