198 EUPTYCHIA. By G. Weyiiee. 



ashna. E. ashna Heic. (47 a). Above browii with small, obscure, darker spot at the anal angle. Beneath some- 



what Hghter. Forewing with 2 brown transverse lines and 3 marginal ones. Hindwmg with a brown transverse 

 line at the base, a straight white band from 7* of the costal to 7^ of the uiner margin and 3 black, white- 

 pupiUed eye-spots in cellules 2, 5 and 6, the first with double pupil and all margined with red-yellow. 

 Between these eye-spots are placed in cellules 3 and 4 red-yellow rings with small, indistinct silverj^ centres. 



huilcri. Ths $ is marked Like the ^J, but somewhat larger. From Colombia, Ecuador and Pern. — butleri Weym. 

 (= ashna Btlr.) is a form of ashna, in which the ground-colour of the wings is above yellowish brown 

 and beneath yellowish grey and the red-j^ellow rings in cellules 3 and 4 on the underside of the hindwing 

 are as dark and enclose as large ocelli as those of the other cellules, forming a row of eye-spots of fairly 

 uniform colouring. Ecuador. The name butleri Dist. is a synonym of metaleuca Bdv., hence butleri Weym. 



anibra. can be retained for this ashna form. — ambra form. nov. (47 a) approaches ashna Hew. Hindwing somewhat 

 more strongly dentate. Above brown with 3 darker marginal lines. Beneath somewhat lighter, especially m 

 the marginal area and at the umer margm of the forewing. Hindwing with white band, almost as in 

 ashna. The margmal area behind this band is almost entirely red-yellow, and separated from the band 

 by a bro'wn line. In it is placed in ceUule 2 a round black spot with double pupil, another in cellule 5, but 

 surrounded with red-yeUow and brown rmg and a similar but quite small eye-spot in cellule 6. At the distal 

 margin in addition to the 3 parallel marginal lines a 4th brown submarginal luie as distal boundary to the 

 red-j^ellow marginal area. Between the two inner lines a row of whitish (2) or light grey {S) spots. Bolivia, 

 Peru (Cuzco), 2—3000 m. 



Liturata Group. 

 lituraia. E. Hturata Btlr. Above pale olive-brown, at the margin darker, fringes reddish gre3^ Beneath darker, 



covered with numerous short dark brown streaks, at the costa mixed with whitish. Forewing before the apex 

 with a small black, white-pupilled eye-spot, ringed with ochre-yellow, and with 2 similar, extreme^ small 

 ones below it. Hindwing on the somewhat lighter brown discal band with o equally small eye-spots, of which 

 only the 2nd and 5th are somewhat more distinct. Marginal line black. Locality unknown. Coll. Hea\t;tsox 

 in the Brit. Museum. 



hdlcla. E. luttela Weeks. Above bronze-brown, somewhat glossy, beneath the same colour, without gloss. 



Forewmg between the dark brown marginal line and the distal margm at the apex dusted with yeUow, an in- 

 distinct brown submarginal line, inner margm gvej. On the hindwing the interspace between the 2 dark brown 

 marginal lines is reddish-yellow. A small reddish j^ellow spot at the anal angle, contauiing a black central clot. 

 29 mm. Alezuni in Bolivia. FUes in August. Resembles liturata Btlr., but the eye-spot at the apex of the fore- 

 wmg is absent. 



vesper. E. vesper Btlr. Allied to liturata. Above olive-brown. The ej^e-spots of the under surface are faintly 



visible above. Under surface copper-coloured, marbled with brown. Marginal line black. Forewing with dark 

 brown discal and submarginal hues, below the apex a single black eye-spot with j^ellow rmg and wliite pupil. 

 Hindwing with 5 similar ocelh. The 2nd and 5th larger. A brown irregular discal line and the angled submar- 

 ginal luie miite before the inner angle. The club of the brown antenna is rust-coloured. Locality unknown. 

 35 mm. CoU. Hewitson in the Brit. Museum. 



armilla. E. armilla Btlr. (47 a). Above olive-brown, according to Butler with a very indistinct eye-spot on 



the hhidwing at the anal angle, which is wantuig in the example figured. ^Marginal line black. Under surface 

 brown with dark brown discal, submargmal and double margmal lines on both wings. The ground-colour is 

 somewhat lighter outside the submarguial hne before the apex of the forewing and at the margm of the lund- 

 wing. A black, wliite-pupilled ej-e-spot with ochre-j'ellow ring before the apex of the forewmg and 6 similar 

 eye-spots on the hmdwing, which YSLvy but little in size. From the Brazihan provinces of Minas Geraes and 

 ^latto Grosso (Cuyaba). Accorduig to Herr Basg-Haas armilla and the followmg strigillata are seasonal forms 

 of one species. Further observations in respect to this are needed, however, as the forms are verj^ different. 

 strigillata. — strigillata form. nov. (47 a). Above olive-brown, the central area of the forewing from the subcostal to the 

 median covered with tliicker, velvetj', raised scales, hence standing out more darkly. Fringes grey. Under 

 surface: forewing olive-brown, finely striated with brown all over, the apex broAvnish grej^, also the distal margin, 

 but more narrowly, likewise striated with brown. 2 marginal lines and a submargmal dark brown. Somewhat 

 further back a 4th brown line, which does not reach the inner margin. Between the last-named lines 2 white 

 dots and above them an ochre-yellow eye-spot with white pupil and brown rmg. Hindwing grej^ marbled 

 with brown, basally darker, at the distal margin lighter with 5 small red-yellow eye-spots, which are wliite- 

 pupilled and broM-n-margmed. From Cuj'aba in the province of Matto Grosso in Brazil. 



arius. E. arius spec. nov. (47 a). Similar to armilla. Above brown with 2 darker marginal lines and a strongly 



dentate submarginal line on both wings. Hmdwing with a small round black spot in a somewhat hghter 

 ring at the anal angle. Under surface brown, on both wmgs dusted with grey at the distal margin. 2 

 almost straight transverse lines before and belund the middle on both wings, a dentate submarginal line and 2 



