EUPTYCHIA. By (J. Wkymer. 21o 



bands, whilst in. norfin $ it is placed distally to the secoiul brown band. Hence the marginal area is broader 

 than the basal, especially oji the hindwijig. The brown bands are broader than in nortia 9, but the eye-spots 

 quite as in. that form, the oval ochre-yellow spots, hoM'ever, each with a glossy silver streak in the middle, stand 

 out distinctly between, the eye-spots. Oialy the ,j has yet been foiuid. From Gramal n.ear ]\Iu/,o in Colombia 

 (Fas.sl). 



E. lesbia »SV;/v. Above light brov\^^isll grey with 'i straight lirown, transverse stripes on the forewing lunhUt. 

 and 2 on the hindwing and 3 brown marginal lines. Hindwijig witli Ijlack anal eye-spot with double white pupil 

 and broad ochre-yellow ring; before this an elongate white spot and towards the apex 3 roun.d black spots, 

 of which the middle on.e is the largest. The uiider surface is almost the same, except that a small eye-spot is 

 placed before the apex of the forewing and a few silver spots below it; there is also a large ochre-yellow sj)ot 

 proximally to the anal ocellus on the hindwing and at the a])ex of this wing a second eye-spot instead of the 

 black spot, while the white kmgitiulinal streak on the up])er surface is absent. 41 mm. From the Amazons 

 (Massauary, Teffe, Fonteboa). 



Gera Group. 



E. gera Hi^iv. Al)ove dirty -white, forewing at the costal and distal margins broadly brown, hin.dwijig i/cni. 

 bearijig before the middle 2 brown Imes and before the margin 2 indistinct eye-spots with dark central dots, 

 both wings with 2 brown marginal lines. The under surface is as above, on.ly the forewing also has 2 brown 

 lines before the middle, the eye-spots of the hindwing are reddish, have black dots with white ]Hipils, distally 

 to them are placed 2 further smaller eye-spots and between them 2 oval spots with a silver line in the middle. 

 The 5 is above brown, at the base ])ur])le with a white l>an.d traversing the middle from the costal margin of the 

 forewing to the liindmargui. of the hindwing. The under surface is grey-bro-wn with the same white band. The 

 eye-spots as in the ^. From the Amazons. 



E. metagera Btlr. Above brown, in the middle whitish, with 2 indistinct brown median bands and lUrlai/cm. 

 3 dark lirown marginal lines. Hindwing with a dark spot at the a])ex and an eye-shaped spot at the anal angle. 

 Wings beneath lighter, towards the apex rose-reddish, bands as above, but more distin.et. Hindwing with 

 yellow-bordered eye-spots, of which the 2 middle ones are oval and have oval siK^ery dots, the others round, 

 black and with small silvery pupils. From the Upper Amazon. 



E. hienialis Bflr. Above white, co.sta and margin of the forewing brown., both wiji.gs with 3 brown, mar- hicinaliti. 

 ginal lines, hindwing with 2 brown spots at the apex and one at the anal angle. Beneath likewise white with 

 2 brown median lines, which are abbreviated on the forewing, and of which the distal one is angled before the 

 inner margin of the hindwing. Ciostal margui and apex of the forewing brown. 3 marginal lines as above, hind- 

 wing with 6 ocelli, some round, others oval, just as in. metagfiyi except that they are margined with red-yellow. 

 From the Amazon, and its tributary the Rio Negro. 



E. Julia Sfgr. i. I. (4Sg). Above dark olive-brown, with 2 indistinct margmal lin.es on. the hindwing. juliu. 

 Beneath likewise olive-brown with a straight white meilian. stripe, which extends from V-i tl"' costal margin 

 of the forewing to the anal angle of the hindwing, and with 3 lirown marginal lin.es on the somewhat lighter 

 distal margiia, the iainer one undulate. Forewing before the apex with a small Ijlack eye-spot with red-yellow 

 ring and white pupil, hindwing with 5 ocelli, the 1st. 2j).d and 5th coloured like the one on the forewing. but 

 (except the first) larger. The others are brown with 2 short white streaks in the middle. Iji the $ the ground- 

 colour is somewhat lighter brown, otherwise it is like the ,;J. From the Songo in Bolivia and Cuzco in Peru at 

 elevations of 2 — 3000 m. — torva forw. nov. (48 g) is a form of jnlia, differin.g in having the median band on lon-a. 

 the under surface not white, biit strongly dusted with grey-brown and before the anal angle of the hindwing 

 bent basewards in an acute angle. Found by Fassl lh October at the Qiiindiu-Pass in. Colombia at 2500 m. 



Cluena Group. 



E. cluena Dmry (^ clueria F .) (48 g). Above violet-grey, distally darker with 3 dark brown marginal rl 

 lijies, hindwing with a continuous row of 5 dark brown spots, of which the posterior 4 have lilac s])ots in the 

 middle. Beneath entirely lilac with very fine brown median and marginal lines. Tn. thi' nuxrginal area a nebu- 

 lous brown band, on which on the forewing are placed 2 or 3, on the hindwing 5 small ocelli, the 1st on the 

 forewmg, the 1st. 2nd and 3rd on the hindwing black, the others brown, all with ochre-yellow ring and white 

 pupil. From Brazil (Rio de Janeiro. Esperito Santo). 



Byses Group. 



E. byses Godt. (4!) d). Above in. the J brown with slight bluish violet reflection., otherwise witliout nuirk- hn.-ics 

 ings. Beneath lilac, finely striated with brown all over. At the distal margin this striation is gradually con- 

 densed into an entirely brown colouring. Close to the distal margin are placed on the hindwing in cellules 2 

 and 5 two small black eye-spots with white pupil and yellow ring; between and before these 3 white dots. Be- 

 fore the apex of the forewing 3—4 white dots. The $ is above unicolorous brown without blue reflection, the 



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