184 CATALOGUE OF DIURNAL LKPIDOPTERA. 



8. Daedalma Fhaselis. 



(^ . Pronophila Phaselis, flewitson, Trans. Bhit. Soc. Londoii, 

 ser. 3. i. p. 14, pi. 6. fig. 37 (1861). 



Venezuela. ■ 6 , B.M. 



Daedalma? Drymsea {'? Pechdiodes, near angularis), 



Dsedalma Drymsea, Hewltson, Exot. Butterf. ii. p. 86, pi. 43. 

 fig. 6 (1858). 



New Granada. Coll. Hewitson. 



Genus 69. PRONOPHILA, Westwood (1851). 

 Typical Species Pronophila Thelebe. 



1 . Pronophila Thelebe. 



Pronophila Thelebe, Hewitson ^ Westwood in Gen. Diurn. Lepid. 

 p. 358. n. 1, pi. 60. fig. 3 (1851) ; Hewitson, Trans. Ent. Soc. 

 London, ser. 3. i. p. 11. n. 23 (1861). 



Venezuela. B.M. 



2. Pronophila Orcus. 



Satyrus Orcus, LatreiJle in HmnhoMt Sf Bompland's Ohs. Zool. ii. 

 p. 72, pi. 35. figs. 1, 2 (1799-1804). Pron. Orcus, Westw. 

 (1851). 



Bogota. B.M. 



Var. Alis anticis supra velut in Thelebe albimaculatis. 



Bolivia. B.M. 



3. Pronophila Porsenna. 



Pronophila Porsenna, Hewitson, Trans. Ent. Soc. 3rd ser. i. p. 12. 

 n. 25, pi. 5. fig. 34 (1861). 



Quito, Bogota. B.M. 



4. Pronophila obscura, sp. nov. PI. IV. fig. 10. 



Alae su2)ra magnitudine et colore Thelehes, forma Orci. 



Alse subtus pallidiores : anticae maculis elongatis discalibus nigris, 

 maculas quatuor nigras cferuleo-albido pupillatas includentibus, serie 

 directa digestas, et partim aurantiaco a lateribus marginatas : apice 

 albicante : posticee coloribus Orci, fasciarum forma et ocellorum po- 

 sitione magis iis Cordillerce simulantibus. 



Exp. alar. unc. 3|-2|. 



Venezuela (two specimens). B.M. 



Most nearly allied to CordiUera, which it resembles in the number 

 and position of its ocelli. The hind wings below ai'c most like those 

 of P. Orcus. 



