200 



EUPTYCHIA. By G. Weymbe. 



and the fifth large, the others small, the sixth without pupil. 37 mm. Provmce of Rio de Janeiro. This spe- 

 cies appears to belong to quite another group. 



lahe. E. labe Btlr. Above brown, the forewing with round black spot before the apex, hinclAving with black, 



red-yellow-ringed eye-spot with double silvery pupil, two brown marginal lines and a somewhat widened, 

 undulate submarginal lijie. Beneath brownish white, 2 straight red-brown stripes across both wings, hi the 

 disc of the forewing a large reddish yellow spot, before the apex a black ocelhi.s M'ith I'ed-yellow border and double 

 silvery pupil, on the hindwmg 5 eye-spots, of which 2 are larger and like the one on the forewing, the others 

 smaller and brown instead of black. The submarginal line is double and close to the anal angle of the 

 hindwing runs out into a quadrate light rust-red spot, labe is distijiguished by this spot from the following 

 form. 43 mm. Flies in low-lying districts of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama 

 coHfKsa. and Colombia. — confusa Stgr. (47 b) is a form of labe which varies very much in size (34 — 46 mm.), but only 

 differs m that the light rast-red spot at the anal aiigle on the underside of the hindwuig is not present and on 

 the upperside of the same wing there are indistinct, obscure dark brown spots in celhdes 3 to 5. Its area 

 of distribution is aboiit the same as in labe, but in South America confusa extends as far south as Ecuador. It 

 is also commoner than labe. 



■palladia. E. palladia Btlr. (47 b). Above brown, 2 dark brown stripes in the basal half, 2 marginal and an 



uiadulate submarginal line, an eye-sjjot at the apex of the forewing and one at the anal angle of the hindwing 

 with double j^upil. Beneath white, 2 median bands, 2 marginal and an undulate submarginal line brown, the 

 proximal lines at the anal angle of the hindwing broader and yellow. Forewing with 3 eye-spots ringed with 

 yellow and brown before the apex, some silver dots and below them a rather large red-yellow spot. Hindwmg 

 with 5 eye-spots, the first small and black, the second and fifth large and black, the others brown, all with 

 silver double pupils; in addition a small indistinct ocellus close to the inner angle. From Tapajos, Amazons, 

 Anariver. 



lerrestrw. E. terrestris Btlr. (47 b). Above brown with 2 dark brown median bands, a sidjmarginal and 2 marginal 



lines, at the anal angle of the hindwing an eye-spot with Avhite pupil and yellow-brown ring. Beneath brownish 

 grey with 2 red-brown median bands. Forewing with the u.sual apical eye-spot and 2 silvery spots below it. 

 Hindwing with 5 eye-shaped spots, the first, second and fifth black with yellow ring and double silvery pupil, 

 the silver dot of the others is elongated and bordered with orange-yellow. Surinam, Amazons, Matto Grosso 

 (Cuyaba). 



moneta. E. moneta spec. nov. (47 b). Above olive-brown, with 3 parallel marginal lines on both wings. A small 



black eye-spot with wliite pupil and red-yellow ring before the apex of the forewing, a somewhat larger one with 

 silvery double pupil at the anal angle of the hindwing and an mdistmct one without pupil and with a brown 

 ring in cellule 5 of this wing. A slight indication of a dark band traverses both wings. Beneath white-grey, 

 with 2 straight parallel brown bands through the middle, the proximal narrower, the distal broader, the 

 latter somewhat washed-out at the proximal side. Before the apex of the forewing a black eye-spot with 2 

 distally placed silvery pupils just above it and thick silver spots one above the other, just below it 4 similar 

 silver spots in a straight row. Then follows a large reddish-yellow spot. On the hindwing there are two large 

 black ocelli with double silvery pupils (oblique in the anterior ocellus) and red-yellow and dark brown rings. 

 Between these eye-spots 2 large heart-shaped silver spots and close to the costal marghi 2 further silver sjjots, 

 which are similar to those on the forewmg. The submarginal line of this sjDecies has one peculiarity wliich does 

 not occur in any of the precedmg. It consists of small arcs, 2 placed in each cellule, the convexity distally directed 

 and the pomts proximally. In this the species resembles the following penelope. From Cayenne. 



penelope. E. penelope F. (= Clarissa Or.) (47 b). Above yellow-brown with 2 dark brown median bands, 2 mar- 



ginal lines, finely dentate submarginal line, an eye-spot on the forewing before the apex, in the i^ without, 

 in the $ with silvery pupil. Hindwing in 3* and $ with a similar eye-spot with double silvery pupil at the anal 

 angle and an obscure eye-spot at the apex. On the brownish grey under surface the species is distinguished 

 by having the submarginal line as finely dentate as in the preceding species {moneta) and at the proximal 

 side of this line a stripe 2 — 3 mm. in breadth, sprinkled over with a number of scattered dark brown scales. 

 On the forewing 1 eye-spot, on the hindwing 2 with double silvery pupils and several silvery .spots. Brazil, Ama- 

 pytheus. zons, Surinam. — pytheus Moscid. is a form similar to penelope with only one liglit-yellow-bordered eye-spot 

 at the anal angle of the huidwing, the brown discal band on the underside of the forewing extending nearly 

 to the inner margin, the submarginal line with shallower arcs and the brown dots wanting. From Paramaribo 

 (Surinam). 



similis. E. similis Btlr. The form of this species figiired by Godman and Salvin in the Brit. Centr. Am. is regarded 



as the type, Butler having mixed 2 forms in his original description. 40 mm. On the inider surface the ground- 

 colour is light brown as far as the second transverse line behind the middle, marginal area whitish grey 

 traversed by a light brown discal band, on which in cellule 2 of the hindwing are placed a black eye-spot 



