ERYCINID.E EURYdONA. 



EURYGONA PHEDICA. 47, 48, 49. 



Eurijgona Phedica. Boisdiival. Sj)cc. Gen. Lej). Plate -1. 



IJpPERSiDE. Male dark brown ; tlio lower half of tlie posterior wing lilac-wLite 

 (beautifully lit up with lilac when turned sideways to the light). 



Underside lilac. Both wings with three transverse bands of red-brown. 

 Anterior wing, with thi-ee sagittate spots of black, bordered with yellow near the 

 apex ; a curved rufous band between them and the inner angle ; a line below them 

 and the outer margin also rufous. Posterior wing, with a chain of sagittate yellow- 

 spots at right angles with the outer margin ; two black spots near the anal angle ; 

 and a large round central spot of rich purple, bordered with yellow above, with white 

 below, and, at a distance from the margin ; a submarginal silvery line. 



Female light lilac-brown. Both wings with indistinct bands (seen through), 

 and the margins darker. Anterior wing with a short transverse band of brown 

 before the middle. Posterior wing with a black oblong spot at a distance front the 

 outer marc/in. Underside as in the male, but lighter. 



E.vpan. lyg in. Ilnb. Amazon. 



In the Collections of W. W. Saunders and W. C. Hewitson. 



EURYGONA ORPITA. 50, 51. 



P. Orfita. Cramer. Plate 112, Fig. E. 



Upperside. Male black ; glossed with piu'ple when held sideways to the 

 light ; with sometimes an indistinct band of lilac near the apex of the anterior 

 wing. 



Underside exactly as in E. Euodias. 



Eemale light brown. Anterior wing with an oblique band before the middle ; 

 a second band of lighter colour at an acute angle with the last and the outer margin 

 (which is broad) darker brown. Posterior wing with a black spot towards the outer 

 margin ; a band between it and the costid margin ; and the outer margin darker 

 brown. Underside as in the male, but lighter. 



Expan. IjTj to \y^ in. Hab. Amazon. 



In the Collections of W. W. Saunders and W. C. Hewitson. 



The male of this species and of E. Euodias, with its singular produced posterior ring, are 

 precisely alike underside. 



