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dromedu, but it is remarked at the same time that it is the most aberrant form, differing not only in the mark- 

 ings but also in the shape. On account of the white band on the under surface, which on the forewing runs 

 parallel with the distal margin, in consequence of which the marginal area is equally broad anteriorly and pos- 

 teriorly (id midromeda this is not the case), I regard sylvia as a good species and place it between iripunctata 

 and bhnda. The upper surface is imicolorous brown. On the under surface basal and median areas are uni- 

 form light brown, only the distal part of the median area somewhat darker. The first transverse line is dark 

 brown, not quite straight. The straight white band which follows is narrow on the forewing, on the hindwing 

 it gradually attains the width of 3 mm. In the light brown marginal area are placed on the forewing five, on 

 the hindu-ing sis small eye-spots, of wbich the 2nd and 5th on the hindwing have black rings and the others 

 brownish ones, but all have white pupils. From Panama, Upper Amazon and Bolivia. — blanda Moschl. (45 d) is blanda. 

 similar to the preceding, but the inner angle of the hindwing more rounded. Upper surface unicolorous brown. 

 On the under surface the white band is broader and on the hindwing somewhat curved. The ocelli somewhat 

 larger, the posterior one on the forewing indistinct, on the hindwing entirely absent. The 2nd and 5th on the 

 latter wing siuTomided ^vith thick black, then ochre-yellow and brown rings, the others ringed with grey and 

 brownish. From Sm-inam and Peru (Cuzco). 



T. albinotata Biir. (46b). A beautiful species. Forewing with the margin entire, hindwing with round- aThinotata. 

 ed projections on the veins. Upper surface brown, the forewing either unicolorous or with six small, pale 

 brown, indistinct spots'^before the margin. Hindwing somewhat darker at the margin, before this four round 

 white spots in a straight row and a 5th dot at the inner angle. The fringes white between the teeth. Under 

 surface Kghter brown with three whitish yellow transverse stripes on each wing, between the 2nd and 3rd of 

 these stripes on the forewing before the apex 1 — 3 small ocelli, on the hindwing six large ocelli, the middle 

 ones reddish grey, the others black, all yellow-ringed and with white pupils. From Bolivia, South Peru and 

 Ecuador. Rare. 



T. penelea Cr. (45 e). Above brown with a broad, somewhat lighter submarginal band on the fore- penelea. 

 wing, in which are placed 3 — 4 dark broAvn spots. On the under surface a light yellow longitudinal band tra- 

 verses the middle of the hindwing from the base to the distal margin. In the broad, light reddish grey sub- 

 marginal band are placed on the forewing 2 — 5, on the hindwing 4 — 5 dark eye-spots, some large and some 

 small, which have yellow rings and white pupils. Widely distributed and common. Panama, Venezuela, Co- 

 lombia, Surinam, Cayenne, Amazon region to South Brazil (province of St. Catharina). — penelina Stgr. is a penelina. 

 form of penelea in which the light yellow band of the underside is absent, being covered over by the grey 

 ground-colour. Moreover, at the costal margin of the hindwing there are 2 large black-brown spots, which 

 entirely or partially cover the anterior ocelli of the type-form. In the eye-spots which are still present the 

 pupils have mostly disappeared. From St. Catharina. 



T. valentina Cr. (= Debis marpessa Hew.) (45 e). Above dark brown; beneath lighter brown with vaUntina. 

 three very dentate, thin dark brown transverse lines, the space between the second and third proximally light 

 violet-grey, distally filled up -with white-grey and with 5 ocelli on each wing, of which the two anterior ones 

 and the last on the hindwing are darker than the rest. Beside the first and second transverse lines there are 

 small ochre-yellow spots in the cell of the hindwing. Guatemala, Nicaragua, Guiana, Amazons. — euptychi- euptychidia. 

 dia Btlr. (45 e) is a form of valentina in which the ground-colour of the underside is much lighter, the dentate 

 brown transverse lines are very faint and of the eye-spots only 1 or 2 on the forewing and 2 or 3 on the hind- 

 wing are distinct, the others indistinct or replaced by white dots with somewhat darker margins. From Bra- 

 zil (Para, Espirito Santo). — zimri Btlr., referred by Godman and Salvin to valentina, is a somewhat larger zimri. 

 form, -ivhich differs from valentina in that the forewing has an obtusely projecting angle on the distal margin 

 below the apex, the eye-spots of the forewing are not some dark and some light, but all uniformly yellow- 

 brown and hence stand out but little from the violet-brownish ground-colour, and there are 6 eye-spots on 

 each wing. For the rest the transverse lines are quite as dentate as in valentina. Prom Chuacus in Guatemala. 

 — vrazi Kheil, a further form of valentina, in which the distal margin of the forewing is very feebly dentate, vrasi. 

 that of the hindwing more strongly so, the eye-spots of the hindwing are larger and more sharply marked, the 

 ochre-yellow spot at the first transvers line is absent, but this varies also in valentina. Rio Atabapo (Vene- 

 zuela) and Rio Negro (Brazil). 



T. kerea Btlr. (45 e). One of the smallest species (48 — 50 mm. expanse). The distal margin of the fore- kerea. 

 wing rounded, the hindwing feebly dentate. Above brown with 2 dark lines at the distal margin and a whit- 

 ish line between them ; the latter stands out most distinctly in the angles of the hindwing. In addition a thin 

 brown submarginal line. Beneath yellowish brown with 3 fine dark brown transverse lines; the first on the 

 forewing indistinct, on the hindwing dentate, the second on the forewing almost straight, on the hindwing run- 

 ning parallel with the distal margin in one long curve, the: third as" a submarginal line forming short, small 

 curves. In addition 2 fine brown marginal lines with a lighter line between them. Behind the second trans- 



