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dull fuscous brown ; the inner margin tinged with grey ; some 

 yellow scaling at base, below eosta, and in cell. Hind wings 

 below dull brownish yellow ; the outer margin broadly dark 

 brown ; some brownish-yellow scaling subterminally from vein 3 

 to inner margin. 



Expanse 28 mm. 



Hab. Zent district. 



Nascus phintias, sp. n. 



(S . Palpi white tipped with black above. Head and collar 

 fuscous mottled with olive-brown ; white points laterally on head. 

 Thorax and abdomen shaded with orange-brown. Fore wings 

 fuscous brown, the base and inner margin shaded with orange- 

 brown ; spots semihyaline whitish ; a spot at end of cell, out- 

 wardly produced in front ; a large postmedial sj)ot between 

 veins 3 and 4, and a smaller one below 2 ; an outset large spot 

 between veins 3 and 4, and a point between 4 and 5 ; a curved 

 outer series of spots between veins 6 and 10. Hind wings 

 orange-brown, the costal margin broadly fuscous, the termen 

 narrowly so; a fuscous line on discocellular ; a broader post- 

 medial line not reaching inner space. Wings below brown- 

 black. Fore wings : the base shaded with yellow- white ; short 

 whitish streaks above cell-spot. Hind wings : the basal half and 

 inner margin for two-thirds pale yellow ; a thick black line on 

 discocellular. 



Expanse 55 mm. 



Hab. Guapiles. 



The female of this species is figured in the Appendix to the 

 ' Biologia ' as a variety of R. j)hocus Or., but the discovery of the 

 male proves it to be a distinct species. 



Cyclos^mia subc^rulea, sp. n. (PI. LIY. fig. 14.) 



Body fuscous brown. Wings dark greyish brown, the markings 

 fuscous brown ; a postmedial and marginal broad line, somewhat 

 macular, also a similar medial line on hind wings. Fore wings : 

 the costa and termen broadly shot with green, the veins more 

 vividly so towards apex, but only noticeable in a certain light ; a 

 large black spot in cell at end, faintly edged with paler brown, 

 and containing two bluish-white points. Fore wings below dark 

 brown shot with green ; the inner margin sha.ded with grey ; a 

 fuscous shade in end of cell ; a postmedial fuscous shade. Hind 

 wings below bright blue ; the costa, apex narrowly, and cilia 

 dark brown. 



Expanse 31 mm. 



Hab. Sixola, Guapiles. 



In British Museum. 



Echelatus lucina, sp. n. (PI. LIY. fig. 8.) 

 Body fuscous brown, the vertex and collar glossed with green. 

 Wings fuscous brown. Fore wings glossed with purple ; an ante- 



