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SATYRID^. 



Fore Legs of the male very minute and delicate, clothed with long and very fine hairs. The tarsus two thirds of 



the length of the tibia. Fore Legs of the female very small (but larger tlian those of the male), slender, scaly. 



The tilsia rather shorter than the femur ; and the tarsus shorter than the tibia, a little thickened at the tip, 



which is setose and truncate, the joints being hidden by scales. 

 Four Hind Legs rather short and robust. Femur slightly curved, woolly beneath. Tibia and tarsus scaly, 



thickly armed with numerous short robust spines, those at the sides beneath arranged in rows. Ungues 



very strongly hooked and acute at the tips. 

 Abdomen small. 



The insects of this genus, like Covades and Taygetis, are natives of the tropical parts of the New World ; Cohimhia, Venezuela, and 

 the Amazon district being their chief localities. They are at once distinguislied from the preceding genus by the longer, less densely 

 hairy labial palpi, the hairy eyes, dilated costal vein, angulated middle disco-cellular vein of the fore wings, elongated and angulated 

 upper disco-cellular vein of the hind wings, and strongly spined hind legs. The majority of tlie species (of which there are several still 

 undescrlbed in our collections in addition to those in the subsequent list, recently introduced by jMessrs. Bridges, Dyson, Bates, and 

 "Wallace) are of black or brown colours on tlie upper side of the wings, and but little varied with pale patches ; on the under side, on 

 the contrary, their colours are very rich and variegated, especially on the hind wings, which generally bear an irregularly shaped, 

 central, rather oblique, broad fascia, followed by a row of ocelli. There is considerable difference in the form of the wings : P. Thelebe 

 and its allies having the fore ones rounded at the tip and the hind wings scalloped, whilst in P. Irmina and Tauropolis, &c., the fore 

 wings are more or less angulated below the tip, and the hind wings are more or less deeply scalloped. 



The whole of the species appear to be, up to the present time, undescribed ; I have accordingly given descriptions of a few of the 

 more striking species, in addition to those figured in our plates. 



PRONOPHILA. 



1. Pbon. Thelebe. 



Pronophila Thelebe E. Doubl. MS.; Douhl. Westw. ^S 

 HeudU: Gen. Dhirn. Lep. pi. 60. f. 3. 

 Columbia. B. M. 



2. PaON. Cordillera Westw. nov. sp.* 



Western Brazil. 



3. Pbon. Puerta Westw. nov. sp.+ 



Columbia, Venezuela. 



4. Pbon. Zapatoza Westw. nov. sp.:): 



Bolivia, Venezuela. 



B.M. 



B. M. 



B.M. 



5. Pron. Ibmina E. Douhledaji MS. ; Dnnht. Westw. Sj Hevnts. Gen. 

 Diurn. Lep. pi. CO. f. 2. 

 Satyrus Sebera Merits MS. 

 Venezuela. B. M. 



()'. Pron. Taibopoms. 



Pronophila Tauropolis Doubl. Westw. Sj Hewits. Gen. 



Diurn. Lep. pi. 66. f. 1. 

 Mygona Tauropolis Boisduval MS. 

 Oajaca. Mus. Bdv. 



7. Pron. Phoronea. 



Pronophila Phoronea E. Douhleday MS.; Douhl. Westw. 

 S^- Hewits. Gen. Divrn. Lep. pi. 60. f. 1. 

 Columbia. B. M. 



* Pronophila alis anticis apice rotundatis, posticis repandis ; supra nigro-fuscis ; subtus anticis castaneis apiee late fuscescentibus, ocellis septem nigris albo 

 pupillatis ; duobus anticis minutis, reliquis quin(jue magnis ; alis posticis fuscescentibus, fusco-nebulosis, fascia lata irregulari oblique transversa fusca media, 

 oceilis octo parvis nigris albo pupillatis, duobus ad angulum ani eontiguis, margine communi obscuriori. Expans. alar, antic, unc. .S U 



t" Pronophila alis anticis magis elongatis apice rotundatis, integris, posticis repandis ; supra fuscis, fascia communi parum irregulari (in alis posticis latiori), 

 ex angulo anali posticarum fere ad apicem anticarum extensa, rufa, in qua series interrupta punctorum nigrorum ; alis subtus castaneis, anticis fascia sub- 

 apicali pallidiori, macula alhida triangulari costali termiiiata alteraque parva alhida sericque punctorum nigrorum, antico albo pupillato ; posticis striga ohliqua 

 flavescenti ante medium, fascia Uta flavida, extus dentata et argentea, ocellis septem nigris albo pupillatis (nonnuljis flavido cinctis) in maculas castaneas 

 quadratas dispositis. Expans. alar, antic, unc. ^§. 



:|; Pronophila alis anticis apice rotundatis, posticis profunda repandis, supra ferrugineis, anticis margine apicali irregulari fusca, in qua striga obliqua irregulari 

 maculisque duabus aurantio-rufis, posticis pone medium maculis quinque rotundatis margineque fuscis : anticis subtus fere ut supra coloratis apice niagis 

 griseo, posticis basi griseis dimidio apicali fusco-nebulosis, macula magna fusca costali ad medium alae extensa, strigaque dentata alba abbreviata ex angulo 

 anali extensa. Expans. alar, antic, unc. 2. 



Genus V. DEBTS. 



Debts Boisduval MS. 



Lethe Eiilmer, Verz. hek. Schm. 



Oeeas marmorea p. Iluhner, Samml. 



Satyrus Sect. A. p. God'. 



Cyllo p. E. Doubl. List Lep. Brit. Mus. 



Body rather small; wings large, the hind ones generally angulated in the middle, with a row of large ocelli. 

 Head rather small, scarcely tufted in front. 



