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DAPTONOURA. By J. Robek. 



pistoria. 



latilimbata. 



hypoxantha. 



palaestra. 



pedrosina. 



maeotis. 



iphigenia. 



velia. 



radiata. 

 myrtis. 



donata. 



bianco. 



pseudo- 

 mvrtis. 



leucadia. 



peruviana. 



yolanda. 

 galatia. 



regnidas. 



laria. 

 loui sella. 



boliviano 



lio-ht yellow like the hindwing, in the ? the forewiiig pale yellowish, the hindwing sulplmr-yellow, the black 

 distal margin with five diffuse canary-yellow spots, under surface of the forewing sulphur-yellow, of the 

 hindwinc canary-yellow, o^^-f. pistoria Fn/hsf., from the Rio Napo (Ecuador), has still broader distal margin 

 of both wings and pure white under surface. In o^'-f. latilimbata Bflr., from Ecuador, the distal margin of 

 both wings is broad and brown. — hypoxantha .sm6.sjj. hop., from Cuba, is smaller, has narrower black 

 margins and yellow under surface. — palaestra Jlopff., from Peru (Pozuzo), has deep black apical third, 

 regularly defined proximally, narrow, sometimes extremely narrow black margin, pure white upper surface 

 and very light yellow under surface with broader distal margin on the hindwing. With it occurs f. ped- 

 rosina Btlr., with the under surface completely white. — maeotis Fnih^t., from Peru, has the wings nar- 

 rower. Upper surface in both sexes entirely white, cf with oljli(iuely placed black apical spot, wliich extends 

 to the 1. median vein, ? with rectangular black median spot on the forewing, under surface light ochre- 

 yellow. Among them occur the following aberrant forms: iphigenia Fnihyf., Avith broader, deep black apical 

 spot, wings on both sides pure white, (f with thread-like black distal margin, widened into small spots at 

 the middle veins, ? with broad black discocellular on the forewing and broader distal margin on the hind- 

 wing, marked with five white dots, under surface with grey-black distal margin on both wings; velia i^/v(//.s^., 

 from Tarapoto, has the shape of maeotis, cf above purer white with equally broad, deep black distal margin 

 on both wings above and beneath as in iphigenia, under surface of the forewing pure white except the sub- 

 apical area, hindwing above beautiful light yellow; radiata Fndist., from Tarapoto, has the apex of the fore- 

 wing slightly rounded, upper surface in the <f yellowish white, distal margin moderately broad, hindwing 

 above yellowish, distal margin brown, running off proximally into fine streaks along the veins. — myrtis 

 Fruhst. (= lycimnia titcjr,), from South Peru (Cuzco), has the upper surface white with narrow black apical 

 part and also narrow black margin on the hindwing, underside of the hindwing lemon-yellow, margin grey- 

 brown. — donata Fiuhsi. , from Bolivia (Coroico) , recalls pmiviaua Liic. Upper surface white, hindwing 

 especially at the inner angle slightly suffused with light yellow; under surface similar to maeotis, underside 

 of the hindwing and (as usual) the costal margin of the forewing canary-yellow, apical spot narrow, black- 

 brown, proximally strongly undulate, black cell-spot pointed posteriorly, hindwing with very narrow black 

 marginal line, which only at the veins assumes the form of small pointed teeth; probably a dry-season form, 

 f. bianca Fruhst., from Bolivia (Yungas de la Paz), is above entirely white without any yellowish tinge, 

 Avith extended deep black apical spot and the distal margin of the hindwing scarcely 1 mm. broad, under 

 surface pure white with pale yellowish subapical area and the anterior half of the hindwing slightly suffused 

 with yellow; distal margin grey, on the hindwing about 2 mm. broad, cell-spot distinct. — pseudomyrtis 

 Fruhst., from Yungas de la Paz, recalls maeotis and in the shape of the wings aelia and myrtis, but differs 

 from myrtis by a somewhat more extended black distal margin on both wings and by the apical spot on 

 tlie underside of the forewing being brown instead of black. — monica Fruhst., from Bolivia, recalls iphi- 

 yenia by the very broad apical margin of the forewing and the ventricose projection in the middle of the 

 hindwing; the dull chalk-white hindwing has a light yellow distal margin about 2 mm. broad, which is 

 adorned with some black spots. Under surfacQ with brown distal margin and triangular spot at the apex 

 of the cell of the forewing, other-ndse washed-out straw-yellow. — leucadia Fldr. (23 a), from the Rio Negro and 

 Bolivia, is white above, with moderately broad black apical spot on the forewing and very narrow distal 

 margin on the hindwing; the black median spot of the forewing shows through somewhat above; underside 

 of the forewing light sulphur-yellow, darker at the costal margin, hindwing light ochre-yellow, the narrow 

 distal margin of the hindwing, the apical and the oblong median spot as well as the costal margin of the 

 forewing are grej'-black. 



D. peruviana Luc. (23a), from Peru (Pozuzo), occuring up to 10,000 ft., has white upper surface, 

 a narrow, sharply dentate apical spot on the forewing and very narrow, sharp distal margin on the hind- 

 wing; under surface whitish yellow with slight gloss, sharp black veins on the hindwing, diffuse apical spot 

 and similarly indistinct discocellular on the forewing. f. yolanda Fruhst., from Peru (Chanchamayo) , is 

 small, has larger black apical spot, and the under surface of the hindwing is straw-yellow. — galatia 

 Fruhst., from Bolivia, has the upper surface yellowish, the black apical spot reduced and the inider surface 

 almost without markings except for the black veins of the hindwing, only the apex of the forewing being 

 slightly tinged with grey. — regnidas Fnihst. (23 c), from Ecuador, shows extended black apical margin of 

 the forewing, which, however, is more feebly dentate. ? orange-yellow. 



D. laria Fldr. is the Colombian form of louisella Fruhst. (23 a), from Peru, from which it differs 

 but little. Both, as also the following Bolivian form, are probably only forms of jm-uviaua. In louiseila the 

 upper surface is pure white, the not very broad apical spot of the forewing and the sharp and very narrow 

 distal margin of the hindwing are deep black; the under surface of the forewing is jellowish white with 

 grey-black apical spot, the hindwing is somewhat darker yellowish with ochre-yellow basal spot, grey-black 

 marginal line and the extremities of the veins black. — boliviana Fruhst., from Bolivia, has the wings still 

 more rounded than louisella, the apical spot less narrow and more stronglydentate, hindwing with scarcely 

 perceptible black distal margin, ground-colour pure white, underside with hght grey-brown apical spot, hind- 

 wing with narrow black marginal line and the extremities of the veins slightly tinged with black. 



