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Show 1867.J MR. A. G. BUTLER ON NEW SATYRID.E. 10" 5. EUPTVCHIA OCHRACEA, Butler, MS. (Pl. XI. fig. 5.) Alee supra olivaceo fuscce ; margine postico fuscescente : posticce ciliis pallidis : corpus nigrescens, antennis nigris. Alee subtus ochraceo-fuscce, fusco roratce; lineis duabus mediis, ad costas diveryentibus, paulum irregularibus, externa intus obumbrata, extus a fascia communi discali flavo-ochrea latius marginata; hac anticarum multo tenuiore et extus a fascia communi fusca (ocellos includente) marginata; linea submarginali undulata; linea marginali, extus ochreo marginata, et margine ipso nigro-fuscis : anticce ocellis duobus punchformibus obsoletis: posticce ocellis sex nigris punctiformibus ochreo cinctis, secundo et quinto majoribus et argenteo roratis: corqnis fuscum, pedibus pallidis, antennis ferrugineis. Exp. alar. une. 1\. Hab. Brazil (Coll. Hewitson). Allied to E. renata, Cram., but in some respects more closely resembling E. variabilis, Butl. 6. EUPTYCHIA PRONOPHILA, Butler, MS. (Pl. XII. fig. 20.) f . Alee supra olivaceo-fuscce; margine externo paulum obscuriore; ciliis cinereis : corpus nigrescens. Alee subtus olivaceo-fuscce : anticce fascia lata discali pallidiore, utrinque fusco obscuriore cincta, intus subintegra, extus angulis alternis denticulate, ocellos quinque minimos includente, quorum quintus indistinctissimus est, secundus niger ochreo cinctus et albo pupillatus, alii albi fusco cincti et obscurius ochreo cincti; •'' areola marginali fusco-cinerascente ; linea indistinctissima fusca; margine ipso nigro : posticce lituris plurimis parvis lineisque duabus apud basin subparallelis irregularibus fuscis; margine interno albo-cin?rascente; fascia discali triangulari alba, de margine anali ad apicem currente, intus nigro-fusco irregulariter marginata; fascia extus adjacente, velut in anticis pallida, ocellos quinque parvos includente, horum primus, tertius et quartus albi fusco cincti et latius ochreo pallido circumcincti sunt, alii duo distincti nigri albo pupilla-ti et flavo cincti sunt; areola marginali fusco-cinerascente ; margine ipso nigro : corpus fuscescens, pedibus pallidis, antennis flavescentibus nigro acuminatis, palpis fuscis. Exp. alar. une. 1-^. Hab. Rio Janeiro (Coll. Hewitson). This interesting insect is not very closely allied to any of the known species of Euptychia ; it mimics the Venezuelan form of Pronophila phytanis, Hewits., in the triangular white band on the underside. It appears to belong to the same group as the preceding species, although it may possibly form a link between E. nebulosa, •* Butl., and E. nossis, Hewits. 7. EUPTYCHIA LITURATA, Butler, MS. (Pl. XII. fig. 18.) 2 . Alee pallide olivaceo-fuscce ; margine externo obscuriore ; ciliis roseo-cinereis •: corpus nigrescens. |