318 Mr. H. W. Bates on the Nymphalinee 
are also greatly elongated in the female sex—a feature which again 
reminds one of the family just mentioned. But the shape of the 
wings, style of coloration, &c. are entirely those of typical Nym- 
phalide. In their habits the species somewhat resemble the Hete- 
rochrow, which again resemble the Limenites. They frequent narrow 
sunny openings in the lofty and humid forests, and have a sailing 
and wheeling flight, soaring rapidly to the tops of the trees if rudely 
disturbed whilst hovering nearer the ground. 
The larvee of Pyrrhogyra Tiphus and P. Necrea resemble in shape 
and armature those of Hpicalia and Callithea, having two long, ver- 
ticillate cephalic spines, and numerous shorter abdominal §pines 
with radiating smaller spines at their tips. 
87. Pyrrhogyra Cuparina, n. sp. 
3. Expanse 2" 3’. Closely allied to P. Edocla (Doubld. & Hewits. 
Gen. pl. 32. f£.5); but the costa of the fore wing is more arched, and 
the apex much less pointed, although the hind wing is prolonged in a 
similar way at the anal angle. Wings blackish brown, with a large 
common greenish-white spot much broader than that of P. Edocla, and 
rounded at its upper extremity: to this, on the fore wing, follows a rather 
narrow and somewhat crescent-shaped greenish-white spot, and a small 
dot of a similar hue nearer the apex. The central spot extends to and 
partly invades the abdominal border of the hind wing. eneath, the 
markings and colours are similar to those of P. Edocla, the costal part of 
the fore wing having two parallel crimson stripes; but the red colour 
entirely encircles the minor greenish-white spot. The crimson stripe of 
the hind wing is broad, and shows no tendency to become lunulated ; its 
outer edge has no blue spots, and only a narrow blackish-brown edging ; 
the ashy borders are clear, and the brown line which runs through them 
is very distinct and slender. 
I met with one example only of this very elegant species, namely, 
in the forests of the River Cupari. 
88. Pyrrhogyra Otolais. 
Pyrrhogyra Otolais, Bates, Entomologist’s Monthly Mag. Noy. 1864. 
This species is closely allied to P. Edocla and P. Cuparina; but it 
differs from both in the shape of the wings, which resembles that 
of P. Newrea. P. Otolais seems to be rather a common insect in 
Guatemala and Mexico. In the Amazons region it occurred only at 
St. Paulo, on the Upper River; but the specimen I obtained there 
seems to indicate a local variety, differing in the smaller size of the 
second greenish-white spot of fore wing, and in the narrower form 
of the discoidal patch, which nevertheless extends a little into the 
