*o6 Lloyd's natural history. 



t>ronzy iridescence, which is frequently noticeable in dark- 

 coloured Satyritice, and are often banded with white, and varied 

 on the hind-wings, at least, with large patches of white, red, 

 blue, or tawny. 



PIERELLA CERYCE. 

 {Plate XXXV., Fig. i.) 

 Hcctcra ceryce, Hewitson, Bolivian Butterflies, p. 10, no. 20 

 (1874). 



Upper side.— Female. — Fore-wings semi-transparent, rufous- 

 brown, crossed by three indistinct short brown bands (two in 

 the cell), and by a longer dark brown band below the middle ; 

 three minute sub-apical white spots. Hind-wings rufous, 

 crossed beyond the middle by a band of brown ; the outer 

 margin broadly brown, traversed by five white spots, bordered 

 with black. 



Under side. — Pale rufous-brown, undulated with dark brown. 

 Both wings crossed by three linear common bands of brown. 

 Fore-wings with a minute black spot near the base, and 

 three minute sub-apical white spots as above. Hind-wings with 

 five sub-apical white spots. Exp., 3-^ inches. 



The above is adapted from the original description of Hewit- 

 son, who considered the species to be probably only a variety 

 of P. hyceta (Hew.). 



The last-named Butterfly, with which this species is com- 

 pared, is found in Eastern Peru, and is smaller, with only the 

 first of a row of round black spots which crosses the hind- 

 wings usually within the rufous part, centred with white. P. 

 ceryce is a native of Bolivia, and is here figured for the first 

 time. 



II. Lethe Group. 



This group, as employed by Schatz and Rober, includes a 

 considerable number of genera, mostly East Indian, though one 

 or two have South African representatives, and two genera are 



