SATYRIDiE. OXEOSCHISTUS. 



GENUS OXEOSCHISTUS. 



Oxeoschistus, Biitl., "Annals and Mag. Nat. Hist.," Series 3, Vol. XX., 

 p. 268 (1867). 



I.— OXEOSCHISTUS PHALSI. <?. Figs. 1, 2. 



Exp. 2^ inches. 



Male. Upperside closely resembles 0. Bogersi, Goclm. and Salv. (" Pro- 

 ceedings Zoological Society," 1878, p. 267), but the anterior wings are less 

 elongate, and the spots in the submarginal row on the disc are smaller and 

 rounder ; on the posterior wings the outer margin is less emarginate. 



Underside likewise closely resembles 0. Bogersi, the submarginal row of 

 spots being less developed on the anterior wings ; the posterior wings are pal^r 

 and more rufous, and the three rows of silvery-white spots which cross the 

 wings are less conspicuous, some of them being nearly obsolete. 



Hab. Colombia. 



In the Collections of Dr. Staudinger and H. Grose-Smith. 



