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under surface, the number of which Butler gives as 6 for the hindwing; some of these are black and some brown, 

 the 4 middle ones have double white pupils, but all have yellow iris and outer brown rings, and the 2nd and 5th 

 are larger than the othei"s (in Btttlbr's figui'e the 6th ocellus at the inner margin is absent). On the forewing 

 there is a similar ej^e-spot before the apex and 2 obscure ones below it. The median bands are chestnut-brown 

 and diverge somewhat anteriorly. From Sarayacu (Ecuador). 



E. galesus Godt. Above brown, unspotted. Beneath likewise brown, with 3 dark brown transverse galesus. 

 lines, 2 across the middle, 1 before the margin. The outer median line shaded with violet-grey at the distal 

 side. The marginal Ime is undulate and before it is placed on the hindwing a row of 6 black dots. Prom Brazil. 

 Whether the butterfly figured by Bxttlee (in the Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool. Vol. 13, pi. 12, fig. 12) really belongs 

 to this species is questionable, as the hindwing bears a row of 5 light-pupilled eye-spots instead of the dots. 



E. melobosis Capr. (46 f). Above brown with a dark brown median line on the forewing and 3 marginal meldbosis. 

 lines on both wings. On the somewhat lighter under surface 2 transverse lines cross both wings, the first strongly 

 curved, the second undulate on the forewing; between the two the ground-colour is darker. In the marginal 

 area on the fore\ving 4, on the hindwing 6 small eye-spots, black with glossy white pupils and yellowish brown 

 iris. From Chapeo d'Uvas (Minas Geraes). Flies in November. 



E, umbrosa Btlr. Above according to its author's description greenish grey (but his figure is more umbrosa. 

 blue than green) with 2 grey marginal Imes on the hindwing. Fringes and body brown. Beneath lighter, white- 

 dusted, traversed by 2 median stripes, 3 brown marginal lines, forewing with a small black ocellus before the apex; 

 hindTs-ing with 5 yellow-ringed eye-spots, the 2nd and 6th black with white pupils, the others brown. From 

 Ecuador. 



E. undulata Btlr. (48 a). Above brown. Beneath lighter, dusted with grey, the 2 median lines on the undidata. 

 forewing more widely separated, posterior^ strongly dentate, the submarginal lines dentate, the other mar- 

 ginal lines almost straight. Forewing with 4 very indistinct, hindwing with 6 distinct small eye-spots, the 2., 

 4. and 5. with black central dot. From Para. 



E. mitchelli French. Size of the preceding species. Above brown. Beneath with indistinct median mitolieUi. 

 and marginal lines, forewing with 4, hindwing with 6 eye-spots in a straight row, which are placed somewhat 

 further from the distal margin than in the allied species. These eye-spots are black, with yellow rings and 

 blue pupils. Found ici the states of New Jersey (near Lake Hopatcong) and Michigan. 



E. maimoune Btlr. Dark olive-brown. Hindwing in the posterior half with black submarginal line, maimoum. 

 On the under surface the forewing is sprinkled with ochre-yellow scales, the median stripes rather broad, diverg- 

 ing towards the costa of the forewmg, in addition there is a brown streak on the discocellular of this wing. 

 The forewing has 5 eye-spots with light yellow rings, mostly without pupils, the hindwing 6 rather large eye- 

 spots (the 2nd measuring 4 mm. in diameter) with red-yellow and outer brown rings, some of which touch the 

 submarginal line, and the greater part with silvery pupils. From Pebas on the Upper Amazon (Peru) ; Costa Rica. 



E. camerta Cr. Above brown. Forewing before the apex with a small eye-spot with yellow ring and camerta. 

 silverv^ pupil. Under surface of the forewing with 4, of the hindwing with 6 similar ocelli of the same size, all 

 ■with silver pupils, both wings with 2 brown, parallel median lines, curved on the hindwing, and with 3 marginal 

 lines. From Surinam. Godman and Salvin indeed unite this species with hermes, sosyhius and fallax, but do 

 not mention in their description the silver-pupil led eye-spot on the upper surface which Stoll distinctly describes 

 in the 4th volume of Cramer's work. Hence I regard camerta as a separate species. 



E. hermes F. (= sosybius F., canthe Hbn., nana Moschl.) (48 a). Above unicolorous brown, without liennes. 

 markings. Forewing beneath with 3 — 5 eye-spots, of which sometimes only the 2nd is distinct and the others 

 are more or less obsolete. Hindwing with 6 ocelli, the 2 middle ones indistinct, the others black with brownish 

 yellow rings, sometimes all distinct. The species varies very much and has a wide range of distribution, from 

 New Jersey in the United States through Mexico, Central America, Colombia and Surinam to South Brazil, 

 but occurs everywhere in different forms. Fabricius in his description of hermes has confused different species 

 with one another, but as Butler states in the Proc. Zool. Soc. 1866 that he has compared the type of hermes 

 and finds it identical with canthe Hbn., and as he further declares in the Ent. Monthly Mag. 1870, p. 251, that 

 sosyhius F. is a synonym of hermes, the latter name must be accepted for the type-form. The early stages 

 have been described in detail by Edwards. The egg is hemispherical, flattened at the base, with slight depression 

 at the sides; greenish white. The young larva hatches 4 days after the egg is laid; it is white, with fine hairs, 

 after the first moult light green, with a broad dark green longitudinal stripe across the back and narrower late- 

 ral stripe-s; between these stripes are placed rows of small white tubercles. Head rather large, anal extremity 

 forked. The larva moults four times. After the last moult it is emerald-green with several yellow lateral stripes. 

 Head covered with fine, raised, yellow dots. On grass. The pupa is suspended, short and thick, at the head 

 obtuse, green, posterior part yellow-green with some black dots and a brown stripe. The butterfly appears in 

 14 days. In Mexico, according to Edwards, there are 2 generations. — fallax Fldr. (= atalanta Btlr.) (48 a) fallax. 



