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beneath, appears to be a seasonal form. - nereis Fhh: (;2of), from Colombia, has the apical marking of nereis. 



the forewing above broken up into stripes and the under surface of the hindwing somewhat lighter- — 



amazonica Fnihst., trom the Upper Amazon, has broader black apical marking on the forewing and rather ammonica. 



broad black distal margin on the hindwing. The under surface is white with grey-l)lack markings and sharp 



orange-yellow basal spot. — flavescens /o)v«. nor. (23 e) (aberration or seasonal form?) differs from it beneath //ai;ciT('/;i\ 



by a large light yellow spot in every cellule of the hindwing and yellowish stripes at the proximal part of 



the dark apex of the forewing. — mWos Fruh si., from the Kio Waupes, has a broader, dentate distal margin of n///os. 



the hindwing and also darker and broader markings on the hindwing beneath, by which it is distinguished 



fi-oni the less marked nymphaea^Vi/Nc/;/., from Surinam. — flaveola i'nihsf., from Ecuador, is above and nymphaca. 



beneath a beautiful dark yellow, apex of the forewing beneath with obsolescent yellowish spots. — aphaia tlavcola. 



Fruhst., from the Rio Waupes, is a form of iiHio^ with the upperside of the hindwing light yellow. — aida "fj^'^'"' 



Frulii^t.. from Peru, is smaller than the preceding forms and has the upper surface of the hindwing yellow. 



— Among it occurs minia Fnihst., from Southern Peru, probably as a dry-seasonal form. Upper surface minia. 



white, hindwing without black distal mai'gin. — nirvana FmliM., from Bolivia, has the upper surface pure nirvana. 



white with only moderately broad black apical spot, under surface almost pure white with completely diffuse 



black markings, only the apex of the forewing broadly sutfused with light grey and a few remnants of black 



spots at the costal and distal margins of the hindwing, where also a few traces of the interneural stripes 



are preserved. To it belongs as a rainy-seasonal form vitha Fnih.^t., similar to nmKzonira, but the hindwing vitlw. 



with narrower black distal margin, otherwise entii'ely white, slightly suffused with ochre-colour at the base. 



Beneath at the apex of the forewing broadly grey-l)lack with large whitish pointed spots, under surface of 



the hindwing with thick grey-black reticular nuirking and the apex of the cell broadly margined with grey; 



without orange-coloured interneural stripes. 



H. CCStaricensis Bates (23 f), from Costa Rica and Chiriqui, is above white with very slight dark costaricensis. 

 nuirkings at the apex of the forewing. Under surface of the hindwing and of the apex of the forewing dingy 

 light yellow with indistinct dark markings, veins slightly dark, posterior part of the forewing white. 



H. nerei'na Hopff. (23 f), from Peru and Bolivia, is above yellowish white with blackish markings in nereina. 

 the apex of the forewing and light yellow interneural stripes. The under surface of the forewing has yellow- 

 apex with dark markings and much more distinct yellow stripes; the latter are still more conspicuous on 

 the hindwing and the hindwing has also blackish distal-marginal spots, a submarginal lunate line and black 

 veins. — elea Fruhst., from Bolivia and Peru, has dark yellow ground-colour above an<l beneath. — phainia elea. 

 Fruhst., from Peru, is a variety of nereina with white upper surface and delicate orange-coloured interneural (''""nia. 

 stripes beneath, — In chloris form, nor., from Bolivia (Coroico), the upper surface is delicately greenish diloris. 

 yellow-white and the black apical marking of the forewing is broken up into separate small spots. The under 

 surface is purer white and the dark and j-ellow markings less sharp: 



H. anguitia Gurit. (23 f), from South Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Santa Gatharina, Rio Grande anguitia. 

 do Sul), is above white, sometimes (especially in the ?) yello-^vish white and very little or scarcely at all 

 marked with black at the apex and the distal margin of the forewing. The under surface of the hindwing 

 and of the apex of the forew-ing is yellowish, the re.st of the forewing white, on the hindwing and at the 

 apex of the forewing blackish hook-shaped markings. Both the colouring and the markings of the under 

 surface are somewhat variable. The ?? have rounder w-ings and mostly even less markings. Seasonal forms 

 apear to occur, which, however, differ very little. 



H. catogramma AW/., from Colombia, is allied to ((//,(/;(///>/, larger; hindwing obtusely dentate, upper- catogramma. 

 side white -\vith a slightly yellowish tinge, distal margin and apex spotted with black; hindwing without 

 spots. Under surface with pale saffron-yellow scaling on the forewing as above, only the spots are here 

 changed to fine streaks, veins of the hindwing black, a zigzag line parallel to the distal margin. — Only 

 known to me from the description. 



H. erota Z«c. (23 e) occurs in the same localities as unguiti<i. It is somewhat larger, w^ith more mark- crota. 

 ings and has as characteristic mark a short, broad black streak, directed basad, on the under surface of 

 the hindwing at the lower discocellular. 



H. marclialii differs from the preceding species by its somewhat elongated and dentate hindwing; 

 the distal margin of the forewing is also not smooth as in the other species. — marchalii Cw/'r. (23 f), from maniialii. 

 Colombia and Venezuela, is above slightly yellowish white with small, pointed marginal and submarginal 

 black spots on the forewing and a black distal-marginal line on the hindwing, which is somewhat thickened 

 at the ends of the veins. The under surface is marked quite similarly to the preceding species, but the black 

 streak at the lower discocellular is absent. — coloe Fruhst.. from Peru and Bolivia, has the under surface coloe. 

 pale sulphur-yellow and the hindwing more deeply dentate. — sulphurescens form, nor., from West Colom- sulptw- 

 bia (Cauca Valley), has the upperside light sulphur-yellow and the underside somewhat deeper yellow. — rescens. 

 masonia Fruhst.', from Ecuador, has dark sulphur-yellow upper surface and "more pointed'^ (more elongated masonia. 

 posteriorly?) hindwing. FHes in April and again in October. 



