HESPERIDiE — PYRRHOPYGA. 



PYRRHOPYGA PIONIA. 9. 



Uppersidk. Pemale. Anterior wing green ; the ncrvures and outer margin 

 black, with two crimson spots near the middle. Posterior wing black, with some 

 spots of green near the outer margin. 



Underside. Anterior wing as above, but lighter, with the lower crimson spot 

 (which is sometimes absent) white. Posterior wing greenish white ; the nei vures and 

 outer margins black. 



The male ditfers only in size. 



Expan. S l-j% in., $ 2-2-0 i"- Hab. New Granada. 



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



PYRRHOPYGA PIERIA. 10. 



Upperside. Female black. Anterior wing with six transparent white spots ; 

 the first large and trifid ; the second and third small ; the fourth (near the apex) 

 trifid ; the fifth and sixth (which are very small) near the costal margin. The base, a 

 band near it ; a line near the inner margin, a spot near it ; a row of several spots 

 parallel to the outer margin, and an obscure hne from the second to the sixth trans- 

 parent spots, yellow. Posterior wing orange, with two transverse bands and the outer 

 margin (which is broad) black. 



Underside. Anterior wing as above, but without the spot near the inner 

 margin, and with a large yellow spot near the anal angle. Posterior wing lighter 

 than above, with a small black spot near the costal margin between the bands, the 

 lower baud, and the outer margin, each traversed by a line of grey dots. 



Expan. S l-j^\y in , $ 2^ in. Hab. River Amazon. 



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



PYRRHOPYGA PIALIA. 12. 



Upperside. ]\Iale blue-black. Anterior wing, with the three transparent spots 

 and two mimite spots near the costal margin, orange-yellow. Sfeveral longitudinal 

 rays of green from the base. Posterior wing with tufts of white hair on the inner 

 margin ; two longitudinal bands from the base, one from the costal margin, and one 

 of irregular spots parallel to the outer mai'gin, all green. The fringe with large white 

 lunules. 



Underside. Differs in having a transverse band near tlie base of the anterior 

 wing instead of the longitudinal rays ; the posterior wing without the hair, and the 

 band nearest the inner margin. 



Expan. 2-1% in- Hab. Brazil. 



In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 



This species scarcely differs in anything, except the colour of the transparent spots, from large 

 males of P. Pigmalion. 



As everything hesides points out this group as one of the most natural of the Diurnal Lepido- 

 ptera, I have not followed jNIr. Westwood in dividing them merely because the anteunce differ. 



