2 Mr. W. C. Hewitson on Pronophila. 



In colour P. Tauropolis of Boisduval stands apart from all the 

 rest. Some of the species are subject to great variation, and 

 I would not be surprised to find that P. Protogenia, pi. 6, 

 fig. 38, P. Peurta of Westwood and P. Pronax of Hewitson, 

 which are figured side by side in the "Exotic Butterflies" to 

 show how widely they differ on the underside of the posterior 

 wings, should prove to be of the same species. 



P. Thelebe of the " Genera," P. Orcus of Latreille, P. Cor- 

 dillera of Westwood and P. Porsenna, pi. 5, fig. 34, are most 

 probably only local varieties of one species. 



Some of the more obscure species of a uniform brown above 

 and obscurely vmdulated below, with but few marks and those 

 varying greatly in their form, are not easily determined; examples, 

 apparently of one species, having the wings of different propor- 

 tions ; the margins of some even, of others distinctly deniated. 



Some of the species which I have included in this genus have 

 the appearance of being intruders. One from Mexico has the 

 eyes smooth like Satyrus, with the palpi and neuration of Prono- 

 phila. Some are nearly allied to species of Lymanopoda of West- 

 wood, and are, I believe, considered by him to belong to that 

 genus, but they differ so widely from the typical species of 

 Lymanopoda, that I have thought it better to place them here. 



They are all from South America. 



1. Pronophila Parepa. (PI. I. figs. 1, 2.) 



Alis oinnibus rufo-fuscis fascia angusti maculari rufa ; subtus 

 posticis griseo-undulatis. 



Upperside rufous-brown : both wings crossed by a narrow 

 macular submarginal rufous band. 



Underside as above, except that the anterior wing has the outer 

 margin undulated with grey, that the posterior wing has the outer 

 half also undulated with grey, and is without the rufous band. 



Exp. 2 inch. 



Hab. Guayaquil. 



In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 



2. Pronophila Phila. (PI. I. figs. 3, 4.) 



Alis omnibus fuscis : anticis pone medium fascia lata rufa ; 

 posticis macula apicali rufd ; subtus undulatis. 



Upperside dark brown : anterior wing crossed transversely be- 

 yond the middle by a broad curved rufous band : posterior wing 

 with a rufous spot at the apex. 



