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Show 1866.] MR. A. G. BUTLER ON THE GENUS EUPTYCHIA. 465 16. EUPTYCHIA EURYTUS. Papilio eurytus, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 487. n. 194 (1775-78). Papilio eurytris, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. pt. 1. p. 157. n. 485 (1793). Neonympha eurytris, Westw. & Hewits. Gen. Diurn. Lep. p. 375. n. 1 (1851). Satyrus eurythris, Godart, Enc. Me'th. ix. pp. 465 & 495. n. 57 (1819) ; Boisduval et Leconte, Hist. Lep. A m . Sept. pi. 61 (1833). Papilio cymela, Cramer, Pap. Exot. pi. 132. f. C, D (1779). Megisto cymelia, Hiibner,Verz. bek. Schmett. p.54. n. 517(1816). Hab. United States. B.M. 17- EUPTYCHIA PERIPHAS. Satyrus periphas, Godart, Enc. Meth. ix. pp. 465 & 495. n. 62 (1819). Neonympha periphas, Westw. & Hewits. Gen. Diurn. Lep. p. 375. n. 5 (1851). "Alis integerrimis, fuscis, supra ocello unico, subtus striga ferru-ginea; posticis ocellis tribus punctisque quatuor interjectis. " It differs from eurythris in being smaller, the upperside and the underside of the front wings having only a single ocellus, and the underside of the hind wings only three ocelli-one near the margin, and two (the outer one very small) near the anal angle,-finally in that it only has one brown line, instead of two, in the middle of the disk of each wing."-Enc. Meth. Hab. Brazil (Coll. Hewitson). 18. EUPTYCHIA LETHE, sp. n. cS . Alar supra fuscar, linea marginali alteraque submarginali in- ^fc distinctis obscurioribus subintegris; posticar ocello subanali nigro brunneo cincto, linea media discali undulata indistincta: corpus nigro-fuscum, antennis nigro-fuscis. Alar subtus paulo pallidiores, area apicali pallescente, lineis duabus mediis valde separatis fuscis, interna angulata, externa undulata, lineis marginalibus velut supra distinctioribus; anticar ocellis duobus nigris flavo cinctis et albo pupillatis, uno subapicali, alioque subanali majore; posticar ocellis quatuor, uno apicali, duobus analibus minimis unoque subanali maximo nigris flavo cinctis et albo pupillatis, punctis duobus ocellatis inter ocellos apicalem et anales positis indistinctis fuscis: corpus nigro-fuscum. Exp. alar. unc. 1§. Hab. Venezuela. B.M. 19. EUPTYCHIA M^EPIUS. Satyrus marpius, Godart, Enc. Meth. ix. pp. 464 & 490. n. 45 (1819). Euptychia marpius, Westw. & Hewits. Gen. Diurn. Lepid. p. 373. n. 21 (1851). |