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intermediate region ; the other is restricted to the Volcan de Chiriqui. The South- 

 American species are chiefly Andean, but two or three are found in South-eastern Brazil. 

 The subcostal nervure of the primaries of Pereute (P. charops) emits two branches, one 

 before and the other a long way beyond the end of the cell ; the upper radial meets 

 the subcostal some way beyond the end of the cell, thus there is no upper discocellular ; 

 the middle discocellular makes a large obtuse angle, both with the subcostal and with 

 the lower discocellular, which meets the median at nearly a right angle. The upper 

 discocellular of the hind wings meets the subcostal a short way beyond the origin of 

 the first branch ; the lower discocellular the median a little nearer the origin of the 

 second branch, the median side of the cell being quite double that of the costal side^ 

 The antenna? have forty-nine joints, of which about eleven form a long tapering club. 

 The palpi are densely hairy, having the terminal joint long and slender, tapering, except 

 just at the tip, where it is slightly thickened; the middle joint is about half the length 

 of the basal joint. The eyes are smooth. The tibia and tarsus in all the legs are 

 spinous, especially on the under surface ; the basal portion of the femur is setose. The 

 harpagones of the secondary male organs are simple lobes slightly setose on the outer 

 surface, the somewhat undulating terminal edge meeting the dorsal edge nearly at a right 

 angle, the tegumen has a single central pointed rod ; the bursa copulatrix of the 

 female appears to be without any spinous patch. 



1. Pereute charops. 



Euterpe charops, Boisd. Sp. Gen. i. p. 407, t. 18. f. 1 1 . 

 Pereute charops, Butler & Druce, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 357 2 . 

 Euterpe marina, Doubl. & Hew. Gen. Diurn. Lep. p. 34, t. 5. f. 2 3 . 

 Euterpe swainsoni, fteak. Pr. Ent. Soc. Phil. ii. p. 346 4 . 



Alis fusco-nigris, squamis griseis diffusis, in anticis intra cellulam et inter venas marginem externum versus, 

 lituris plus minusve distinctis formantibus ; linea angusta costali usque ad cellulae finem extensa flava : 

 subtus fuseis : anticis linea costali flava ut supra, fascia obliqua lata venis divisa per eellulse finem ad 

 marginem externum eunte, flava ; posticis linea arcuata a costse basi angulum apicalem versus, et macula 

 elongata supra earn coloris ejusdem : antennis flavo-albis, pedibus griseis. 



$ alis fuseis, anticis linea angusta costali a basi ad cellulae finem flava, fascia obliqua lata venis divisa ad 

 cellulae finem ad marginem externum extensa coccinea ; subtus ut supra, sed alis pallidioribus et posticis 

 flavo notatis sicut in mari. 



Hob. Mexico 1 3 , Jalapa (Edge), Orizaba (H. J. Elwes), Chiapas (Zcettling 4 ) ; Guate- 

 mala, Duefias, Polochic and Central valleys (F. D. G. & 0. S.), Panima, Las Mercedes, San 

 Geronimo (Champion); Costa Rica (Van Patten 2 ), Cache (Bogers); Panama, Bugaba 

 Volcan de Chiriqui, Pefia Blanca (Champion), Chiriqui (Arce).— Venezuela ; Ecuador; 

 Eastern Peru. 



A very abundant upland species occurring from Southern Mexico southwards through 

 Central America to Venezuela and Peru. The males vary slightly in the extent and 

 density of the grey markings of the upper surface of the wings ; we also note that in 



