ERYCINIDiE. 



NYMPIIIDIU.AI. Doubleday. 



NYMPH YDIUM ARCTOS. 1, 2. 



TJppERSiDE. Male red-browu. Both wings crossed beyond the middle by two in- 

 distinct bands of darker colour. The base of each with several black spots across and 

 below the cell. Anterior wing with a small white spot near the costal margin towards 

 the apex. 



Underside as above, but much lighter. Posterior wing with a submarginal row of 

 conical black spots. 



Female. Upperside red-brown. Both wings spotted with black near the base ; 

 crossed by a transverse band of brown, interrupted on the anterior wing by a l)and of 

 three lunular white spots below the median nervure ; a second band of white forming an 

 angle with the other, crosses the wing aljove the median nervure. Underside as above, 

 but much lighter. Posterior wing with two marginal lines of white points, and a narrow 

 waved central baud of white, with between them a row of large conical black spots. 



Expan. 1^ in. Hab. Piiver Amazon. 



In the Collections of W. W. Saunders and W. C. Hewitson. 



NYMPHIDIUM AGLE. 3. 

 Nympliidium Agle. DouUeday. — Brit. Mas. Cat. {imdesa'ibed) . 



Upperside. Male, brown, with a broad central band of cream colour, common to 

 both, and a submarginal band of orange marked with a row of very black spots. An- 

 terior wing with some black spots in the cell, one of which forms an indentation in the 

 margin of the central band. 



Uxderside as above, but much lighter, without the spots at the base ; the marginal 

 band of orange, indistinct or absent. 



The Female scarcely differs except in form. 



Expan. 1 i in. Hab. Piiver Amazon. 



In the Collections of W. W. Saunders and W. C. Hewitson. 



NYMPHIDIUM ASCOLIA. 4. 



Upperside. Male dark-brown, with a broad central triangular band of white ser- 

 rated on its lower margin, and common to both wings. Both wings with several very 

 black large lunular marginal spots, edged with white. Anterior wing with six, the tourth 

 from the apex least. Posterior wing with four, the second least. Anterior wing with 

 three black lines near the base. 



Ukderside as above, except that the two small marginal spots are nearly white. 



Female differs in form only. 



Expan. Ij^ in. Hab. Piiver Amazon. 



In the Collections of W. W. Saunders and W. C. Hewitson. 



I have a variety in which the central white band extends upwards to the costal margin of the 

 anterior wins. 



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