138 RHOPALOCERA. 
Alis fuscis, dimidio exteriore violaceo tinctis, anticis linea indistincta submarginali apud apicem bifida et puncta 
duo nigra includente ochracea; posticis plaga magna apud angulum analem nigra in certa luce violaceo 
tincta; subtus ochraceis, fascia lata transversa communi fusca, anticis figuris nigris et albidis notatis intus 
et extus albido marginatis, posticis ocellis supra et binis infra cellulam ; ceteris partibus fusco marmoratis. 
® multo pallidiore, area interna ceruleo lavata, anticis linea submarginali ochraceo notata. 
Hab. Mexico}, Cordova (Riimeli), Oaxaca (Fenochio) ; GUATEMALA, Chuacus and 
Polochic valley (F. D. G. & O. S.), Rio Naranjo (Champion); NicaRaeva, Chontales 
(Belt). | 
This is the smallest species of the genus with which we are acquainted, and may 
readily be distinguished from the last at first sight by the large black patch, showing 
a deep purple in certain lights, towards the anal angle of the secondaries, which are 
rounded instead of angulated. The basal portion of the wings is not tinged with violet ; 
but this colour extends over the outer half of the anterior and the apical area of the 
posterior wings. The underside is more strongly mottled in this than the last species ; 
and the central transverse band is margined externally and internally with a creamy 
colour; there is a double ocellus below the cell with a yellow border, a single one out- 
side above. 
Originally described from Mexico !, this species does not appear to be very common 
in that country. The same may be said of Guatemala, where it is very local. Most 
of our specimens were taken at Chuacus, a village lying at an elevation of nearly 
3000 feet, in a small valley which opens out into that of the Motagua. Here it 
frequented thin scrubby forest, which abounds in that district. We also obtained 
specimens from the Polochic valley; and Mr. Champion has recently sent us others 
from Rio Naranjo, on the Pacific side of the Cordillera. From Nicaragua we have only 
a single female specimen, which, though rather large, agrees on the underside better 
with this species than with £. bubocula. 
8. Eryphanis bubocula. (Tab. XV. figg. 1, 24, fig. 39.) 
Caligo bubocula, Butl. Cist. Ent. i. p. 741; Butl. & Druce, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 339°. 
E. esaco similis, sed major, et posticis colore violaceo margine externo solum apicem versus notatis, subtus alis 
multo fortius picturatis, 
Hab. Costa Rica (Van Patten1*), Cache (Rogers); Panama, Chiriqui (Arcé).— 
COLOMBIA. 
This race takes the place of its northern ally L. @sacus in Costa Rica, and extends 
into Colombia, whence we have a specimen from the State of Antioquia. It differs 
chiefly from the preceding in its much larger size and in having the violet colour of the 
posterior wings restricted to the outer margin towards the apex, while in H. wsacus this 
colour occupies the discal area within the black patch. In some Costa-Rican examples, 
however, there are a few violet scales in this portion of the wing, showing almost a 
