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E. maepius Godt. (47 d). Above brown with 2 marginal lines and a dentate submarginal at some distance maepius. 

 from them. On the liindwing \^ath a whitish line between the marginal lines. Forewing with 2 dark brown 

 dots in cellules 2 and o, hindwing with 3 ocelli, a large one in cellule 2 and two small in cellules 3 and 5, 

 all black with yellow ring, the posterior 2 with white pupils. Under surface lighter with 2 darker lines through 

 the middle. Forewmg with 4 small eye-spots, hindwing with 5 ocelli, of which the posterior 4 are larger, some 

 black and some brown, all with double silvery pupils and yellow rings. From Guiana and Brazil. 



E. erigone Btlr. (47 d). Above olive-brown with dark line behind the middle and 3 marginal lines. Fore- erigone. 

 wing without eye-spots, hindwing with 5 black, yellow-ringed ocelli, of which the 4th is large and blue-pupilled, 

 the oth small Avith silvery pupil, the 2nd indistinct. Under surface lighter with 2 brown median lines, angled 

 at the inner margin of the hindwing, and 3 marginal lines (the proximal one undulate), apex of the fore- 

 wing brox^Tiish yellow with a browii band and 3 eye-spots in yellow rings (the lowest larger and with 2 blue 

 pupils). From Sao Paulo m Brazil, Peru. — probata form. 7iov. (47 d). Similar to erigone, but above with only probata. 

 a black dot at the anal angle of the hindwing in place of the ocelli. The under surface agrees entirely with eri- 

 gone. From the JIapiii. — proba form. nov. (47 d). Likewise similar to erigone. On the upper surface there is proha. 

 only one black eye-spot, with red-yellow ring and double silvery white pupil, placed at the anal angle of the 

 hindwing. On the under surface the forewing has only one eye-spot and instead of the 2 lower ocelli of erigone 

 there are 3 small silver dots. The silvery pupils in the eye-spofs in cellules 3 and 4 on the hindwing are jarolonged 

 into silvery streaks. The distal of the two dark brown median stripes is somewhat broader than in erigone. Peru. 



E. argyrospila Btlr. Above brown with 3 marginal lines, of which the proximal is undulate. Forewing argyrospUa. 

 with small black dot at the inner angle, hmdAvmg with 3 black ocelli in ochre-yellow rings, the middle one large 

 and with violet pupil. Beneath yellowish brown with 2 darker median lines, of which the distal forms a tooth 

 in the middle of the liindwing, with 3 margmal lines. Forewing with 4, hindwing with 5 yellow-ringed eye- 

 spots, some black with silvery double pupils, the others brown with violet single pupils. 38 mm. From Ega 

 (Amazons). — nausiaca Moschl. Similar to argyrospila, but the forewing above with 2, the hindwing with nausiaca. 

 5 — 6 eye-spots, all ringed with red-yellow, but mostly blind, only those in cellules 2 and 3 having silvery 

 pupils. Beneath like argyrospila m the number of the ocelli, but both the median bands are basally curved 

 before the inner margin of the hindwmg, and the tooth of the distal median line in the middle of the hindwing 

 is wanting. From Paramaribo and the interior of Surinam. 



E. crantor F. is a doubtful species for America. According to Fabrickts the upper surface is brown, cranior. 

 the forewing without spots, hindwing with a black eye-spot with double pupil. Beneath lighter, with darker 

 bands, fore\\'ing with 2 eye-spots, hindwing with 5, of which the 1st and 4th are black with double puisil, 

 the 3rd and oth blind. Fabeicius gives the size as the same as that of the Indian Mycalesis mineus L., which 

 measures 44 — 46 mm. As locality he mentions India. Donovan in his Insects of India figures under the name 

 crantor a species which agrees with that of Fabricius in the number of eye-spots, but not in the number of pupils. 

 GoDART copies Fabricius' description and adds: ,,From Brazil." Westwood in Genera Diurnal Lepid. gives 

 as locality Brazil, Pernambuco and Honduras and mentions that the species is in the British Museum, which 

 according to Butler (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1866, p. 467) is not correct. Godman and Salvin, however, regarded the 

 Honduras examples referred to by Westwood as belonging to E. lobe Btlr. The figure in Donovan is similar 

 in the scheme of markings to the following ocnus, but the ground-colour of the underside is more rust-red in 

 crantor. 



E. ocnus Btlr. (47 d). Above brown with 3 dark marginal lines, of which on the forewing only the middle omus. 

 one, on the hind^\ing all three are undulate. At the anal angle of the hindwing a black patch bordered with 

 red-yellow. Beneath lighter, somewhat inclined to violet, with 2 reddish brown median bands, of which 

 the proximal is directed distad at the costa of the forewing, 3 undulate marginal lines ; forewing with 1 to 3 

 small eye-.spots before the apex on a brown band, hindwing with 5 eye-sjjots, the 2nd and 5th large with silvery 

 double pupils, the first the same, but small, the others red-yellow marked with thick silver spots, all margined 

 with brown. From Tapajos (Amazons). — opima form. nov. (47 d) is a form of ocnus which differs on the under- oplma. 

 side of the hindwing in the 3rd and 4th eye-spots having a brown dot in the middle instead of the silver spots 

 and on the upperside in the dark patch not being bordered with red-yellow. From Jurua. — pallema ScJiaus is paUcma. 

 a further form of ocnus, the upper surface altogether without eye-spots or dark patches, but beneath ciuite 

 similar to the type-form. From Peru. 



E. eriphule Btlr. Above brown with 3 dark brown undulate lines at the margin and an indistinct dot at criphuLs. 

 the anal angle of the hin.dwing. Beneath lighter with a thin brown line before the middle, a broader one beyond 

 the middle, the latter broadly bordered distally with light violet and angled at the inner margin of the hindwing; 

 3 black marginal lines. Forewing without eye-spots, hindwing with 5, ringed with red-yellow, the first 2 and the 

 last black with silvery pupils, the others with thick, oval, silvery dots. 37 mm. From Pernambuco (Brazil). 



E. electra Btlr. Dark brown with 3 black marginal lines and a black anal eye-spot with brown ring cledra. 

 and blue pupil. Beneath somewhat lighter with the same marginal lines. Forewing with an oblique transverse 



