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TWO NEW SPECIES OF PRONOPHILA FKOM 

 ECUADOR. 



By Percy I. Lathy, F.Z.S., F.E.S. 



Proiiophila rosenhergi, n. sp. 

 S . Upper side : Fore wing dark olive-brown, paler towards base 

 and outer margin ; an obliquely placed subapical white band, with 

 white spot below it ; two diffused pale spots on outer margin — fringes 

 whitish between nervules — one above the other below lower median 

 nervule. Hind wing dark olive-brown, paler towards base ; fringes 

 whitish between nervules. Under side ; Fore wing paler than above, 

 especially at apex, which is grey and reddish brown speckled with dark 

 grey ; apical white band wider and more diffused towards outer mar- 

 gin, and with two white spots below it, and on its inner edge traces of 

 blue-centred black ocelli. Hind wing mottled grey and reddish brown ; 

 a wide irregular reddish brown band across basal third, this band 

 highly angled on its outer edge ; beyond this a row of obscure ocelli, 

 blind, excepting two at anal angle, which are blue-centred ; outer 

 margin reddish brown. 



Allied to P. thelebe, D. & H., but may be separated by sub- 

 apical white band, and the more variegated under side of hind 

 wing. 



Pronophila unifasciata, n. sp. 



(? . Upper side: Fore wing dark brown, paler towards base and 

 apex ; three subapical reddish patches, the centre one being the 

 largest, and two patches of similar colour below these, having on their 

 inner edge traces of ocelli. Hind wing uniform dark brown. Under 

 side : Fore wing paler than above, especially at apex ; reddish mark- 

 ings larger and brighter, with exception of lower spot, and on their 

 inner edge three blue-centred black ocelli. Hind wing greyish brown, 

 base dark brown, an irregular wide dark brown band crossing wing at 

 end of cell, this band hignly angled on its outer edge ; beyond this a 

 row of obscure ocelli, the two at anal angle being most conspicuous ; 

 outer margin dark brown. 



Nearest to P. tinianthes, G. & S., but may at once be dis- 

 tinguished by single row of reddish markings of fore wing above ; 

 jP. tinianthes, G. & S., also has a row of five ocelli on fore wings 

 below, and in the new species there are only three, and they are 

 more obliquely placed. 



The types of both the new species here described are in the 

 collection of Mr. Herbert J. Adams, F.E.S. I have seen one 

 specimen of P. rosenhergi in the Hewitson Collection at the 

 British Museum, and there are also two specimens in the Brit. 

 Mus. Coll. from Peru, which probably belong to this species. Of 

 P. unifasciata, there is a sj)ecimen in the Brit. Mus. Coll. with- 

 out locality, and three specimens in the Godman and Salviu Coll. 

 from Ecuador. Mr. Adams has one example of each species. 



