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Show 488 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON THE GENUS EUPTYCHIA. [Nov. 22, plurimis variegatar; lineis duabus marginalibus aliaque submarginali sinuata fuscis: anticar linea discali lunulata fusca; punctis tribus subapicalibus fulvis : posticar lineis duabus mediis irregularibus ; punctis quinque submarginalibus fulvis: corpus cinereo-fuscum. Exp. alar. unc. l-j-|. Hab. Rio Grande (Coll. Bates). Allied to the preceding species. 87. EUPTYCHIA QUANTIUS. Satyrus quantius, Godart, Enc. Meth. ix. pp. 463 & 487. n. 31 (1819). Neonympha quantius, Westw. & Hewits. Gen. Diurn. Lep. p. 376. n. 23(1851). " Alis fuscis, supra immaculatis : posticis subtus fascia media lim-boque posteriore violaceo-cinereis, striga punctorum flavescentium interposita. " Scarcely 2 inches in expanse. Wings entire, dark brown; the upperside without spots. " The underside of the hind wings has two bands of ashy violet,- one discoidal, transverse, and margined by two lines a little darker than the ground-colour; the other quite terminal, dentated on its inner edge, and separated from the preceding one by a transverse row of six yellow spots: the underside of the front wings has the hind margin cinereous, and preceded by four spots of the colour of those in the hind wings, but smaller."-Enc. Meth. Hab. Brazil (Godart) ; Venezuela. B.M. ? Var. a. Anticar apice paulo subangulato, subtus punctis quinque fulvis : posticar puncto apicali magno. Hab. Rio Grande (Coll. Bates). Var. b. Alar majores, subtus valde obscuriores: anticar punctis quinque fulvis. Hab. Rio Janeiro. B.M. 88. EUPTYCHIA POLYPHEMUS, sp. n. Alar supra fuscar: corpus fuscum; antennis supra fuscis, subtus mi-nime prar ferrugineis. Alar subtus paulo pallidiores, lineis duabus mediis obliquis bene separatis, interna irregulari, externa anticarum intus angulariter bisinuata, posticarum ad costam angulis duobus alternis, ad marginem internum intus profunde bisinuata; linea submarginali sinuata; linea submarginali et margine ipso subintegro, nigro-fuscis: anticar punctis tribus minimis subapicalibus albidis: posticar ocellis quinque submarginalibus, primo, secundo, tertio et quarto microscopio solum distinguendis, primo et secundo albo pupillatis, quinto subanali nigro, distincto, albo pupillato : corpus fuscum. Exp. alar. unc. 2. Hab. Bogota. B.M. |