154 JDecember, 
blue, rounded spot. Beneath : lighter brown, black ocellus of fore-wing 
surrounded by two yellowish rings separated by a dark brown one, the 
whole encircled by a broader dusky ring open at the median nervure, 
and prolonged externally to near the inner margin ; apical portion of 
the wing crossed by two broad indistinct darlc brown belts, one of them 
marginal: hind- wing with a small black ocellus in the cell, having two 
blue pupils and a yellowish iris ; the ocellus followed by a pale bar 
extending across the wing, and margined Avith dark brown, outer half 
of the wing darker brown, with a curved sub-marginal row of bluish- 
grey spots. 
? . Expans. 1" 7'". Paler brown than the (^ ; the upper-surface 
of the fore-wing offering the same design as the under-surface in the 
cJ ; blue patch of the hind- wing truncated on the basal side. Beneath : 
pale brown. 
Veragua. 
112. — Charis argtrodines. 
c? . Exp. 10" 12'". Closely allied to the North American Ok. 
Ceneus, Lin. (^Virginiensis, Boisd. et Leconte), agreeing with it in 
colours both above and beneath, but differing in the fore-wing being 
much more elongate and pointed. Above : obscure dark brown crossed 
by numerous short fine dark streaks, which are generally connected 
together as fine waved lines ; towards the outer margins is a row of 
small black spots, and there are two extremely fine and indistinct 
silvery lines, the inner one of which is strongly waved ; the fringe is 
dark brown, indistinctly spotted with ashy. Beneath : tawny-yellow, 
the fine black streaks and spots more distinct than on the upper sur- 
face ; silvery lines much broader. Eyes naked. 
Guatemala : also Nicaragua. 
113. — Mesene argentea. * 
^ . Exp. 1" 2'". Similar in shape to M. Phareus, Cramer, wings 
pure glossy-white with narrow black margins, except the inner margin 
of the fore-wing, and basal half of costa of hind-wing ; base of wings 
saff'ron-yellow, antennae and thorax black, collar saffron, abdomen white. 
Guatemala ; Polochic valley. 
1 14.-^EUBTG0KA ChRTSIPPE. 
^ . Exp. 1" 1'". Closely allied to Ua. JEumenes, (Hewits. Exot. 
Butt. Eur. f. 18), having a sub-marginal row of black spots on the 
under side of hind-wing, but without dark line across the wings. 
Above : blackish-brown, with a large rounded spot on the fore-wing 
