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Show 1866.] MR. A. G. BUTLER ON THE GENUS EUPTYCHIA. 469 nigris flavo cinctis, aliis fuscis brunneo cinctis, tertio, quarto et quinto bipupillatis: corpus olivaceo-fuscum. Exp. alar. unc. 1-|. $ . Alar anticar subtus puncto apicali fulvo ocellisque tribus subapicalibus, primo magno, aliis minoribus indistinctioribus. Hab. Bahia. B.M. At the first glance this species might almost be taken for a variety of eriphule; it, however, differs from that insect in coloration, marginal lining, and spotting. 27. EUPTYCHIA VARIABILIS, sp. n. (PI. XXXIX. fig. 8.). Alar supra olivaceo-fuscar, ciliis pallidis; anticar linea post alarum medium valde indistincta, linea submarginali paulo irregulari aliisque duabus marginalibus, fuscis; posticar linea submarginali undulata duabusque similibus marginalibus fuscis, ocellis duobus subanalibus nigris albo pupillatis brunneoque iridatis, anali minimo, alio magno bipupillato. Alar subtus pallidiores ; anticar area apicali fusco sparsar, lineis duabus mediis late separatis, interna indistincta, fuscis, aliisque marginalibus velut supra nigro-fuscis, ciliis pallidis; posticar paulo violascentes, area basali obscuriore, olivaceo sparsa, lineis duabus mediis fuscis, externa apud medium s'ubangulata, area apicali minus olivaceo sparsa, lineis marginalibus velut supra fuscis, ocellis sex submarginalibus ochreo cinctis, tertio obsoleto, secundo quinto et sexto nigris, aliis fuscis, primo secundo quarto et quinto bipupillatis: corpus fuscum, antennis supra fuscis, subtus flaves-centibus. Exp. alar. unc. 1-f. Hab. Pernambuco ; Rio Janeiro. B.M. Var. Alar subtus pallidiores; posticar ocellis primo tertio et quarto • obsolelis minimisve. Exp. alar. unc. lf-lyf. Hab. Rio Janeiro. B.M. 28. EUPTYCHIA ANGULARIS, sp. n. To be described in a supplement to the genus. Coll. Hewitson. 29. EUPTYCHIA STRAMINEA, sp. n. Coll. Hewitson. 30. EUPTYCHIA AFFINIS, sp. n. (PI. XXXIX. fig. 9.) Alar supra fuscar pallidar; anticar linea submarginali angulis alternis undulata duabusque marginalibus continuis fuscis indistinctis; posticar lineis tribus marginalibus fuscis unaque ochrea undulatis, ocello subanali nigro carruleo pupillato flavoque cincto: corpus fuscum. Alar subtus pallidiores, ochracear, lineis duabus mediis anticis, interna directa, externa de nervulo mediano primo ad costam oblique |