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collection ; the female has the sub-basal brown band, but 

 it is much narrower than in E. athemon. 



Euhacjis my r son of Doubleday, which is said to be allied 

 to E. athemon, is entirely distinct, being closely allied to 

 E. decima. Indeed, I found Doubleday's type labelled as 

 the female of Hewitson's species. 



63. Eubagis limbata, n. sp. (PI. III. fig. 2.) 



Allied to E. theseus, but the basal two-thirds of the cell 

 metallic blue-green, immediately followed by a rounded 

 white spot ; outer border blacker and rather narrower, of 

 the secondaries ^\\\h. a well-marked submarginal Avhite 

 streak towards the apex ; Avings below with the orange 

 coloration confined to the base, costa and borders, not 

 running between the white spots ; the metallic blue spots 

 and lines much more vivid; outer border of secondaries 

 rather narrower : expanse of wings 1 inch 6 lines. 



Lago de Antonio, liio Madeira, 31st May, 1874. 



64. Eubagis leucothea. 



Eubagis leucothea, Bates, Journ. Entom. ii. p. 320, 

 n. 95 (1865). 

 Barreiras das Araras, Rio Solimoes, 16th January, 1875. 



(i5. Eubagis agacles. 



Papilio agacles, Dalman, Anal. Ent. p. 47 (1823). 

 Serpa, in the bush, 22nd April; Conceicao, Rio Madeira, 

 1st Jime, 1874. 



QQ. Eubagis aerata, n. sp. 



$ . Nearly allied to E. artemisia, but the size of the 

 largest examples of -E". militta $ , with the outer border as 

 in the latter species : Avings above brassy-green, with pale 

 spots indistinctly visible through the Aving ; costa bronze- 

 brown ; a subcostal black spot at the end of the cell ; apex, 

 apical half of outer border, and a prominent lobate pro- 

 jection along the outer half of the third median branch, 

 the margin, and a streak from the inner edge of the outer 

 border to the first median branch, black; secondaries Avith 

 the costal area bronzy-broAvn ; a submarginal and a mar- 

 ginal black line, fringe Avhite-varied : Avings beloAV much 

 as in E. artemisia, but the basal area of primaries much 

 more deeply orange, this colour also extending into the 

 broAvn area of the wing betAveen the Avhite sjjots ; blue 

 spots more vivid ; the bluo streak Avhich intersects the 



