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Show 490 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON THE GENUS EUPTYCHIA. [Nov. 22, Satyrus aranea, Godart, Enc. Meth. ix. pp. 464 & 492. n. 49 (1819). Hab. Guiana (Westwood) ; Pernambuco ; Bahia ; Para; Venezuela. B.M. 92. EUPTYCHIA BYSES. Satyrus byses, Godart, Enc. Me'th. ix. pp.466 &496. n.67 (1819); Westw. & Hewits. Gen. Diurn. Lepid. p. 373. n. 9 (1851). Hab. Rio Janeiro. B.M. Var. Alar supra magis carrulescentes, ocellis subtus minimis; alar aliquando purpureo, albo, viridi, ochreove varies. Hab. Brazil. B.M. This species is very accurately described by Godart; it, however, varies exceedingly in the size of the ocelli and the ground-colour of the underside ; in some specimens the ocelli are hardly perceptible, and there are purplish and white patches near the apices of the wings. Subdivision 2. Posticar subtus maculis mediis ocellaribus elongatis et irregularibus. 93. EUPTYCHIA CHLORIS. Papilio chloris, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. pi. 293. f. A, B (1782). Euptychia chloris, Westw. & Hewits. Gen. Diurn. Lepid. p. 373. n. 20 (1851). Satyrus tolumnia, 2 , Godart, Enc. Me'th. ix. p. 491. n. 48 (1819). Euptychia chlorimene, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 54. n.511 (1816). Hab. Surinam (Cramer) ; Brazil; Bahia ; Para. B.M. Note.-Some specimens of this species have no ocellus on the underside of the front wings. 94. EUPTYCHIA HERSE. Papilio herse, Cramer, Pap. Exot. i. pi. 10. f. C, D (1779). Satyrus herseis, Godart, Enc. Me'th. ix. pp. 465 & 495. n. CO (1819). Euptychia herseis, Westw. & Hewits. Gen. Diurn. Lepid. p. 373. n. 11 (1851). Hab. Guiana (Westwood) ; Brazil; Venezuela; Para. B.M. Var. Alar paulo majores, fasciis anticarum ad costam minime ap-proximantibus, fasciis posticarum flavescentibus, ocellis magis elongatis. Hab. Para ; Tapajos (Coll. Bates and B.M.). 95. EUPTYCHIA CALLICHLORIS, sp. n. (PI. XL. fig. 10.) Alar supra fuscar, area basali pellucescente et violascente: anticar fasciis duabus mediis obliquis fuscis, tertia harum externum approximate, lineisque duabus marginalibus fuscis indistinctis .* pos- |