Mr. A. G. Butler on Peruvian Le'pido'ptera. 225 



Subfamily Morphine, Butler. 

 Genus 11. Morpho, Fabricius. 

 22. Morpho Lympliaris^ n. sp. B.M. 



Allied to M. Sidkoivshyi ; considerably smaller ; the blue 

 tint deeper on male, paler on female. 



,$ . Above, primaries with costa more convex and outer 

 margin more concave ; brown border of apex and outer margin 

 less than half as wide : secondaries more produced at anal 

 angle, with black margin reduced to a narrow line ; spots at 

 anal angle considerably smaller, the red spots paler. Below, 

 all the markings more dusky : primaries with markings in cell 

 more regular, the fasciole at end of cell strongly angulated ; 

 five distinct ocelli on disk ; marginal bands narrower : secon- 

 daries with all the transverse bands, excepting the fourth and 

 seventh from base, reduced to lines ; the ocelli blacker, broader, 

 those on anal area subcordate ; submarginal band reduced to a 

 dark brown line ; red spots obsolescent. 



Expanse of wings 3 inches 8 lines. 



? . Above, primaries with outer margin less convex, less 

 yellow-tinted ; costa pale brown to end of cell ; discal brown 

 band containing four distinct white spots ; its outer edge 

 nearly straight ; submarginal white spots ill-defined, forming 

 a continuous increasing band from subcostal nervure to inner 

 margin ; submarginal brown band much narrower : secondaries 

 with ochraceous area half the width, more dusky, especially 

 internally ; the anal angle distinctly black, exhibiting three 

 red spots ; a distinct white spot on each side of the caudal 

 process. Below, all the markings more dusky, the bands being 

 either olivaceous brown or black : primaries with base brown ; 

 bands in cell more regular, the first brown with black margin, 

 the second black, its upper two thirds wide, the lower third 

 suddenly narrower ; terminal fasciole dull pale ochreous, with 

 black margin ; lunated transverse band beyond cell black ; 

 ocelli larger, five in number, the first four being united and 

 equal in size ; a regular brown band on either side of tlie series ; 

 submarginal band dark brown : secondaries with the broader 

 bands narrowed, olivaceous brown, with dark brown margins ; 

 narrow bands black ; ocelli five in number, large, tlie lower 

 four united, black, with large elongated silver pupils, brownish 

 ochraceous irides, and indistinct Avhitish zones ; area beyond 

 them olivaceous brown, beyond which is a slightly undulated 

 silver submarginal band, intersected by a )iarrow dark brown 



