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Show 1866.] MR. A. G. BUTLER ON THE GENUS EUPTYCHIA. 487 84. EUPTYCHIA LIBYOIDEA, sp. n. d. Alar supra fuscar immaculatar, lineis marginalibus velut in E . libye dispositis : subtus pallidar, albido-cinerear, lineis duabus mediis integris obliquis rufo-fuscis : anticar ocellis quatuor apud marginem posticum nigro-fuscis, flavo cinctis et irregulariter atomis albis pupillatis ; serie ocellorum ad costam punctis duobus fuscis continuata ; linea submarginali nigro-fusca irregulari, apud costam angulis alternis arcuata ; lineis duabus marginalibus tenui-bus nigro-fuscis : posticar ocellis quinque submarginalibus pirifor-mibus, secundo et quinto majoribus, quinto maximo, flavo cinctis et albo pupillatis, tertio et quarto fuscis, aliis nigris; ocello simili minimo ad marginem internum, fasciam externam mediam termi-nante; linea submarginali irregulari rufo-fusca; dimidio apicali angulis alternis undato; duabus marginalibus tenuibus undulatis nigro-fuscis: corpus ochreo-fuscum; antennis albido-ferrugineis, fusco subacuminatis. Exp. alar. unc. 2^-. Hab. Nicaragua. B.M. This species is closely allied to E. libye, Linn., of which at first I imagined it to be a variety; but I a m n o w quite satisfied that it is a good and distinct species; it differs from it as follows :-in being about a quarter of an inch larger in expanse of wing ; the front wings more produced at the apex, with no pale discal spot* ; the hind wings not so abruptly scalloped ; on the underside it differs in being of a m u c h more uniform colour, with narrower and more distinct central bands, the submarginal lines also being more irregular; in having four more or less distinct ocelli in the front wings; and the ocelli of the hind wings very m u c h larger and more distinctly pupillated. 85. EUPTYCHIA OBSCURA, sp. n. ~ 2> Alar supra velut in E . libye; subtus anticar colore simili, linea irregulari sinuata et dentata post medium posita, altera submarginali undata duabusque marginalibus integris nigro-fuscis, punctis tribus subapicalibus minutissimis albis serie angulata positis: posticar obscuriores, linea apud basim angulata, altera post medium irregulari undata, tertia submarginali sinuata ad marginem internum secundam adjungente duabusque marginalibus undulatis nigro-fuscis ; ocellis quinque, secundo quintoque nigris iride tenuissima flava pupillaque alba, aliis reniformibus ochreo-fuscis, apicali albo pupillata. Exp. alar. unc. 2%. Hab. Bolivia. B.M. Allied to E. libye, Linnaeus. 86. EUPTYCHIA VASTATA, sp. n. Alar supra fuscar cupreo nitentes : corpus fuscum, prar nigrescens; antennis supra nigro-fuscis, subtus albido fasciatis flavescentibus. Alar subtus olivaceo-fuscar: posticar et area apicalis anticarum undis * This is also the case with Panama specimens of E. libye. t |
