202 Mr. H. W. Bates on the Nymphalinee 
third brown line accompanying the ocelli. The species is found, in 
company with Z#. ancea, at Para. 
42. Epicalia ancea, Linn. 
do. Pap. ancea, Linn. 8. N. ii. 781. n. 184. 
P. obrinus, Cram. 338 c. D. 
Q. P. obrinus, Linn. Mus. Lud. Ulr. 255. 
——, Cram. 49£. F. 
This superb butterfly is abundant in swampy parts of the forest 
at Para; and is found, in fewer numbers, throughout the Amazons 
Valley, with the exception of certain districts, such as the neigh- 
bourhood of Ega, where it is entirely absent. Its flight is exceed- 
ingly rapid; butit delights to settle on foliage where a ray of sunlight 
penetrates the shade. 
43, Epicalia Numilia, Cramer. 
3. Pap. Numilia, Cram. 815. F. 
Q. P. Micalha, Cram. 108 c. D. 
Scarcely inferior to Z. ancea in richness of colouring. The sexes 
are strongly contrasted, not only in colour, but in the form of the 
wings. The species occurs sparingly throughout the Amazons region 
as far as the head-waters of the Rio Negro, where Wallace observed 
it. It also occurs in New Granada, and in the central valleys of 
Guatemala. 
44, Epicalia Antinoé, Godart, Enc. Méth. ix. p. 410, 3. 
The female on the upper surface resembles that of EZ. Acontius, 
being distinguished only by the second yellow macular belt of the 
fore wings consisting of three instead of four spots. Beneath it 
differs more considerably, being purplish in hue, and having a reddish 
stripe within the cell of the fore wings. The species occurred at 
Obydos, on the Guiana side of the Lower Amazons, and again at St. 
Paulo, on the Upper Amazons. 
45. Epicalia Acontius, Linneus. 
3. Pap. Acontius, Linn. Mant. i. 537. 
P. Antiochus, Fab. Syst. Ent. p. 480. 
P. Eupalemon, Cram. 145 8. c. 
2. P. Chione, Cram. 90 £. F. 
P. Medea, Fab. Syst. Ent. p. 508. n. 273. 
Common throughout the Amazons region and Guiana; but appa- 
rently not found much further northward, as it is not contained in 
