16 Mr. W. C. Hewitson on Pronophila. 



38. Pronophila Patrohas. (PI. VI. figs, 40, 41.) 

 Alls omnibus griseo-fuscis ; anticis punctis quatuor albis : pos- 

 ticis fascia sub-marginali rufa punctis albis duobus notata ; 

 subtus anticis punctis quatuor nigris albo-pupiliatis ; posticis 

 fascia sub-marginali brunneo-undulaia maculis albis quinque 

 notatd. 

 Upperside dark brown. Anterior wing lighter near the outer 

 margin : crossed beyond the middle by four minute white spots. 

 Posterior wing crossed near the outer margin by a broad rufous 

 band, marked with two small white spots. 



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

 is grey and the white spots bordered with black, and that there is 

 an indistinct sub-marginal band of brown; that the band of the 

 posterior wing is grey, undulated with rufous-brown, marked on 

 its inner border by four or five spots of pale yellow, dentated on 

 its outer border. 

 The sexes are alike. 

 Exp. 2^5 inch. 

 Hab. Mexico. 



In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 



This species differs from the rest of the genus in having its eyes 

 smooth. 



39. Pronophila Perperna. 



Alls omnibus rufo-fuscis; anticis ocello nigro (femin^ albo- 

 pupillato); subtus nigro-undulatis ocello nigro albo-pupillato 

 prope angulum analem ; anticis macula alba, posticis fascia 

 macularum cineracearum. 



Upperside, male, rufous-brown. Anterior wing with an indis- 

 tinct black ocellus near the outer margin below its middle. 



Underside rufous-brown, undulated with darker brown ; each 

 wing with a black ocellus, with pupil of white near the anal angle 

 and an indistinct sub-marginal band of brown, zig-zag and some- 

 times broken into spots on the posterior wing. Anterior wing 

 with a rufous band at the end of the cell, two or three grey-white 

 spots on the costal margin beyond its middle, and a round white 

 spot near the apex. Posterior wing dentated, crossed beyond the 

 middle by a curved band of grey spots. 



Female like the male, except that the ocellus on the upperside 

 of the anterior wing is more distinct and pupilled wiih white; that 

 on the underside there is a broad band of grey near the outer 



