pi.] 61 



oblique sub-basal white stripe, continuous with the oblique band of the primaries ; 

 fringe yellow ; outer border ochreous, with ferruginous marginal line ; an embossed, 

 macular, sub-marginal, metallic, tarnished silver stripe, which curves round at apex 

 so as almost to enclose a large, pale, rust-red patch, in the centre of which is a highly 

 embossed, golden, ocellid spot, with black edge and brown edged yellow iris ; an 

 irregular, almost W-shaped, series of scattered shining gold scales on the intcmo- 

 median area ; body grey, abdomen with narrow white margins to the segments and 

 a white basal band ; under-surface cream-colour, the outer half of the primaries and 

 the external area of the secondaries washed with stramineous ; a dusky marginal 

 line ; fringe yellow ; primaries with bright ochreous costal border ; interno-basal 

 and discoidal areas slightly greyish ; apical area and outer border broadly greyish- 

 brown ; secondaries with the sub-marginal stripe and ocellus of the upper-surface 

 represented by grey spots. Expanse of wings, 1 inch, 6 lines. 



Bio Janeiro. 



The Phrygionis pallicosta of Felder and Rogenhofer fa specimen 

 of which we have from Limas) is, I think, nearer to Byssodes than to 

 OjjJithalmojphora, and the Phalcena hilaria of Cramer, referred to the 

 latter genus with doubt by "Walker, does not seem to me to have 

 anything in common with it. 



The species of the genus will, therefore, now stand as follows : — 



1. Ophthalmophora danaeata, Walker. Santarem. Brit. Mus. 



2. „ elysiata, „ Ega. „ 



3. „ Lucilla, Butler. Kio Janeiro. „ 



4. „ alectaria, Guenee. Brazil ?. 



5. „ pamphilaria, „ „ 



6. ,, lyllaria, „ „ 



7. „ formosanta, Cramer, Surinam. Eio Negro. Brit. Mus. 



< corinnaria, Gruenee. ") , ^ ., M 



8. „ \ -, . „ in ^ \ Santarem. Brit. Mus. 



(. var. lyonetaria, Snellen.* ■> 



9. „ bella, Butler. Limas. Brit. Mus. 



10. „ amabilis, Cramer. Surinam. Para. Brit. Mus. 



11. „ ? pallicosta, Felder. French Guyana. Limas. Brit. Mus. 



British Museum : 



May, 1881. 



Black form of Amphidasis betularia at Gainsborough. — It may interest your 

 readers to know that I have taken three specimens of this black variety here. The 

 third specimen I took this morning at rest on the walls uf my house. I am not 

 aware that this form of the insect had previously been recorded as occurring in this 

 locality. — F. M. Bueto]s t , Highfield, Gainsborough : June 27th, 1881. 



Described as from Jamaica. 



