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Show 1877.] MR. H. D R U C E O N T H E GENUS PAPHIA. 643 Paraguay, in Mr. Salvin's collection, I cannot separate from this species. 56. P. OTRERE, Hiibn. Zutr. Ex. Schmett. f. 407, 408 (1825). Hab. Rio (/. Yonds). Mus. S. & G., D. This is a very distinct and well-marked species. 57. P. UZITA, n. sp. (Plate LXIII. fig. 1.) Upperside dark bluish black, glossed with dark blue, from the base of all the wings to beyond the middle. Underside dark brown irrorated with grey and white scales ; anterior wing crossed from the apex to the anal angle by a band of reddish brown, narrow in the middle and broad at the anal angle; posterior wing crossed in the middle by a row of four reddish-brown spots. Exp. 1| inch. Hab. Cayenne. Mus. Staudinger. This is the smallest species of Paphia that I have seen. 58. P. PLEIONE, Godt. (Nymph, p.), Enc. Meth. ix. p. 366 (1823). I have never seen this species; it is said to have come from the Antilles. 59. P. PHILUMENA, Doub. & Hew. Gen. D. L. t. 50. f. 2 (1850). P. leuctra,Fe\d. (Nymph. I.), Wien. ent. Mon. vi. p. 119 (1862). P. hauxwelli, Druce, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1874, p. 158. Hab. St. Paulo (Bates), U. Amazons (Ilauxwell), E. Peru (Whitely). Mus. S. & G , D. This species varies much in size and colour; it is still rare in collections. 60. P. LORNA, n. sp. (Plate LXII. fig. 3.) Upperside deep black ; anterior wing greenish at the base, crossed near the apex from the costal to the outer margin, then nearly to the anal angle, by a broken grey-green band dentate on the inner margin ; posterior wing with the outer margin and the tail grey-green, the fringe of all the wings white and brown. Underside dark glossy brown, thickly irrorated with grey scales, especially at the apex of the anterior wing. Exp. 3 inches. Hab. Bolivia (Buckley). Mus. Hewitson. A fine and distinct species. 61. P. PLACIDA, n. sp. (Plate LXII. fig. 4.) Upperside deep black-greenish at the base of the anterior wing. On the upperside this species is very like P. lorna, but differs in the following respects: the band of the anterior wing is smaller and close to the apex, it does not extend beyond the middle of the outer margin, where it is very narrow; the posterior wing the same as P. b 41# |