OF THE AMAZON' VALI,F,Y. 563 



black; a siiliniarginal vow of whitish spots, interrupted in tlie middle. Bcncnth, X\w 

 same, except that the costal nervure is also l)laek, and the sul)marginal spots are larLjer 

 and of a clearer white, there heini^ two l)et\veeii each nervure, I'xcept near the aj)ex. 

 Avhere there is oidy one, instead of two. 



IJody brown ; antennte yelloAv, except the twtri-nie l)ase, which is black ; forehead and 

 two spots on tl\(> crown white; mc^sothorax with four lari^i^ rounded orau^-e-tawny '<pots, 

 namely, two wide apart on the shoulders and two near tot^^ether in the middle. 



This fine larii'c species is dece])tively like Sla/nf/t/i.s C'nUiopc. It a])pears to be very 

 rare. I met with only one individual; at St. Paulo. S'1't/ac/ifl.i C'c/f/oj//' is a very 

 abundant species. 



k EuEiDEs ]\[KKi:Ari, Jliibner. 

 Colanis Mereaui, Iliibn. Zutriige, f. '201, 202. 



The sexes dillcr considcn-ably in the colours and desig'n of their wing-s. The < is dark 

 orani^'C-tawny ; the apical half of the fore wing- is l)laek, sometimes crossed by a ^hort 

 orang-t^-tawny belt ; the hind wing- has a l)road and ratlun- well-defined black l)order. 

 The ? is paler ii\ hue, and has two or three larg<^ ochrcous sj)ots in the middle of the 

 fore wing; the apical half is black, som(>ti)nes with an oehreous spot on the costa, half- 

 way bctweiMi the cell and the a[)ex ; the black I)order of the hind wing is ill defined, 

 shading olf gradually into the ground-cid-nn- of the wing. 



[ met with this sp(>eies on the Tapajos and Tp])er Amazons. It is found within the 

 forest, fiying- about the to])s of low trees in sunny oj)enings. It has no near ally in the 

 Amazon region, to my knowledge. 



5. EiEiDKs Lybia, Fabricius. 



PapUio Lijina. F;ib. Syst. Ent. p. IGO, n. 7'5. 



Hypsipilc, Cramer, Pap. E\ot. t. 177. <• ('. D. 



A very common species throughout the country. It Hies in open sunny places on the 

 skirts of the forest, or in semicultivatcd grounds. The caterpillar resembles in all 

 essential jjoints those of Ili'l/coui/'-s Erulo aiul the sjjecies of JrgijiniiN. P^ach abdominal 

 segment is furnished with a row of ratlier long liispiA spines ; the head has two similar 

 spines, longer than those of the abdcnnen ; the colour is pale red ; the spiiu's I)lack. The 

 chrysalis is angular, aiul s])inose on its dorsal surface!. Tlu> ])upa state lasts eight days. 



0. Eri:iDi;s Tiiales, Cramer. 



Painlio Thali'S, Cram. Pap. Pxot. t. .^s. f. C, D. 



Eueides Thalcs, Hew it.soii, Journal of lMitoini)lorry, i. pi. lo. t'. .5 (var.). 



A common and generally-distributed species in e(pui1orial America. Ft closely resem- 

 bles Hi>1icoii'nis Veslii, in company with which it is frequently found. 



7. Eteidks JvvxKs, ilewitson. 



Eueides Eanci. Ilfx^its. .lourii. of F.iitom. 1. pi. 10. t". 1. 



This species also closely resemldes Ih'Hconuis T'c.sln. It is found only on the I'jipcr 

 Amazons, at St. Paulo, flying over bushes on the skirts of the ibrest. 



