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Show 1866.] MR. A. G. BUTLER ON THE GENUS EUPTYCHIA. 501 122. EUPTYCHIA FUMATA, sp. n. In the collection of W. C. Hewitson. Very similar in general aspect to E. saundersii. 123. EUPTYCHIA PACARUS. Satyrus pacarus, Godart, Enc. Me'th. ix. pp. 465 & 495. n. 61 (1819). Neonympha pacarus, Westw. & Hewits. Gen. Diurn. Lep. p. 375. n. 4 (1851). " Alis integris, nigricanti-fuscis, supra immaculatis: subtus anticis strigis duabus obscurioribus undatis, posticis tribus, ocellisque quinque atomis pupillaribus argenteis. " About 2 inches in expanse. Wings entire, brown, blackish in some parts ; upperside without spots. Underside, near the margin, with two lines darker than the ground-colour; the hind wings have a third similar line, placed transversely towards the middle, and separated from the others by a row of five round ocelli, very black, with a pupil formed of silver atoms, and a brownish iris surrounded by a darker circle; the front wings have no ocelli."-Enc, Meth. Hab. Brazil. 124. EUPTYCHIA INSIGNIS, sp. n. (PI. XL. fig. 12.) Alar supra fuscar, linea marginali alteraque submarginali valde indistinctis ; posticar ocello subanali, per alas conspicuo : corpus fuscum, antennis fuscis. Alar subtus pallidiores: anticar lineis duabus velut supra fuscis aliaque brevi interrupta indistincta post cellam oblique posita : posticar medio albicantes ; lineis duabus ante alarum medium oblique positis, interna apud marginem internum paulo undulata, externa minime irregulari; linea marginali alteraque submarginali undatis; ocellis tribus discalibus serie recta positis, argenteis, nigro cinctis ochreo-que promiscue circumcinctis, medio maximo : corpus pallidum. Exp. alar. unc. l-j-|-. Hab. (Coll. Bates). This species may be allied to E. nortia, but only agrees with it in a few particulars of coloration. I am told that the following species has been mistaken for the antonoe of Cramer, with which it has no connexion whatever. Division VII. Alar anticar margine postico excavato; posticar margine postico sub-directo, angulo anali distincto : supra fuscar, subtus margine postico albicante, ocellis posticarum lunulis pupillatis. 125. EUPTYCHIA ERICHTHO, sp. n. (PI. XL. fig. 15.) Alar supra fuscar, anticar lineis duabus, posticar tribus marginalibus 'fuscis : corpus fuscum ; antennis supra fuscis, subtus ferrugineis. |