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more distinct; liindwing with 5 eye-spots, the 2nd and last larger than the rest. The eye-spots are black with 

 Avhite pupils and yellow and outer brown rings. The $ is above unicolorous brown, beneath quite like the o, 

 except that the ground-colour is light brown, towards the distal margin, grey. (.'^S jnm). From Tapajos (Amazons). 



E. scopulata (49 d). .]: similar to the preceding species, with a similar hair-tuft on the t'orcwing, Init Mointlala. 

 with the upper surface not lilue, but brown with dark brown marginal lines and somewliat lighter fringes. Under 

 surface grey, the stripes through the middle of the wings broader and red-brown, on the forewing 2 or 3 eye- 

 spots present, on the hindwin.g 5. of which, as in penkUhitd. the first on the forewing and the 2nd an<l 5th 

 on the hindwing are larger and moi-e distinct than the rest. The lattei- is bi-pu])illeil. From the ]\bxpiri in Holivia 

 and tlie Upjier Amazon. 



Ariiaea Group. 



E. arnaea F. (= ebusa (V., aranea F.) (49 d). Above brown, the larger po.sterior half of the liindwing aniaea. 

 with bright blue reflection. In the $ this reflection extends over the whole liindwing and also occupies the 

 ijuier nuxrgin of the forewing. The $ is further distinguished by having on the hinclwing before the 2 marginal 

 lines a dentate, dark brown submarginal line, which is wanting in the J- In addition the 2 dark brown median 

 lines on the forewing are somewhat broader in the ?. The light brown under surface has likewise a blue reflection 

 in the q, but this is much weaker than above, occasionally, however, extending, beyond the 2nd median stripe, 

 nearly to the costal margin of the forewing. In the V the reflection on tlie under surface is less visible. 

 Widely distributed and rather common. Nicaragua. Costa Rica, Panama, Guiana, Ciolombia, Amazons. — (\o\i- 

 M.\x and Salvin (m Biol. Gentr. Americana 1. p. S9) cjuestion the correctness of employing the name (irixica 

 for this species and consider tliat of chiisa Cr. more correct, as Fabricius himself in his Species Insectoram 

 Vol. II, p. 75 has cited Euptychid lea Cr. (with a ^ however). But as Icd has both wings blue above, while Fa- 

 bricius only speaks of blue liindwing and describes the forewing as l)rown, I am of the opinion that Kirby 

 and Butler are right in employing the name (trn(te<t for ehusn Cr. 



E. sericella B<tt. $ similar to the preceding, but both wings above blue. Apex and distal margin of scrirclla. 

 the forewing broadly dark brown, the costal margin narrow, with 2 fine brown median lines. The hnidwing 

 has brown fringes and '2 brown marginal lines with a reddish line between them. The under surface is accord- 

 ing to Bates tawny brown with 2 dark brown median lines, the outer somewhat thicker and distally bordered 

 by a straight, light lilac stripe; at the distal margin - dark brown median lines. Before 3 or 4 eye-spots on the 

 forewing and 5 on the liindwing. Of the latter the 2nd and last are black with white pupil and yellow iris, the 

 rest white with yellow iris. But the figure in the Biologia Centrali-americana does not agree with this descrip- 

 tion of Bates" in two jjoints. The ground-colour in the figure is not tawny brown but dark brown, so that the 

 transverse lines can scarcely be seen, and the difference in the colouring of the eye-spots mentioned by Bates 

 is not discernible. As the species is represented in Init few collections and is not known to me in nature, I cannot 

 decide whether figure or description is correct. Very rare in Mexico (Orizalia) and in Guatemala (Vera Paz and 

 (Ihoctum). 



E. chloris Cr. (= chlorimene //fc/t., tolumnia $ GocU.) (49e). The wings of this species are vei-y thinly cli/nrh. 

 scaled, hence the markings of the under surface show through above. The upper siu'face is brown; in the j the 

 inner angle and the inner margin of the hindwing have a blue reflection. In the 'J this reflection, which is here 

 more violet, is extended over the whole hijidwing and the greater part of the forewmg. The under surface 

 is in both sexes glossy violet-blue with broad, reddish brown median stripes, one eye-spot on the forewing and 

 5 on the hindwLng, of which the 4th is of a flattened form and is divided longitudinally by a silver s(ri]ie, 

 while the 3rd is little prominent and only rccognizalile by its round silvery central spot. The species is common 

 in Surinam, on. the Amazon and in Halii;!. — agatha Rtlr. (49 e) is a form of rhlon',s in which thf^ distal margin niinllui. 

 of the forewing is less excised and the liindwing more ample; the bi'own ground-colour is darker and the 

 blue colouring on the liindwing more extended. On the under surface the outer median band on the hindwing 

 forms an obtuse angle in the middle and an acute angle at the inner margin. The ocelli are larger. The 2nd 

 eye-spot is placed so near to the distal margin that it touches the submarginal line. The 3rd and 4th eye- 

 spots consist of elongate orange-yellow rings with silvery centres. The $ is more thhily scaled, of more violet 

 colour, with red-brown margiirs; the ocelli of the under surface show through above. Beneath the median 

 bands of the hindwmg are placed nearer together. From Para. — A considerably larger form of 45 mm. expanse I 

 name agathina form. nov. It has much broader wings, is more thickly and densely scaled and hence not trans- (i//<il/iiiiii. 

 parent. Above dark brown, the greater part of the hindwmg dark steel-blue, only the costal margin dark 

 brown for a breadth of about 10 mm. The under surface has on both wings a bright blue reflection, especially 

 in the posterior half of the hindwing. The median bands are dark brown and on the hindwing straight, only 

 on the forewing the 2nd band is somewhat distally curved before the inner margin. The two elongated eye- 

 spots of agntJui are here not bordered with orange-yellow but with broAvn. From Macas in Ecuador. 



