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PYRRHOPYGA. J. 



PYRRHOPYGA PATROBAS. 1. 



Upperside. Female blue-black. Anterior wing with the usual three trans- 

 parent white spots. The first midway, large and trifid ; the second linear, and 

 sometimes scarcely visible ; the third (near the apex) divided into four or five by the 

 nervures. A transverse band near the base, two linear spots near the anal angle, and 

 a broken band parallel to the outer margin, all blue. Posterior wing with a band of 

 hair from the base to the anal angle ; a narrow transverse band near the middle, and 

 a broad band parallel to it and the outer margin all silvery blue. 



Underside. Nearly as above. 



The male differs only in having the posterior wing narrower, and in being 

 without the middle band of blue on the upperside. 



Expan. i^ in. Hab. New Granada. 



lu the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 



Wlieu the plate was drawn, I believed that this insect was only a variety of Cramer's P. Vulcaaus. 

 Since then, however, I have preferred to separate it. The female of P. Vulcaniis does not differ from 

 the male on the upperside. It has the transverse blue band of the anterior wing more oblique and 

 farther from the base than Patrobas, and it has the three ray-like bands near the base of the posterior 

 wing. On the underside both species are alike. P. Vulcanus has the transverse middle band of the 

 posterior wing as it is seen on both sides of P. Patrobas. I have not pointed out the smallness of the 

 middle transparent spot of tiie anterior wing as of much worth as a distinction, since these spots differ 

 greatly in size in individuals of the same species. 



PYRRHOPYGA VULCANUS. 2. 

 P. ViiJcanus. Cramer, PL 245, //y.s. C. 1). 



Expan. S 2^17 in., ? 2y^ in. Hab. Brazil. 



In the Collections of W. W. Saunders and W. 0. Hewitson. 



The bands near the base of the wings of this species are incorrectly drawn by Cramer. They are 

 not continuous and common to botli wings. 



PYRRHOPYGA PIGMALION. 3. 



P. Pipnalion. Cramer, PI. 245, Jii/-^. A. B. 

 Expan. S 2-^-0 to 2^^ in., ? 2x^ in. Hab. River Amazon. 



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



The males of this species differ greatly in size and colour. I have one glossed on both sides with 

 a beautiful green. The variety figured has the transparent spots unusually large ; they are sometimes 

 quite narrow. 



Cramer having figured females only of P. Vulcanus and Pigraalion, I have thought it well to 

 repeat the species here, by figuring the males to contrast them with others new and nearly allied to 

 them. 



