236 EPINEPHELE. By G. Weyjier. 



spot in a short red-yellow band before the apex. Hmdwmg likewise with a short band in which is placed at 

 the anal angle a black spot. Beneath the hindwing is brick-coloured wdth a brown, dark-margined band, which 

 in the middle is angled and broadly intermpted. In the marginal area 2 black spots at the apex and 2 between 

 the median veins. Rare m the woods near the Baths of Chilian in Chile. 



waUen- N. wallengfenii Btlr. Dark bro-\vn, with black apical spot. Forewing beneath yellow-bro^vn with light 



gremi. ygHow band and black, white-pupilled eye-spot before the apex. The posterior two-thirds of the hindwing 



are smoke-broA^ai, divided by a reddish yellow band. Disc lighter, with white veins, distal margin brown. In 



woods below Cliillan in Chile. 



hiornata. N. inomata Elw. Dark brown, with a reddish tinge towards the base of both wmgs, and in the 9 '^vith 



a large black-brown spot before the apex of the forewing m an indistinct recl-browar ring. On the under sur- 

 face the forewing is brownish red-yellow with the costal and distal margms yellow-brown. Before the apex 

 a double eye-spot in a yellow rmg. Hindwing unicolorous yellow-brown. In the Banos de Cauquenes in Chile, 

 in March. 



edmondsii. N. edmondsii Bilr. (Argyrophenga e.). Above glossy dark brown. Foremng rust-red in the cell, a black 



spot before the apex. Disc of the hindwing for the most part light rust-coloured with 3 pear-shaped black streaks. 

 On the under surface the forewing is brick-coloured orange with the distal margui grey-brown, before the apex 

 a black ocellus in a yellow ring. Hindwdng olive-broii^ai, with a broad sulphur-yellow longitudinal stripe extend- 

 ing from the base across the cell to the distal margin. 6 abbreviated yellow longitudinal stripes are placed 

 on the veuis, 2 before and 4 behind the first-mentioned stripe. The costal margin is like\\T[se yellomsh, the 

 inner and distal margms grey. Rare, only 1 example in the British Museum, which was taken by Edmonds 

 in the woods below Chilian in Chile. 



reticulata. N. reticulata Weym. (51 c). Above bro\\^l. Forewdng with 3 small red-yelloAv spots in cellules 2, 4 and 5 



and four white dots before them m a row. On the hindwTJig a red-yellow band composed of 5 spots, some of 

 which bear a black dot. The last spot at the inner margin has 2 dots. Both wings with white margmal line 

 interrupted at the vems. Frmges brown. As may be seen from the figui'e the under surface is very characteris- 

 tically marked. Locality unknown, probably South America. Coll. Weymee. 



ienedia. N. tenedia Weym. (51 c). Above brown. On the forewing a large red-yellow spot covers the cell. A 



large black spot in an ochre-yellow rmg is placed before the apex, sometimes showmg 2 white pupils, a small 

 o.chre-yellow spot A^dth black central dot in cellule 2, and some red-j^ellow dots beside it. The hindwmg with 

 a short red-yellow band in cellules 4 to 6. On the under surface the basal half of the forewmg is entirely red- 

 yellow, the black spot before the apex has 2 white pupils, its distal margin is broAvnish grey, and the entire 

 hindwing is of this latter colour. From South Brazil. 



27. Genus: Epiiiephele Hbn. 



The antenna has an elongate, graduallj' thickened club. The costal and median of the forewing are 

 strongly inflated and 2 subcostal veins arise before the end of the cell. The inner margin of the hindwing is 

 more or less excised before the angle aiad in most species more elongated. The ^Jq have a stripe of scent-scales 

 on the forewmg. Most of the species of this genus belong to the Palearctic fauna. Cf. vol. I, p. 137 — 142, pi. 46, 47. 

 Some occur m India. Cf. for these Maniola, vol. IX, p. 306. The American species only inhabit Cliile and the 

 adjoinmg districts. 



Jhnonias. E. limonias Phil. (= janiroides Blanch, [nee H.-Schdff.], blancharcUi Kirhy) (51 c). Above brown. 



Forewing with rust-red central area, which in the o is divided hj the dark brown scent-scale spot. In the $ 

 the colouring is more red-yellow and a black apical spot is present. The under surface is lighter with distinct 

 apical ocellus. Distributed and common m Chile. As the name janiroides had been already employed by 

 Hereich-Schaffer for an Epinephele from Algiers it cannot be used for this Cliilian species, and hence Kirby 

 chose the name hlanchardii. But as the description of limonias Phil, agrees with this species the latter name 

 dryas. must be restored. — dryas Fldr. (51 c), the figure of which is from Feeder's type in the Trmg Museum, differs 

 but little from limonias. From Cliile. 



edmondsii. E. edmondsii Btlr. Above gloss}^ brown. Fore\ving with the base and a band before the distal margin 



red-yellow, a row of 6 grey-bro^vn spots across the middle and a black spot before the apex. Hindwing with 

 red-yellow spot before the costal margm. On the under surface the foreAving is red-yellow with grey, black- 

 streaked margins and bi-pupilled apical ocellus. Hindwmg beneath grej^-brown, finely striated with black, 

 with a somewhat darker median band distally margmed -nith black, beside wMch are placed at the costal margin 

 some white scales. From Chilian on the slopes of the Cordilleras (Cliile). Rare. 



nionachus. E. monachus Blanch. (= valdiviae Fldr., lugubris Btlr., luctuosus Reed) (51 d). Above unicolorous 



brown, with the fringes chequered with brown and white and an uidistinct black spot before the apex of the 

 forewing. Beneath the forewing is for the most part reddish brown, with a blind ej^e-spot, the hindwing brown, 



