Mr. W. C. Hewitson on Pronophila. 3 



Underside as above, except that the posterior wing and the apex 

 of the anterior wing are undulated throughout with light grey. 

 Exp. lij inch. 

 Hab. New Granada. 

 In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 



3. Pronophila Phaea. (PI. I. figs. 5, 6.) 



Alis omnibus rufo-fuscis, pone medium fascia rufa curvatd; 

 subtus, anticis marginibus griseis, posticis griseo-undulatis. 



Upperside dark red-brown : both wings crossed beyond the 

 middle by a broad transverse rufous band, dentated on its outer 

 edge. 



Underside as above, except that the apex of the anterior wing 

 is grey ; that the basal half of the posterior wing is undulated 

 throughout with brown and grey marked with three light spots ; 

 that the transverse band is white, slightly undulated with rufous- 

 brown ; that the space between it and the outer margin is undu- 

 lated with brown and grey, and that the transverse band on each 

 wing, from the costal margin to the middle, is marked between 

 each nervure by a minute black spot, dotted with white. 



Var. 1. With the transverse band above clouded with brown: 

 the basal half of the posterior wing below of a uniform dark 

 brown. 



Var. 2. With the transverse band of the anterior wing scarcely 

 seen. 



Exp. 2-jijj inch. 



Hab. New Granada. 



In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 



4. Pronophila Peruda. (PL I. figs, 7, 8.) 

 Alis omnibus fuscis, pone medium fascid rufd lata recta ; subtus 



marginibus griseo-undulatis. 

 Upperside dark brown : both wings crossed beyond the middle 

 by a nearly straight, broad, equal, rufous band. 



Underside as above, except that the outer margins are undu- 

 lated with grey ; that the band of the posterior wing is nearly 

 white slightly undulated with light brown and marked with two 

 minute black spots, and that there is a small white spot near 

 the anal angle. 

 Exp. 2-fQ inch. 

 Hab. Amazon. 



In the Collection of the British Museum. 



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