218 EUPTYCHIA. By G. Weymer. 



so that 3 median bands are present. Occasionally the anterior ocelli of the hindwing liave blue central dots. 

 From Bolivia. 



lohclia. E. lobelia Btlr. ^ : above sky-blue, apes and distal margin of the forewing broadly black, the veins 



before the margin the same, also a streak on the discocellular and an almost triangular ring behind the cell. 

 The hindwing has the apex and 2 marginal lines black. The inner angle is more strongly produced than in 

 the allied species. Beneath blue, with a basal streak, 2 median lines, a discal line and 3 marginal lines, 

 all black. Forewing with one, hindwing with 2 blind black eye-spots of unequal size at the apex. 45 mm. From 

 Ecuador. 



Jtelios. E. helios Stgr. i. I. (49 c) (J. Above similar to mare Btlr., dark blue, at the costal margin somewhat 



lighter, forewing with a straight black stripe across the discocellular, reaching to the first median vein. Distal 

 margin black for a breadth of 2 mm., increasing at apex to 5 mm. HindAving black at the apex, with 3 black 

 marginal lines. Under surface light blue with red-brown, black-edged transverse stripes and brown mar- 

 ginal lines. On the forewing in cellules 3 and 4 two round ochre-yellow spots and above them in cellule 

 5 a brown ring, which is filled up with ochre-yellow and has a brown dot in the middle. Hindwing with 5 ocelli, 

 the 1st, 2nd and 5th black with white pupil, that of the 5th eye-spot double, all with ochre-yellow iris and outer 

 brown ring; the 3rd and 4th consist only of a broAvn ring, filled up -with ochre-yellow. From the Mapiri in 

 Bolivia. 



penboca. E. periboea Godm. <£■ Salv. (49 c). The ground-colour of the upper surface is blue inclining to grey. 



Apex, costal and distal margins of the forewing are dark brown. The hindwing has 3 dark brown marginal 

 lines. Beneath the wmgs are brown with 2 dark brown median lines, a dentate submarginal line and 2 marginal 

 lines. In the marginal area of the hindwing are placed 5 eye-spots, on the forewing the number varies 

 from 1 to 4, or they are here entirely absent. They are small, black, with white pupils and brownish yellow 

 rings. An easily recognizable species. From Colombia (Manaure in the Sierra Nevada from Santa Marta [Simons] 

 and in Paime near Muzo, 1000 m., in October [Fassl]). 



Pilata Group. 



The (Jo of this group are distinguished by an oval spot of raised or hair-hke scales, placed at the middle of the 

 inner margin on the npperside of the forewing. 



cyanites. E. cyanites Btlr. (= stigmatica Godm.) (49 c). The o is sky-blue above, almost like coelestis, with 



black stripes and bands, but Mith the inner line on the forewing absent, inner margin of forewing with a whit- 

 ish, grey-scaled spot. Beneath the bands are more reddish and the eye-spots smaller than in coelestis, other- 

 wise like the latter. Moreover cyanites is larger. The $, which I received from coll. Thibmb as stigmatica $, 

 is very different from the q. It is grey-brown above, with a very slight bluish reflection in the basal of half both 

 wings, Avith 2 margmal lines on the forewing, 3 on the hindwiirg, of Avhich only the outer one is distinct. 

 Fringes grey. Under surface bluish grey, with 2 brown lines through the middle, the distal one somewhat undulate, 

 a strongly dentate submarginal line and 2 marginal lines, the latter on the hindwing undulate, with one 

 distinct and several (3 or 4) indistinct ocelli on the forewing and 6 eye-spots on the hindwing in cellules 1 b 

 to 6, all black Avith white pupil, ochre-yelloAv ring and broAAarish bordering, the outer 2 smaller, the middle 

 2 rather indistinct. Bijtler gives Brazil as locality, Godjlix received stigmatica from Entre Rios in Argentina, 

 Haensch took both sexes in Minas Geraes. 



pUala E. pilata Btlr. (49 c). Above sky-blue. ForcAAang AAdth dark broAvn ajjex, costal and distal margins 



the same and A\ith grey-broAvn hair-pencil oA^er the imier margin. Under surface bright, glossy blue with 2 straight 

 broAvn median lines, 2 marginal lines and a somewhat stronger submarginal line. ForeAA'ing with an eye-spot 

 before the apex, AAdth 2 small black spots beloAv it and a lighter one above it. HindAA^mg AAdth 4 eye-spots, 2 at 

 the apex and 2 at the anal angle, the first and last small. These eye-spots consist of a thick orange- 

 yelloAv ring with obliquely placed black pupil and an outer broAvn rmg. BetAveen the eye-spots are placed 

 2 tliin broAvn rings, filled up AAith the blue ground-colour. From Ega (Teffe) and Tabatinga on the Amazon. 



tencra. E. tenera 8t.gr. i. I. (49 c). Above dark blue, forcAving AA'ith broad, AA'ashed-out, black distal margui 



and black veins. At the middle of the inner margm a short dark brown hair-tuft. Huichving Avith undulate 

 dark marginal lines. Inner margin grey. Beneath light greenish blue with 2 straight brown median lines, a 

 curved band in the marginal area and undulate marginal lines. ForeAving Avith a small blind eye-spot before the 

 apex and beloAA' it a short broAAoi nebulous bancl. Hindwuig with 5 eye-spots of uniform size; these are black 

 Avith ochre-yelloAV and outer broAvn rings and Avhite pupils, the 3rd and 5th bi-pupilled. From the Rio Juntas 

 in Bolivia. 



penicillala. E. petiicillata Godm. (^ : above greenish blue AA-ith narroAv broAvn margms and AA'ith a thick pencil of broAvn 



haii'S over the mner margin of the forcAving. Beneath greenish broAATi Adth 2 fairly straight median lines, an 

 undulate submarginal and 2 marginal lines, all dark brown. Forewing AA'ith 3 ocelli, the first someAvhat 



