NAROPE. 349 



This is a very curious genus, regarcleil by M. Boisduval as more nearly allied to some of the Satyrida;, probably on account of the 

 dull colours of the wings and the indistinct character of their markings ; whilst Mr. Edward Doubleday deemed it nearer in affinity to 

 the genus Paphia (see PI. L.), to some of the species of which it indeed bears a resemblance in general size, acutely tipped fore wino-s, 

 and occasionally angulated hind wings. It appears to me, however, to belong rather to the present family, and especially °to 

 approximate to Penetes, from which it scarcely differs in the arrangement of the veins of its wings, if we except the junction of the 

 first branch of the postcostal with the costal vein of the fore wings, a peculiarity of considerable interest, which we have also oliservcd 

 in the Paphia; and some other allied groups ; in most of which, however, we have found the costal vein united with the costa by a 

 slender veinlet before its termination, which veinlet must be considered as the real termination of the costal vein. In Narope, however, 

 no such veinlet exists, and the costal vein does not extend farther than in Penetes ; so that the first branch of the postcostal vein is, in 

 fact, completely auchylosed with the costal vein, after its junction therewith. We also here find the prediscoidal cell of the hind wino-s 

 of considerable size, thus agreeing with the typical Morphidaj ; whilst tlie possession of a tuft of hairs on the under side of the fore 

 wings, near the inner margin, accompanied by a corresponding polished space on the upper side of the hind wings, seems to indicate a 

 further proof of this affinity. 



The species are natives of Brazil and other parts of South America. 



NAROPE. 



1. Nar. Cyllastros. 



Narope Cyllastros Boisduval MS, ; Doub/. Westw. ^■ 

 Hewits. Gen. Diurn. Lep. pi. 50. f. 4. 

 Para, Brazil. B.M. 



Nar. Cyllabarus Westw. nov. sp.* 



Bolivia. B. M. 



Nar. Cyllarus WcsIk. nov. sp.t 



River Rio, South America. Mus. Hevrits. 



* Narope alis anticis niargine apicali recto, posticis subtriangularibus hauil angulatis, omnibus supra ferrugineo-fuscis margine apicali paullo obscuriori, 

 anticis puncto parvo nigro subapicali (inter venas duas discoidales) faseiculo pilorum fulvoruni in medio marginis postici ; alis subtus fulvidis, fusco ferru- 

 gineoque subnebulosis nigroijue piperatis, anticis puncto par\-o nigro versus apicem cellulie discoidalis, alteraque submarginali ; posticis ocello minirao nigro 

 albo pupillato versus medium marginis costalis. Expans. alar, antic, unc. 3. (mas). 



f Narope alis anticis apice acuto margine apicali convexo, posticis in medio (ad apicem rami tertii vena' mediana") angulatis ; supra obscure rufo-fulvis, 

 costa margineque apicali lutescenti macula obcuneata castanea ad apicem cellula- discoidalis, striga dentata subapicali nigra ; subtus lutescentibus, albido 

 vix nebulosis nigroque piperatis, puncto parvo nigro versus apicem anticarum ; posticis immaculatis et exocellatis, anticis etiam infra baud fasciculatis. Expans. 

 alar. unc. 2i. ( Mas.) 



