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Show 634 MR. H. DRUCE ON THE GENUS PAPHIA. [June 19, 5. P. HALICE, Godt. (Nymph, h.) Enc. Meth. ix. p. 366 (1823). Aneea halice Hiibn. Zutr. Exot. Schmett. f. 967, 968 (1837). Rio (J. Youds), Minas Geraes and St. Paulo (Rogers). Mus. S. & G. Matto Grosso (Beske), Rio (Burmester). Mus. D. The specimen from St. Paulo diifers from all the others I have seen in having the whole of the wing suffused with a beautiful blue gloss. The range of this species seems confined to the southern part of Brazil. 6. P. CHRYSOPHANA, Bates, Ent. Mo. Mag. iii. p. 152 (1866). P. pyrrhothea, Feld. Reise Nov. Lep. iii. p. 447, t. 60. f. 3 (1876). Hab. Costa Rica ( Van Patten) ; Veragua (Arce) ; Panama. Mus. S. & G., D. New Granada; Bogota (Lindigi). Mus. Felder. East Peru (Bartlett). Mus. D. The males of this species do not vary ; but the female does, in the amount of yellowish-white markings on the anterior wing. This is a scarce species, Central America being its head quarters. I have only seen one specimen from Peru, which does not differ in any respect. 7. P. MORETTA, sp. n. (Plate LXI. figs. I, 2.) Form of P. chrysophana. Upperside-anterior wing of the male with the outer margin brownish black, not glossed with blue as in chrysophana, the basal part bright reddish brown, a black band from the costal margin to the end of the cell, from which a faint broken line crosses the wing to the anal angle; posterior wing brown, with the basal third reddish, slightly glossed with purple, three black spots between the base of tbe tail and the anal angle. Underside greyish, thickly irrorated with brown scales in some specimens, crossed beyond the middle by a waved brown band ; both wings with a submarginal row of very minute white spots. The female is very like the female P. halice with all the white markings very small. Exp. cS 11 inch, $ 2 inches. Hab. Pernambuco. Mus. D. A very distinct aud beautiful little species. 8. P. RYPHEA, Cram. (Pap. r.) Pap. Ex. t. 48. f. G, H (1779). Nymphalis ryphea, Godt. Enc. Me'th. ix. p. 365 (1823). Bab. Mountains of Oaxaca, east side (Fenochio); Polochic valley (Hague); Nicaragua (T. Belt); Costa Rica (Fan Patten); Veragua (Arce) ; Ecuador (Simson) ; Bolivia (Buckley) ; E. Peru (Pearce and^ Whitely) ; Venezuela (Gotring). Mus. S. G. & D. This species has a very wide range ; the largest specimens are from Ecuador and Bolivia. It does not show any variation worthy of note, except that the tails of the hind wing vary much in size |