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with the apex pointing inwards ; between the second and first 

 median branches is another exactly similar series, and between 

 the first branch and the inner margin are six spots placed in 

 pairs. 



Hab. Valley of the Cosnipata, East Peru {H. Whitehj). 



Ohs. Allied to E. soj)hronisha (Cr.), but very distinct, the 

 outer portion of the posterior wings being green instead of blue, 

 and the markings beneath much more clearly defined and 

 dilferently arranged. 



19. Eunica elegans. 



^ . Exp. 2*65 in. Antennai black, fulvous at the tip beneath ; 

 head, thorax, and abdomen black ; prothorax brown : wings 

 above brown, suffused with blue on the basal half: posterior 

 wings rounded, slightly indented between the nervures, the 

 cilia of both wings rather paler : beneath brown, the posterior 

 wings paler, greyer, and rather lustrous : base of the anterior 

 wings paler, a dark spot in the middle of the cell : apex of the 

 anterior wings pale greyish, lighter next the outer margin, the 

 light part bounded by an irregular faint dark line : on the 

 posterior wings are a series of six nearly obsolete ocelli between 

 the nervules, halfway between the cell and the outer margin ; 

 a series of Y-shaped lunules follow these as a submarginal 

 waved line ; there is a dark border next the fringe ; inside the 

 lunules is a very irregular dark band passing across the wing 

 from the middle of the costa, outside the cell, to the middle of 

 the inner margin ; there is also a black spot inside the cell, 

 another across the opening, another (comma-shaped) between 

 the subcostal and costal nervm'es, and, finally, one between 

 the costal and the costa itself. 



Hab. Apolobamba, North Bolivia (Pearce) ; Pozzuzo, Peru 

 (Pearce) ; valley of the Cosnipata, Peru (H. Whiteli/). 



Obs. Most nearly allied to E. beckuMj Hew. ; but the blue gloss 

 of the wings is more restricted and darker ; the anterior wings 

 are broader and less pointed, and bear no white spots ; the 

 posterior wings are less produced; beneath, the markings of the 

 posterior wings are rather more distinct, and there are no light 

 spots in the dark portion of the anterior wings. 



20. Eunica tenebrosa. 



^ . Exp. 2'60 in. Antennse black, rufous at the tip beneath ; 

 head, thorax, and abdomen black : wings rounded, dark brown, 

 glossed with deep blue towards the base : there is a black patch 

 of hair-like scales about the basal section of the subcostal 

 nervure of the posterior wings : anterior wings beneath brown, 

 the base, apex, and nervures paler ; there are two dark marks 



Aim. tC* Mag. X. Hist. Ser. 4. Vol. iv. 13 



