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Show 106 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON NEW SATYRID^"- [Jail. 24, much like a gigantic specimen of E. binalinea, and, excepting in the form of the central lines, very near to E. grimon, Godt. 3. EUPTYCHIA STRAMINEA, Butler, MS. (Pl. XII. fig. 9.) f . Alee supra olivaceo-fuscce, cer to situ cupreo-fuscee : anticce elongatce, apice acuto; margine interno brevi; margine postico fuscescente, ciliis pallidis : posticce margine externo paulum undulato, post medium abrupte angulato; fascia lunulata submarginali, duabusque tenuioribus paulum sinuatis, fuscis ; ocello subanali minimo subgeminato consueto indistincto ; ciliis pallidis : corpus nigrescens, antennis ferrugineis. Alee subtus ochracea; fusco roratce, disco roseo-pallescente ; lineis duabus mediis sat late separatis, continuis, subintegris, fuscis, externa intus ochreo-fusco marginata ; linea submarginali lunulata aliisque duabus tenuioribus vix sinuatis fuscis; linea antemarginali ochrea ; fascia indistincta fusca, ocellos includente : anticce ocello unico subapicali, postica; duobus subapicalibus duobusque subanalibus, apicali et anali minimis, nigris ochreo cinctis et argenteo pupillatis, internis posticarum bipu-pillatis: corpus albido-cinereum, pedibus ochreis, palpis fuscescentibus, antennis flavis. Exp. alar. une. 2. Hab. Minas Geraes, Brazil (Coll. Hewitson). This species is allied to E. variabilis, Butl. In outline it most nearly approaches to the Rio form ; from this insect it chiefly differs in having only one very minute subanal ocellus on the upperside of the hind wings, and in the different position of the central lines and paler colouring on the underside. 4. EUPTYCHIA ANGULARIS, Butler, MS. (Pl. XII. fig. 8.) f . Alee supra lineis submarginalibus obsoletis ; ocello posticarum ad angulum ani magis approximante; aliter velut in sp. preece-dente : antica? apice subanyulato : posticce margine externo post medium valde angulato, margine apicali obliquo vix sinuato; margine anali magis sinuato : corpus nigrescens, antennis nigris. Alee subtus primo visu eis sp. preecedentis simillimee, palliclce, fusco roratce; lineis duabus subparallelis et subintegris fuscis, intus ochreo marginatis ; margine postico fuscescente ; margine ipso nigro; linea submarginali denticulata, et ad angulum ani posticarum sinuata, nigro-fusca: anticce ocellis quinque nigris punctiformibus obscure ochreo cinctis et chalybeo pupillatis: posticce ocellis sex nigris parvis, primo, tertio et quarto minimis, obscure ochreo cinctis et chalybeo pupillatis, sexto unipupillato, aliis bipupillatis : corpus cinerascens ; pedibus femoribus albicantibus,. tibiis tarsisque ferrugineis : caput palpis cinereis; antennis roseo-albidis, ferrugineo clavatis. Exp. alar. une. 2. Hab. Minas Geraes, Brazil (Coll. Hewitson). Allied to the {(receding species, but differing in form and in the disposition of the markings on the wings. V |