Mr. W. C. Hewitson on Pronophila. 11 



9,3, Pronophila Thelehe. 



P. Thelebe, Doubl. and Hewits. Gen. Diur. Lep. pi. GO. 

 f. 3. 

 Alls omnibus nigro-fuscis ; anticis sub apice maculis duabus 

 aut tribus albis. 



Upperside black. Anterior wing with a bifid white spot near 

 the apex, sometimes surmounted by a round black spot bordered 

 with white, sometimes followed near the middle of the outer 

 margin by a third spot of white. 



Underside. Anterior wing dark brown, marked beyond the 

 middle by a rufous spot, followed by a line of three light blue 

 spots ; the apex grey, marked by two white spots (one large and 

 bifid), with below them a third minute white spot. Posterior wing 

 grey ; the base and a broad transverse band before the middle 

 dark brown, followed by a transverse band of eight black or brown 

 ocelli, the irides white, the pupils (when any) light blue ; a sub- 

 marginal dentate black line. 



Exp. 2-/q inch. 



Hab. Venezuela. 



Var. a. Without the rufous spot of the anterior wing ; the pos- 

 terior wing of a much darker grey ; the ocelli obscure ; the sub- 

 marginal black line zig-zag, not dentate, the outer margin broadly 

 brown. 



Exp. S^Jj inch. 



Hab. New Granada. 



In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 



24. Pronophila Cordillera. (PL V. fig. 33.) 



P. Cordillera, Westw. in Doubl. and Hewits. Gen. Diur. 

 Lep. p. 358. 

 Alis omnibus nigro-fuscis; subtus anticis rufis, ocellis septem 

 nigris (duobus minutis), ceruleo-pupillatis ; posticis griseo- 

 fuscis fascia lata transversa fusca ocellisc[ue octo nigris albo- 

 pupillatis. 

 Upperside black. 



Underside. Anterior wing rufous, crossed transversely beyond 

 the middle by a band of five large oval black spots, each with its 

 centre light blue ; two small black spots near the apex, also 

 dotted with blue, the outer margin broadly brown. Posterior 

 wing grey, clouded with brown, crossed before the middle by a 

 broad band of brown, followed by a band of eight distinct black 



