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18. Morpho Justitice. 



S . Like M. theseus^ J)qjx.j but the base of the wings is 

 rich brown instead of hoary grey, the margin is much darker, 

 and the brown spots clearer, the submarginal row of the hind 

 wings being further from the margin, the dentation of whicli 

 is deeper ; the anterior wings are more acute and elongated 

 beneath, the markings within the cell are less distinct, while 

 those in the neighbourhood of the two ocelli, between the 

 branches of the median nervure, are much clearer, and ap- 

 proach nearer to the ocelli ; the pale band above the ocelli of 

 the posterior wings is narrower in M. Justitice. 



Hah. Guatemala, valley of the Polochic {Hague). 



Mus. S. & G. 



19. Eurygona aurantiaca. 



^ . Exp. 1*75. Above tawny orange; the apical half of 

 the anterior wings and the anterior angle of the posterior 

 wings black, the inner edge of the former irregular ; inner 

 margin of the hind wings dusky. Beneath yellowish white, 

 an indistinct band crossing both wings beyond the cell ; a row 

 of indistinct submarginal spots. Antennae brown, the club 

 black. 



Hah. San Geronimo, Vera Paz {Ilague). 



Mus. S. & G. 



Like E. Teleclus^ Stoll, but the tawny yellow of the upper 

 surface is much more extensive ; beneath it is much less sil- 

 very and the marks less distinct. 



20. Eurygona Hieronymi. 



$ . Exp. 1*30. Above dark brownish black, with a Kne 

 of tawny red running parallel to the inner margin of the pos- 

 terior wings. Beneath greyish brown ; a narrow tawny band 

 edged with black crosses both wings beyond the cell, and 

 another faint band between it and the outer margin : hind 

 wings with a black spot, edged externally with white between 

 the second and third branches of the median nervure ; two 

 whitish dashes edged with black near the anal angle ; a suc- 

 cession of indistinct marks surround the outer margin. An- 

 tennae black and white, the club black. 



Hah. San Geronimo, Vera Paz ( Hague). 



Mus. S. & G. 



21. Euterpe nigrescens. 



S . Exp. 2-70. Like E. Eurytele, Hew. Ex. B. i. t. 5. f. 1 ; 

 but the tawny colour of both wings is brighter orange, the 

 yellow spots of the anterior wings are also paler, and there 

 are two elongated yellow spots between the submedian ner- 



