220 EUPTYCHIA. By G. Weymer. 



marica. E. marica Stgr. i. I. (49 e). The wings are thinly scaled, above brown with dark violet -bine reflec- 



tion, which gradually shades iirto the broad bro\^ai distal margin. The bands and eye-spots of the under 

 surface show through above. Beneath light violet with bluish gloss. The forewmg with 3, the hindwing with 

 2 broad broAvn transverse bands, the distal formmg an angle oar the median of the hindv^ang and an acute angle 

 distad before the imrer margin. Forewing with one, hindwing with 3 ocelli, all black with yellow and bro^\ar 

 rings and white pupils, the posterior eye-spot bi-pupilled. Between the eye-spots of the hindwmg the yellow- 

 brown, oval spots mth silver}^ pupils as m the allied species, marica is easy to distinguish from the latter by 

 having the two larger ocelli iir cellules 2 and 5 of ec[ual size. From Pebas on the Amazon in Peru. 



herse. E. herse Cr. (= herseis Godt.) (49 e). Above dull violet with blue reflection. Forewmg with browii 



costal and distal margins, the latter tmce as broad as the former, with 2 straight median stripes, 3 marginal 

 lines and a round brown spot before the apex. On the hiirdwmg the first median stripe is straight, the 2nd 

 forms on the median a sharp, distally directed tooth. Before the anal angle a large black eye-spot mth yellow 

 ring and at the a.pex 2 smaller, obscure eye-spots. Beneath the ground-colour is light violet-grey, the trans- 

 verse stripes yellow-brown. Forewing with one eye-spot, hiirdwing with 3, the first very small, the last large, 

 all black with red-yellow and brown rings, all (also the one on the fore'wing) with double white pupils. Between 

 the ej^e-spots in cellules 3 and 4 two red-yellow spots. with silvery centres. From Surinam, Para, Merida (Vene- 

 zuela) and Villavicencia (East Colombia [Fassl]). 



calHcMoris. E. callichloris Btlr. Similar to herse. Above brown. The wings at the base transparent, violet. The 



third band on the fore^ving nearer to the margin, the first on the hindwiirg indistinct, the others strongly angled, 

 the anal eye-spot large and black, with yellow ring, the others indistinct. The under surface is accord- 

 ing to Butler's figure lilac, according to his description whitish, the bands of the forewing as above. On the 

 hindwing the basal area is filled up \\ith brown to the first transverse band, the 2nd band forms an acute angle 

 distad. The yellow rings round the eye-spots are very broad, interrupting the brown bordering, and forming 

 a continuous yellow band on which are placed in cellules 2 and 5 round black spots with silvery double pupil 

 and ia cellules 3 and 4 silvery streaks. The eye-spot in cellule 2 is larger, that iir cellule 5 smaller. The still 

 smaller eye-spot ia cellule 6, which is likewise black and has a double silver pupil, is isolated and placed in a yel- 

 low and bro^vn ring. From Ega (on the Amazon). 



Tolumnia Group. 



On the upperside of the forewing in the <J(J is placed at the hindniargin of the cell a narrow stripe of scent -scales 

 adjoining the stalk of the median and consisting of hair-like scales. 



tolumnia. E. tolumnia Cr. (49 f ). Above dark browir, the posterior half of the hindwing with bright blue gloss. 



The stripe of scent-scales of the (^J along the median of the fore^^ing is distinct. On the under surface the 

 ground-colour is more j^ellowish between the transverse stripes and only the distal half of the hindwing is light 

 bluish violet. The ej'^e-spots have silvery pupils, those of the last larger eye-spot are double and produced length- 

 wise. Fi'om Surinam, the Lower Amazon and Bahia. 



caffiarina. E. catharina Sigr. Forewing brown, in the ,^cj with a narrow stripe of hair-shaped black-brown scales 



along the median, otherwise \\ithout markings. Hindwing almost entirety blue, only the costal margin broadly, 

 the distal and inner margins narrowly bromr. On the under surface the basal half of the forewiirg and the anterior 

 part of the hiirdA\ing are broma-grey, the distal margin of both wings and the iiuier margiir of the hmdwing light 

 blue. Forewmg with 3 narroAV bro^\ar transverse stripes, hindwing Arith 2 which diverge posteriorly. Before the 

 inner margm of the hindwing the outer stripe forms an angle. Forewing with 1, hmdwing Avith 2 small eye- 

 spots at the apex and a large one in cellule 2. betAveen them the 2 yellow ellipses with silver dots as in tolumnia. 

 36 mm. From Jiu'imaguas in the Upper Amazon district. 



heii'itsonii. E. hewitsofiii Btlr. (= polla Moschl.) (49 e). A small but beautiful species. Brown, the scent-scale 



stripe of the q somewhat darker. The distal margiir with blue reflection, the inner margin bright glossy blue. 

 Hindwing at the base whitish, distaUy with blue reflection. Both wmgs with white fringes. Vein la on the 

 cJ hindM'urg someAvhat thickened m the middle. Forewing beneath lilac, with 3 red-brown transverse stripes. 

 2 straight marginal lines and an eye-spot before the apex. Hiirdwing at the base lilac, distally blue with 2 trans- 

 Averse stripes, 2 e3'e-.spots at the apex and a very large anal ocellus; betAveen the eye-spots 2 broAA'nish yelloAV 

 ellipses with silverj' blue centres. From the Lower Amazon (Para). Butler mentions a form from the Upper 

 Amazon (Ega, now Teffe) without naming it; it differs in havmg the groimd-colour above and beneath 

 more greenish, ijolla 3l6,schl., from Surinam. I regard as likeAAdse a heicitsonii, as the figure and description 

 almost entirely agree Avith this. The only difference in the figure consists in the absence of the elliptical spots 

 on the hindAA-ing. Bxrt iir the text ^Ioschler mentions these as present, so that this may be onty an error in the 

 figure. The 2nd difference that I find is in the marginal lines on the underside of the forewing. These 

 are straight iri heivitsonU, Moschler describes the inner of these lines as finely dentate. According to the figure 

 AA'hich he gives of his polla., however, both are straight. Hence I can only regard polla as a synonym of hewitsonii. 



