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i2. Actinote alcyone salmonea subsji. nov. 



c?. i'lipersitle with a slight liluo sheen, which is more ilistiuet on the fore- than 

 on the hindwing ; markings paler red than in the more southern races, being dull 

 salmon-colour. 



A series of (J(? from the Huayabaraha River, S.E. of Chachapoyas, North 

 Peru, about llUO m. (0. T. Baron). 



13. Actinote alcyone melina snbsp. nov. 



S . Markings of forewing above buff-yellow, a little paler than in -1. a. tlieojihila 

 Dogn. (1888); basal area not (|uite so large as in .1. a. alcyone. Hew. (1852), the spot 

 before base of M' absent (type) or j)resent; subapical band narrow, curved, consist- 

 ing of four spots, of which the last is divided into two small ones. 



On underside the hindwing and apex of forewing as in .1. a. thi'ophila, the black 

 band of forewing a little longer. 



Two i S from the Rio Negro, ex coll. Felder. 



14. Actinote alcyone varians snbsp. nov. 



$. Ujiperside black, with a uniform blue gloss all over, but the gloss much less 

 shiny than in ^1. nclofs Latr. (1811); forewing with a diffuse, narrow, obliquely 

 transverse salmon-coloured patch before middle, or with such a jiatch of larger size, 

 or without any trace of it ; no subapical band. 



Underside: forewing with the salmon-coloured patch larger than above, some- 

 times reaching from near base to near apex of cell, usually present before hind- 

 margin in specimens which have no trace of it on upperside ; a narrow subapical 

 band in nearly all specimens, also salmon-colour. 



Abdomen red. 



A series of c?(? from West Colombia : Rio Dagua (W. F. H. Rosenberg), El 

 Credo and Jimenez (Palmer), Cali (VV. F. H. Rosenberg) ; type from Cali. 



15. Actinote euryleuca subsp. nov. 



(J. Allied to A. li)/lonome Doubl. (1844). Much larger than the c? of that 

 species ; the white band of the forewing broader, the cross-veins situated within 

 the band. 



Underside paler than in lii/lonomc, the hindwing and aj)ex of forewing 

 uniformly l)utf with black streaks ; hindwing not shaded with orange at base and 

 not fuscous or black in centre. 



Alidomen orange beneath. 



R' of hindwing from cell, not stalked with R- as is the case in hylonome. 



Length of forewing : 27 mm. 



Two i$ from Moyobamba, North Peru, spring 1887 (M. de Mathan). 



10. Actinote ozomene catopasta suIjsjk nov. 



$. On upperside the orange-rufous area on the whole more extended than 

 in Colombian specimens, A. o. ozomene (Jodart (Lsl'.)). 



On underside the hindwing buff streaked with black ; outer area of both wings 

 more or less distinctly streaked with buff. 



? . The orange-rufous colour more restricted than in A. o. ozomene. On 



