INTRODUCTORY PAPERS ON LEPIDOPTERA. 95 
(N. Canthara, Venezuela), a white spot. The under side is paler, 
with a broad reddish brown transverse stripe, bordered with 
bluish white on the inside on the hind wings, and on the outside 
on the upper part of the fore wings; outside this are two white 
spots, more or less surrounded with black near the costa of each 
wing, and two very small ones near the anal angle of the hind 
wings, represented on the upper side by black dots. 
Peria Lamis is a scarcer South American butterfly, nearly 
resembling Nica in shape and size, but with rounded and less 
denticulated hind wings. It is of a uniform dark brown above, 
and dull yellow below, marked with a transverse reddish brown 
stripe, outside which is a row of small black dots on the hind 
wings. ‘The fore wings are marked below with two dots near 
the tip and one in the cell. 
We now come to the rather extensive South American genus, 
Dynamine, which includes the smallest species of the true 
Nymphaline, some of which do not expand more than an inch, 
while the largest scarcely exceed an inch and a half. Some 
species are white, with the tip of the fore wings broadly brown or 
black, and marked with one or more white spots, and the costa is 
broadly dark, and frequently greenish or bluish. The hind 
margin of the hind wings is also dark, and there is sometimes a 
dark transverse stripe in the middle, extending to the inner 
margin of the fore wings. On the under side the dark portions 
of the wings are lined and blotched with reddish and bluish grey. 
In other species the males are bluish, greenish, or brassy, with 
dark borders, and sometimes large dark spots on the fore wings, 
and the females are brown (sometimes bluish towards the base), 
with from one to three white bands on the hind wings, and white 
spots on the outer half of the fore wings. On the under side of 
the hind wings are two large black eyes, with blue pupils and 
yellow rings, placed on a reddish band, edged with white on both 
sides. In other species the males are bluish or greenish, spotted 
with white, with the tip and hind margins black, and sometimes 
a second black band on the hind wings, within the border. The 
females are black and white, and the under sides of the hind 
wings are silvery grey, with transverse or submarginal reddish 
lines or stripes, often bordered with black; but without eyes. 
These pretty little butterflies are found flying about bushes, or at 
the edges of woods. 
