194 EUPTYCHIA. By G. Wbymer. 



It is not within the scope of this work to give a monographic working out of the geiras; we only- 

 offer a survey of those already known, and in this we chiefly follow the work of Bxttler with some few modifi- 

 cations. The types of Feeder's species, which Butler was not able to make out, we here figure above 

 and beneath but must merely refer at the end to some species described and not figured by other authors, as 

 in these cases similar or allied species are not mentioned. 



Hesione Group. 



hcsionc. E. licsione Sulz. (= ocirrhoe F.. cissia Cr.) (46 d). Above white with broad black apex to the forewing, 



which is more or less continued on the distal margin. In the 5 the margin of the hindwing is also black and 

 the forewing has a dark median band. On the under surface brown and white transverse stripes alternate, 

 before the distal margin are placed on the forewing 3. on the hindwing 5 ocelli. The extent of the black colour 

 on the upper surface varies very much according to the locality. Widely distributed and common. Mexico, 

 Central America, Surinam, Colombia, Peiu, Bolivia, Brazil as far as 8t, Catharina. The examjjles from Bolivia 

 sitbohscura. have the forewing somewhat more pointed, otherwise I see no difference, subobscura form. nov. (46 d) is an aber- 

 rant form, in which the white bands of the under surface, except the distal one, are covered by a brownish grey 

 lijd'ta. colour. I have received this from Paraguay, but it also occurs at single localities in Brazil. — lydia Cr. 

 is a somewhat larger form (60 mm.) with broad, rounded wings. Forewing almost entirely brown, only the 

 basal half of the inner margin is dusted Avith white, but indistinctly defined. The hindwing is white with 3 

 fine brown marginal lines and 2 round black .spots in cellules 2 and 5. On the under .surface the brown 

 bands are much narrower in the basal area, the white bands on the other hand twice as broad. Forewing with 2, 

 calpurnkt. hindwing with 5 eye-spots, similar to those of the ty;[3e-form. Surinam. — calpurnia i^Wr. (46 d) is a form similar 

 to lydia, but somewhat smaller (50 mm.), with somewhat narrower and more elongate forewing, which has a very 

 shallow excision at the distal margin. The brown ground-colour is somewhat lighter than iii lydia, the 

 white extends on the forewing from the inner margin to the median, the brown stripes of the under surface 

 show through above on both wings, and also the eye-spots, of which, however, only one is present on the forewing 

 binocula. and onl}^ 3 on the hindwing. From the Maroni in Cayenne, Surinam. — binocula Btlr. (46 d), a further form 

 of hesione, has the upper surface of both wings light grey-brown with 2 dark brown bands through the middle 

 and broad brown distal margin, which occupies over a third of the wings, only the middle of the hindwing is dull 

 white and in cellule 2 there is a round black, white-bordered spot. The under surface is as in hesione. From 

 Cayenne. 



mclakuca. E. nietaleuca Bdv. (= butleri Dist.) (46 d) is indeed nearly allied to hesione Sulz., but followmg the 



example of Godman and Salvin I regard it as a good, independent species. Whilst in hesione and its allies 

 the light bands on the under surface are all nearly ecjual in breadth, in this species the distal band is^more 

 than twice as broad as the others, moreover these narrower, basal bands are mostly strongly dusted with grey- 

 brown. In addition the forewing of the S is not so round, but more triangular and at the distal margin some- 

 what waved. The upper surface of the forewing is black-brown, with a white triangle on the middle of the 

 inner margin. From Mexico, Brit. Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador. — 

 languida. languida Btlr. (46 e) is a form of metaleuca, in which the white colour is reduced on the forewing but somewhat 

 extended on the hindwing, and in the middle of the distal margin reaches nearly to the border. In cellule 2 and 

 in cellule 5 a black, eye-shaped spot is placed on the dark border. The under surface is grey-brown with broad 

 white median band, an eye-spot on the forewing in cellule 5, 3 eye-spots on the hindwing in cellules 2, 5 and 6, 

 all black with j^ellow rings and white pupils. Between the eye-spots of the hindwing and beloM' the eye-spot 

 of the forewing are placed some small round silvery spots. Columbia, Bolivia. 



hemileiica. E. hemileuca Stgr., only known in the ?, has an expanse of 38 mm. and somewhat resembles languida 



Btlr. above ; but the white colour is extended nearly to the costal margin of the forewing and covers the entire 

 hindwing, leaving only a narrow black distal margin, and the two round black spots are isolated. The under 

 surface is entirely brown-grey with 2 narrow dark brown transverse stripes through the middle, bordered with 

 light grey, 3 fine brown marginal lines, 1 eye-spot on the forewing and 3 on the hindwing. The anterior eye-spot 

 on the latter is 4 mm. in diameter, with black centre and white double pupil. The others are smaller, but si- 

 milarly coloured. From the Rio San Juan in West Colombia. Rare. 



aurigcra. E. aurigera Stgr. i. I. (46 e) resembles no other Enptychia; ground-colour white; on tlie forcM'ing the 



costal margin, apex and distal margin broadly black-brown, broadest before the apex, hiirdwing with narrow, 

 dentate brown border. The pattern of the under surface shows through above. This brown Avith a white band 

 through the middle of both wings, extending from the lower radial of the forewing to the inner margin of the 

 hindwing and pointed at both ends. On the hindwing are placed on a reddish ochre-yellow ground 5 ocelli in a 

 zigzag row and between the 3 brown marginal lines small white double dots on the veins. From Cuzco in Peru, 

 coll. Bang-Haas. Rare. 



