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markings towards the hind margin of the fore wings, or a 

 fulvous border to the hind wings, which are moderately 

 denlated ; the under side is paler, generally with two trans- 

 verse lines, outside which runs a row of eyes, often reduced 

 to pale dots. One species {T. Mermerin) has very acute 

 tips to the fore wings. 



The species of Corades chiefly inhabit Western South 

 America. The hind wings are not much dentated, but are 

 produced at the anal angle into a short tail. The species are 

 nearly three inches in expanse, dark brow n ; the fore wings 

 sometimes spotted on one or both surfaces, and the hind 

 wings above washed with fulvous; the under side of the 

 hind wings is generally crossed by at least one transverse 

 line. 



The Brazilian Bia Actorion, which is often referred to the 

 Morphince, should perhaps form a subfamily by itself. It is 

 a brown insect, about two inches in expanse, with a curving, 

 transverse, fulvous band near the tip of the fore wings, and a 

 bright purplish blotch on the outer half of their inner 

 margin. The male has a conspicuous tuft of hairs on the 

 inner margin of the hind wings, which are produced into a 

 short tail at the anal angle; the under side is brown, covered 

 all over with short yellow stripes, and dusted on the hind 

 wings with bluish; on the hind margin of the lore wings, 

 towards the tip, is a black eye in a yellow ring, with a blue 

 pupil ; and there are one or two yellow spots near the costa 

 of the hind wings. 



A Catalogue of the Safyridce in the British Museum, by 

 A. G. Butler, was published in 1868; and the most important 

 monographs of separate groups are those by Butler, on 

 Euptt/chia, in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society for 

 18t)tj and 1807; and by W. C. Hewitson, on Pronopliila and 

 Ypthii/ta, in the Transactions oi' the Entomological Society 

 of London, ser. 3, vols. 1 and 2. 



Geometra papilionaria. — I caught a specimen of this 

 beautiful insect at rest on a lamp, on August 12th. I have 

 collected for some time in this neighbourhood, and have 

 never seen a specimen of this insect here before. — G. R. 

 PiGG ; Wilhington, Manchester. 



