158 Mr. W. C. Hewitson on 



I'ronophila Phoedra. 



Male. Upperside. Dark brown, the outer margins 

 slightly dentate, the fringe marked with pale yellow 

 lunules. Anterior wing crossed at the middle by a broad 

 band of yellow, which extends towards the anal angle a 

 very little beyond the first branch of the median nervure. 

 Posterior wing with a large central spot of yellow, in- 

 dented on its outer border. 



Underside. Anterior wing as above, except that it is 

 undulate with ochreous-brown near the apex, and is 

 crossed by a submarginal bund of black. Posterior wing 

 rufous, beautifully undulate ■w'ith ochreous yellow, lilac, 

 and dark brown : a large cordate dark brown spot near 

 the middle of the costal margin bordered with yellow : 

 the yellow central spot as above, except that it is un- 

 dulate with brown, and extends to the anal angle : a 

 submarginal series of pyramidal black spots. 



Exp. 2^ inches. 



Hah. — St. Rosario. 



On the underside, this species nearly resembles P. 

 Pallantis. A variety of this species has the band of the 

 anterior wing and the spot of the posterior wing white. 



Pronophila Pcvania. 



Male. Upperside. Dark brown: the outer margins 

 dentate, chiefly on the posterior wing. Posterior wing 

 with a large brick-red space (occupying one-third of the 

 wing) at the anal angle, marked with two triangular 

 brown spots. 



Underside. Rufous-brown. Anterior wing crossed 

 towards the apex by three oblong spots of ochreous-yellow : 

 two spots of the same colour between the nervuros, a lilac 

 triangular spot on the costal margin near the apex. 

 Posterior wing with an angular band near the base, and 

 a broken band at the middle, irrorate with rufous-brown 

 and lilac: a spot of lilac at the apex traversed by a 

 curved black line: a small spot, a larger lunular spot, 

 and three spots forming a triangle near the outer margin, 

 all white. 



Exp. 2J inches. 



Hah. — St. Rosario. 



In form, and in tlie nuirking of the underside, like 

 P. Prochyta and P. Irmina. 



