208 EUPTYCHIA. By G. Weymee. 



is a form of hermes in which the median Imes on the underside of the forewing converge towards the inner margm 

 and on the hmdwing are strongly angled. The number of eye-spots (3 — 5 on the forewing, 6 on the hindwmg) 



pimpla. agrees with hermes. From the Rio Negro, Venezuela, Para. — pimpla Fldr. is a form likewise belonging here 

 and only distinguished from fallax by the brown median Imes on the underside of the forewing not converging, 

 but divergmg, towards the inner margm; the number of eye-spots is the same. From Rio Negro (Amazons). 



lutrapa. — narapa Schaus is a further form of hermes, in which the outer median line on the underside of the forewing 

 is distally shaded with white, and which has 4 ocelli on the forewing and 5 on the hindwing. From Castro 

 in Parana (Brazil). 

 poltys. E. poltys Prittiv. (48 a). Above grey-brown with 2 dark median lines and a short traaisverse streak 



on the discocellulp^rs, an undulate subma.rginal and 2 marguaal lines; the last-named 3 and the inner of the 

 median lines are also continued on the hindwing. Between the marginal lines the ground-colour is lighter. One 

 or two black, yellow-ringed spots at the anal angle. On the grey under surface the median lines are double 

 and the outer one is distally accompanied by a brownish stripe, which extends from the costa of the forewing 

 to the middle of the hindwing. Behind it 6 very small eye-spots. From Rio de Janeiro (Corcovado) and Rio 

 hhutlinea. Grande do Sul. — binalinea Btlr. (48a) is a form of poltys, which only differs in the absence of the dark median 

 shading at the distal side of the 2nd median Ime. From Venezuela and Brazil (Pernambuco). 

 eous. E. eous Btlr. (48 a). Above olive-brown with a yellow-rmged dot at the anal angle of the hindwing and 



3 dark marginal lines. Beneath light grey, the transverse lines very fine, angled, at the costal margin of the 

 forewing curved basad, the outer one distally curved in the middle of the hindwing. Before the apex of the 

 forewing 3 or 4 white dots, partly with dark margins, hindwing with 5 small black eye-spots, of which only the 

 2nd and 5th measure about 1 — IVi mm., the 3rd and 4th are mdistinct, but all have white pupils. From 

 zeredatha. Brazil (Para, Esperito Santo), Paraguay. — zeredatha Btlr. (48 a) is a form of eous in which all the ocelli on the 

 underside are very small and punctifoi'm. From Rio de Janeiro. 

 soter. E. soter Btlr. Distal margin of the forewmg almost straight, that of the hindwuig undulate, the inner 



margin of the huidwing before the anal angle emarginate. Above olive-brown, a black spot on the transverse 

 vein of the forewing, a straight transverse Ime behind the middle, a dentate submarginal line and 2 marginal 

 Imes brown, between the latter a brick-coloured line. Hindwmg with 2 small eye-spots at the anal angle. Under 

 surface reddish brown, sprinkled with dark broAvn, with a broad darker band, which runs from the middle 

 of the costal margin on the forewing to the middle of the mner margin on the hindwing and is bordered at each 

 side by a brown line. Forewing with a small silver-pupilled ocellus before the apex, hindwing with 6 small 

 eye-spots in an irregular row, the 2nd and 5th with silvery double pupils, the 4th indistinct. Novo Friborgo 

 (Brazil). 



Phares Group. 



phares. E. phares Godt. (48 b). Above yellowish brown with a brown line behind the middle and 3 brown marginal 



hnes, on the forewmg in the (J with an eye-spot before the apex, in the 9 with 2 or more eye-spots, hindwing with 

 5 or 6 in both sexes, of which the 2nd and 5th are large, black with double white pupil and red-yelloAv ring, the 

 others mostly obscure and indistinct. On the under surface the forewing is reddish yellow with yellowish grey 

 margmal area, the hindwmg yellowish grey with 2 broAvn, more or less curved median lines, the eye-spots more 

 distinct than above and all with white, sometimes silvery pupils. Argentma (Entrerios, Cordoba), South Brazil, 

 Venezuela. Not rare. Varies in the number of the ej^e-spots on the upper surface, examples occurring which 

 above have no ocelli at all on the forewing and others which have only 2 on the hindwing. — A similar form has 

 spaHa\us. been described and figured by Btjrmeister under the name spartaeus. It has one eye-spot on the upperside of 

 the forewing and 2 on the hindwing. The latter has on the under surface 6, the forewing 3 comparatively small 

 eye-spots, the two largest measuring Uttle more than 1 mm. They are all black with j^ellow ring and white, some- 

 times double pupils. Buemeistee has only described the 9, which has an expanse of 40 mm. From Entrerios. 

 pharella. — pharella Btlr. (48 d) is a smaller form of phares, which has an expanse of only 28 mm. Above unicolorous 

 olive-brown without eye-spots. Under surface of the forewing ochre-yellow, with distal margin grey, and with 

 3 ochre-j^ellow-ringed ej^e-spots with violet pupils. Hindwing grey, the median lines almost straight, behind 

 the distal one a wliitish stripe with 4 3-ellow-ringed ocelli in cellules 2 — 5, the 2 distal ones black with white 

 phariHiccs. pupils, the others brown with violet pupils. From Rio de Janeiro. — pharnaces form. nov. (48 b) is a further 

 form of phares, in which the brown stripes in the basal half of the hindwing beneath are darker and strongly 

 dentate, moreover the median line on the underside of the fore'wing is not straight, but forms a wide curve 

 distad. From South Brazil. 

 innocentla. E. innocetitia Fldr. (48 b). One of the smallest species. Above unicolorous brown. Beneath likewise 



brown with 2 somewhat curved transverse Imes before and behind the middle, behind the 2nd on the hindwing 

 a light stripe, in the marginal area on the forewing 3 or 4, on the liindwing 5 or 6 ocelli, with wliite pupils 

 and yellow and browoi rings. From Venezuela. 

 iiumilia. E. numilia Fldr. (48 b). Above light brown, forewing with a straight dark transverse line behind 



the middle, hindwing with 2 such lines and 2 distuact ej^e-spots at the anal angle and 3 indistinct ones above 

 them. Beneath yellowish grey-brown with 2 fairty straight median lines, 5 obscure eye-spots on the forewing 

 and 6 distmct ones on the hind^ving with yellow and brown rmgs and white pupils, the 5th somewhat larger 

 with double pupil. From Muzo, to the north-west of Bogota (Colombia). 



