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under surface, the number of which Butler gives as 6 for tlie hindwiug; some of these are black and some brown, 

 the 4 middle ones have double white pupils, but all have yellow iris and outer brown rings, and the 2nd and 5th 

 are larger than the others (in Butler's figure the (ith ocellus at the inner margin is absent). On the forewing 

 there is a similar eye-spot before the apex and 2 obscure ones below it. The median bands are chestnut-brown 

 and diverge somewhat anteriorly. From Sarayacu (Ecuador). 



E. galesus (Jodt. Above l)rown. iins))i)tttd. Beneath likewise l)rowu, with ;! dark l.)r(.)wn transverse ijalc-ius. 

 lines, 2 across the middle, I before the margin. The outer median line shadfd with violet-grey at the distal 

 side. The marginal line is undulate and Ijcfore it is placed on the hindwing a row of 5 black dots. From Brazil. 

 Whether the butterfly figured by Butler (in the Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool. Vol. 13, pi. 12. fig. 12) really belongs 

 to this species is Ciuestionable, as the hindwing bears a row of 5 light-pu])j]led eye-spots instead of the dots. 



E. melobosis C'dpr. (46 f). Above brown with a dark brown^ mttlian. line on the forewin_g and .'5 marginal mrhihosiH. 

 lines on liotli wings. On the somewhat lighter under surface 2 transverse lin.es cross both wings, the first stron^gly 

 curved, the second undulate on the forewing; between the two the grouud-coloiu' is darker. In the marginal 

 area on the forewing 4, on the hindwing fi small eye-spots, black with glossy white ])upils and yellowish brown 

 iris. From Cha])eo d'Uvas (Minas (leraes). Flies in Novendaer. 



E. umbrosa Btlr. Above accordin_g to its author's description greenish grey (but his figure is more umhroMi. 

 blue than green) with 2 grey marginal lines on_ the hindwing. Fringes and body brown. Beneath lighter, white- 

 dusted, traversed by 2 median stripes, 3 brown marginal lines, forewing with a small black ocellus before the apex ; 

 hindwing with 5 yellow-rin.gtd eye-spots, the 2nd and 5th black with white pupils, the others brown. From 

 Ecuador. 



E. undulata Btlr. (48 a). Above brown. Beneath lighter, dusted with grey, the 2 median lines on the mi'lnhild. 

 forewing more widely separated, posteriorly strongly dentate, the submarginal lines dentate, the other mar- 

 ginal lines almost straight. Forewing with 4 very indistinct, hindwing with 6 distinct small eye-spots, the 2., 

 4. and 5. with black central elot. From Para. 



E. mitchelli French. Size of the preceding species. Above brown. Beneath with indistinct median niitchclli. 

 and marginal lines, forewing with 4, hindwing with 6 eye-spots in a straight row, which are placed somewhat 

 further from the distal margin than in the allied sjjecies. These eye-spots are black, with yellow rings and 

 blue pupils. Found in the states of New Jersey (near Lake Hopatcong) and Michigan. 



E. maimoune Btlr. Dark olive-brown. Hindwing in the posterior half with black submarginal line. inniiiioKne. 

 On the under surface the forewing is sprinkled with ochre-yellow scales, the median stripes rather broad, diverg- 

 ing towards the costa of the forewing, in addition, there is a brown streak on the discocellular of this wing. 

 The forewing has 5 eye-spots with light yelK)w rings, mostly without pupils, the hinchving 6 rather large eye- 

 spots (the 2nd measuring 4 mm. in. diameter) with red-yellow and outer brown, rings, some of which touch the 

 submarginal line, and the greater part A\ith silvery pupils. From Pebas on the Upper Amazon (Peru) ; Costa Rica. 



E, camerta Cr. Above brown. Forewing before the apex with a small eye-spot with yellow ring and rniucrla. 

 silvery pupil. Under surface of the forewing with 4, of the hindwing with similar ocelli of the same size, all 

 with silver pupils, both wings with 2 brown, parallel median lines, curved on the hindwing, and with 3 marginal 

 lines. From Surinam. Godman and Salvin indeed unite this species with hermes, sosybius and fallnx, but do 

 not mention in their description the silver-pupilled eye-spot on. the upper surface which Stoll distinctly describes 

 in the 4th volume of Cramer's work. Hence I regard camerta as a separate species. 



E.' hermes F. (= sosybius F., canthe Hbn., nana Moschl.) (4<Sa). Above unicolorous brown, without licnucs. 

 markings. Forewing beneath with 3 — 5 eye-spots, of which sometimes only the 2nd is distinct and the others 

 are more or less obsolete. Hindwing with 6 ocelli, the 2 mieldle ones indistinct, the others black with brownish 

 yellow rings, sometimes all distinct. The species varies very much and has a wide range of distribution, from 

 New Jersey in the Uniteel States through Mexico, Central America, Colombia and Surinam to South Brazil, 

 but occurs everywhere in elifferent forms. Fabricius in his descrijition of hermes has confused different species 

 with one another, but as Butler states in the Proe. Zool. Soc. 1806 that he has compared the type of hervies 

 and finds it identical with canthe Hbn., and as he further declares in the Ent. Monthly ^l&g. 1870, p. 251, that 

 sosybius F. is a synonym of hermes, the latter name must be accepted for th(' type-form. The early stages 

 have been described in detail by Edwards. The egg is hemispherical, flattened at the base, with slight depression 

 at the sides; greenish white. The young larva hatches 4 days after the egg is laid; it is white, with fine hairs, 

 after the first moult light green, with a broad dark green longitudinal stripe across the back and narrower late- 

 ral stripes; between these stri])es are ])laced rows of small white tubercles. Head rather large, anal extremity 

 forked. The larva moults four times. After the last moult it is emerald-green with several yellow lateral stripes. 

 Head covered with fine, raised, yellow dots. On grass. Tlie pupa is sus])ende(l, short and thick, at the head 

 obtuse, green, posterior part yellow-green with some black dots and a brown stripe. The butterfly appears in 

 14 days. In Mexico, according to Edwards, there are 2 generations. — fallax Fldr. (= atalanta Btlr.) (48 a) /"""•'•• 



