634 MR. H. DRUCE ON THE GENUS PAPHIA. [Juiie 19, 



5. P. HALiCE, Godt. {Nymph, h.) Eiic. Meth. ix. p. 36G (1823). 

 AncBa halice Hiiba. Zutr. Exot. Schmett. f. 967, 968 (1837). 

 Rio (J. Youds), Minas Geraes and St. Paulo (Boffers) . 



Mus. S. & G. 



Matto Grosso (Beske), Rio {Bunnester). Mus. D. 



The specimen from St. Paulo differs from all the others I have 

 seen in having the whole of the wing suffused with a beautiful blue 

 gloss. The range of this species seems confined to the southern 

 part of Brazil. 



6. P. CHRYSOPHANA, Bates, Eut. Mo. Mag. iii. p. 152 (1806). 



P. fyrrhothea, Feld. Reise Nov. Lep. iii. p. 447, t. 60. f. 3 

 (1876). 



Hab. Costa Rica ( Faw Pa^#e«) ; Veragua (^ircc') ; Panama. 



Mus. S. & G., D. 



New Granada; Bogota {Lindiy.). Mus. Felder. 



East Peru {Bartlett). Mus. D. 



The males of this species do not vary ; but the female does, in the 

 amount of yellowish-white markings on the anterior wing. This is 

 a scarce species. Central America being its head quarters. I have 

 only seen one specimen from Peru, which does not differ in any 

 respect. 



7. P. MORETTA, sp. n, (Plate LXI. figs. 1, 2.) 



Form of P. chrysophana. Upperside — anterior wing of the male 

 with the outer margin brownish black, not glossed with i)lue as in 

 chrysophana, the basal part bright reddish brown, a black band 

 from the costal margin to the end of the cell, from which a faint 

 broken line crosses the wing to the anal angle ; posterior wing 

 brown, with the basal third reddish, slightly glossed with purple, 

 three black spots between the base of the tail and the anal angle. 

 Underside greyish, thickly irrorated with brown scales in some 

 specimens, crossed beyond the middle by a waved brown band ; both 

 wings with a submarginal row of very minute white spots. The 

 female is very like the female P. halice with all the white markings 

 very small. 



Exp. (5 1| inch, 5 2 inches. 



Hab. Pernambuco. Mus. D. 



A very distinct and beautiful little species. 



8. P. RYPHEA, Cram. {Pap. r.) Pap. Ex. t. 48. f. G, H (1779). 

 Nymphalis ryphea, Godt. Enc. Meth. ix. p. 365 (1823). 



Hab. Mountains of Oaxaca, east side {Fenochio); Polochic valley 

 {Hague); Nicaragua (T. iJe/^; Costa Rica (Faw P«<^e«); Veragua 

 (Arce) ; Ecuador {Simson) ; Bolivia {Buckley) ; E. Peru {Pearce 

 and Whitely) ; Venezuela {Goering). Mus. S. G. & D. 



This species has a very wide range ; the largest specimens are 

 from Ecuador and Bolivia. It does not show any variation worthy 

 of note, except that the tails of the hind wing vary much in size 



