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9. Epinephch tristis. 



? Satyrus tristis, Guerin, Voy. Coq., p. 281. 



? Argynnis tristis, id., t. c, Atlas. Ins., PL XVI, fig. 5 



(1832). 

 ? Epinephele codei, Reed, t. c, expl. de las laminas, lam. 



iii, fig. 3 $ . 

 ? S. pales, Pldlippi, t. c., p. 208. 



Guerin's figure being, like his description, very bad, 

 t!:ere is much confusion as to the synonymy of this species, 

 which being a common insect in all the low country varies 

 a good deal in size and in the markings on both sides. 

 I recognize two allied species only, of which this is the 

 larger. It was common amongst bushes at Bahos de 

 Cauquenes on December loth and up to about 3000 

 feet; also amongst bushes at San Rosendo on the lower 

 Biobio on January 5th. I found it nearly over at 

 Llai-llai on January 1st, and took a single female at over 

 4000 feet in the Chilian Valley on December 22nd. 



10. Epinephele coctei. 



E. coctei, Guerin, t. c, id., Mag. de Zool. Ins., PI. XI 



(1839). 

 Erehia coctei, Westwood, t. c, p. 380. 

 ? Epinephele coctei, Butler, Cat. Sat., p. 68 (1868) ; 



? Satyrus tragiscus. Reed, t. c, PI. Ill, fig. 3. 



Guerin's figure of this species is I think unmistakable. 

 It is a smaller species than the last, and probably distinct, 

 though it may be only a mountain form of it. I did not 

 find it anywhere in the low country, but first saw it 

 abundantly flying among the scrubby bushes and grass 

 tufts in the Upper Biobio Valley above Lonquimay on 

 January 28th. From liere as far south as the Rio 

 Limay it was common on suitable ground from 2000 

 up to about 4000 feet. The males are always, when 

 fresh, darker than the last, and the under-side is less 

 variegated, but I can find no distinction that I could 

 consider specific between the two. The only specimen 

 I find in the British Museum marked coctei is a female 

 from Talcahuano sent by Edmonds ; Butler says he thinks 

 this is only a dwarfed form of tristis. 



11. Neomcenas coinonymphina. 



N. eoenonymphina, Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 

 1881, p. 454, PI. XXI, fig. 4. 



