392 MB. H. W. BATES — CATALOGUE Or EBTCIKID^. 



structural character ; but its coloration is unlike that of the rest 

 of the genus. 



Charts lypbra. 



<? . 1" 6'". Very similar in shape and colour to Ch. Cadmeis, Hewits. 

 (Exot. Butt. Charis, f. 1). Above, dark brown, with a number of 

 short black lines across the interaeural spaces, some of them uniting 

 to form a flexuous line across both wings a little beyond the middle, 

 a submarginal plumbaginous line to both wings ; outer border slightly 

 rufous, with a row of black spots attached to the plumbaginous line. 

 Fringe spotted alternately with white and brown. 



Beneath hghtish olive-brown, much paler on the outer borders. Black 

 markings as above, but no plumbaginous line. 



Head, body, and legs dark brown. Antennjc dark brown, obscurely 

 spotted with grey. Eyes hairy. 



Hah. Ega. 



Charis Zama. 



(S . 1" 2'". Fore wing elongate-triangular, costa very slightly incurved 

 in the middle, arched before the apex, hind wing triangular. Above 

 dark rusty brown, the interneural spaces crossed by blackish spots ; 

 two plumbaginous lines parallel to the outer margins, the space be- 

 tween which is reddish and marked by a row of black spots; fringe 

 spotted with black and vvhite. 



Beneath rusty tawny ; hind wing darker. Basal part of fore wing 

 crossed by short dusky lines ; near the apex a small black spot, fol- 

 lowed by a minute plumbaginous dot. Hind wing marked with nu- 

 merous clearer black spots, and with a continuous plumbaginous 

 line. 



5 . 1" 2'". Above rusty brown, lighter than in the (S , marked with nu- 

 merous black spots, and with two plumbaginous lines having a row 

 of black spots between them. 



Beneath rusty tawny, black spots as above, and with a continxious 

 submarginal plumbaginous line on both wings. 



Eyes hairy. 



Common throughout the Amazons, and in other parts of Tro- 

 pical America. I cannot find a recognizable description or figure 

 of this common species in any published work. 



Charis argyrea. 



(S . 1" 2'". Fore wing with the costa incurved in the middle and 

 strongly arched before the apex ; tiie latter produced, acute. Above 

 nearly black, with indistinct darker s])0ts ; two glittering submarginal 

 plumbaginous lines and a row of black spots between them. Fringe 

 black, that of fore wing with three white spots. 



Beneath, the same ; black spots rather more distinct ; the outer plum- 

 baginous line interrupted. 



