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Show 222 MR. H. DRUCE ON PERUVIAN BUTTERFLIES. [Feb. 1, black nervules; posterior wing brownish white, all the nervules black. Exp. If inch. Huiro, valley of Santana (H. Whitely). Mus. D. A most curious species, precisely like Acraa erinome, Feld., with which the single specimen sent by Mr. Whitely was mixed. 9. E. ACTINOTE, Salv. Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. iv. p. 171 (1869). Valley of Cosnipata (H. Whitely). Mus. S. G. 10. E. POLINA, Hew. Exot. Butt. i. Eres. t. 7. f. 6 (1852). Valley of Cosnipata (H. Whitely). Mus. S. G. 11. E. ANGUSTA, Hew. Ex. Butt. iv. Eres. t. 7. f. 58, 59 (1868). Valley of Cosnipata (H. Whitely). Mus. S. G. 12. E. NAUPLIA, Linn. (Pap. ni) Mus. Ulr. p. 309 (1764). Nauta (Bartlett). Mus. D. " Found in the moist parts of the forest."-E. B. 13. E. CLARA, Bates, Journ. Ent. ii. p. 192 (1864). Ucayali (Bartlett). Mus. S. G. & D. " Found in the moist parts of the forest."-E. B. 14. E. NANA, Druce, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1874, p. 156. Valley of Cosnipata, and Huiro, valley of Santana (H Whitely). Mus. D. 15. E. NUSSIA, n. sp. (Plate XVIII. fig. 5.) Upperside dark brown ; anterior wing with two white spots, one on the costal margin near the apex, the other below, nearest the anal angle ; posterior wing powdered with ochraceous yellow, the outer margin dentated, and crossed beyond the middle with three ochreous bands. Underside the same as E. nana. Exp. 11 inch. Peru. Mus. D. 16. E. PEARCEI, n. sp. (Plate XVIII. fig. 3.) Upperside dark brown; anterior wing crossed beyond the middle from the costal margin to the inner margin by three broken bands of orange spots; posterior wing crossed in the middle by a wide orange-coloured band. Underside pale yellow, slightly speckled with brown. Exp. 1 inch. Pozzuzo (Pearce). Mus. S. G. A beautiful little species, and very distinct from any other. Genus SYNCHLOE, Doubl. S. SAUNDERSII, Doubl. & Hew. Gen. D. L. t. 24. f. 2 (1847). Pozzuzo (Pearce). Mus. S. G. |